Clark Jernigan, venture partner, joined Austin Ventures in 2001 and focuses on hardware, clean tech,IP, and technology services investing. Previously, he spent four (4) years with Cirrus logic as vice president and general manger for the Communications division and vice president of new business development. Before joining Cirrus Logic, he spent 12 years in product-development engineering at Advanced Micro Devices and one (1) year as an analyst at Alex Brown & Sons.

Clark received his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, an MS in electrical engineering at Rice University and his BS in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University. He also serves on the board of the Busby Foundation, which supports central Texas ALS sufferers and their families, and is an advisory board member of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship.

Clark has worked with companies such as: