Scott Sandell is Executive Chairman and Chief Investment Officer at NEA. He previously held the role of CEO, and prior to that, of Managing General Partner. Since joining the firm in 1996, Scott has led investments in a wide range of technology companies and has played a role in many industry-transforming businesses, including Bloom Energy, Cloudflare, Robinhood, Salesforce, Tableau, and Workday. Outside of NEA, Scott is actively involved with the National Venture Capital Association and is a founding director of the organization’s nonprofit, Venture Forward. He is also an Adjunct Lecturer at Stanford, where he teaches a course on principled entrepreneurship.