Presenter

Brent Frei

Co-Founder and Advisor, HarvestWest Investments LLC

Brent Frei has co-founded 3 companies:  Onyx Software, Smartsheet.com, and HarvestWest Investments LLC.  HarvestWest:  A farmland investment fund designed to be an alternative to fixed income that produces higher yield than Bonds or T-bills, has an underlying asset that reliably appreciates, is not correlated to the equity markets, and will perform well in a high inflation environment.  Smartsheet:  An online work management software company. The company’s mission is to manage the world’s work by enabling anyone to work seamlessly across teams of people.  The company has over 58,000 paying companies in 170 countries, employs 180 people, has been growing 85% per year for the past 5 years, and has raised $70M in equity capital.  Onyx Software:  A customer relationship management (CRM) software company he co-founded in 1994. In his 10 years as Onyx CEO, Brent oversaw the generation of $600 million in direct revenue. During his tenure, Onyx received a consistent top 5 ranking amongst CRM vendors worldwide, and the number one ranking for customer service by independent customer satisfaction surveys. He was recognized and credited for his pioneering work in the field of CRM software and services, including in 2001, at the age of 33, the Smithsonian Institute recognized Brent as a “Pioneer in Technology.” Ernst and Young named him a 1997 “Entrepreneur of the Year.” In 2001, he was the sole recipient of Dartmouth College’s Thayer School of Engineering Fletcher Award for lifetime achievement – the youngest recipient ever selected for this award. Brent’s past roles include: executive vice president of Intellectual Ventures, programmer analyst with Microsoft Corporation and a mechanical engineer at Motorola Corporation. Brent received his bachelor’s degree in engineering from Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering, and his BA in engineering sciences from Dartmouth College.

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