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Worldview Technology Partners Expands Enterprise Infrastructure Investment Team Jeb Miller Joins Leading Venture Capital Firm From Morgan Stanley PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2002--Worldview Technology Partners, a leading technology venture capital firm with $1.75 billion under management, today announced that Jeb Miller, formerly of Morgan Stanley Technology Ventures, joins the firm as an associate focused on the enterprise infrastructure segment of the venture capital firm's venture efforts. Miller will be responsible for identifying new investment opportunities and supporting Worldview's current enterprise infrastructure portfolio companies. While at Morgan Stanley Technology Ventures, Miller was responsible for investments in the storage and enterprise data center infrastructure sectors. He helped launch the internal venture capital effort for Morgan Stanley and was responsible for Morgan Stanley's strategic relationships across the emerging storage market. Miller also served on the board of directors of Rhapsody Networks. "Jeb brings a wealth of operational and investment knowledge in an important technology segment to Worldview and its portfolio companies," said Colin Savage, general partner at Worldview. "He also offers our portfolio companies hands-on expertise in the area of mergers and acquisitions, and IPOs. As our business continues to grow, Jeb's expertise will be greatly leveraged for the benefit of both Worldview and our portfolio companies."Ý Prior to joining Morgan Stanley Technology Ventures, Miller was Director of Business Development for Scient, an eBusiness services firm. In addition to helping launch and manage Scient Capital, the corporate venture arm of Scient, Miller was also in charge of business development and investor relations.Ý For over four years, Miller was a member of Morgan Stanley's technology investment banking franchise with offices in Menlo Park, Boston and New York. He was involved with IPOs and/or financings for Brocade Communications, Excel Switching, homestore.com, iCube, Lexmark, Sapient, Scient, SeaChange and TeleTech.Ý During his tenure there, he also provided M&A advisory services for Cascade's merger with Ascend, Stratus' merger with Ascend, Ciena's acquisition of Lightera Networks, Fujitsu's acquisition of Ascom Nexion, IBM's acquisition of Tivoli, Nexabit's acquisition by Lucent and Siemens' acquisition of Argon Networks.Ý Miller graduated Summa Cum Laude from Harvard College with a B.A. in Economics. About Worldview Technology Partners Worldview Technology Partners, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm with more than $1.75 billion under management, has over 80 companies in its portfolio. The investment team blends operating and venture experience to help portfolio companies succeed in global markets. In January 2000, Worldview closed a billion-dollar fund, it's fourth fund in five years. Founded in 1996, Worldview combines a focused investment strategy in emerging technologies, including telecommunications and infrastructure software, with international value-added services. Worldview's international team enables its portfolio companies to more easily penetrate the Asian market for customer, supplier and manufacturing relationships and serves as a valuable source of market information and customer feedback. Worldview has an investment office in Palo Alto, and business development offices in Tokyo, Singapore and London. More information about Worldview can be found at www.worldview.com. 
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