US-Ireland Alliance

John O'Farrell - Advisory Board

John O’Farrell is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm.  Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, John held Executive Vice President positions at Silver Spring Networks, Opsware and Excite@Home. Earlier in his career, John worked in the United States and Europe with MediaOne Group/US WEST, Booz Allen, Eircom (Ireland), the EU Commission, Digital Equipment and Siemens.

John has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he graduated as an Arjay Miller Scholar, and a Bachelor of Electronic Engineering from University College Dublin, where he graduated with First Class Honors. John speaks English, German, French and Portuguese. He serves on the boards of Shoedazzle, Tiny Speck, Good Data, Factual and the Second Harvest Food Bank.