RedShift Ventures
Rich Harris led the creation of RedShift Ventures in the Spring of 2006. Mr. Harris currently serves on the board of directors of several RedShift portfolio companies including ProtoStar, DigitalBridge Communications, Lamina Lighting, Nextreme and VBrick. Rich has worked with a number of successful technology companies, including Cronos Integrated Microsystems (acquired by JDS Uniphase), MDLinx (acquired by a division of Sony) and Woodwind Communications (acquired by Vina Technologies).
An active member of the mid-Atlantic entrepreneurial community, Rich currently serves on the advisory boards of the University of Maryland’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship and MTECH Ventures. He is a former board member of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA), and a founder and past chairman of the Young Atlantic Venture Association. Rich is a frequent lecturer at UMd, where he is a former Clinical Professor for the R.H. Smith School of Business.
Prior to forming RedShift Ventures, Rich was a Managing Director with SpaceVest and prior to that, a program manager for the Dingman Center. He is also a former practicing attorney, specializing in civil litigation and intellectual property law.
Rich received his B.A. in Economics from Denison University, and both his M.B.A. in Finance and J.D. from University of Maryland, where he was awarded the James E. Dingman Scholarship in Entrepreneurship and served as associate editor of The Business Lawyer. In his spare time, Rich is an avid cyclist.
