Stu Phillips brings an unusual combination of nearly 20 years in senior operating roles—including VP of Central Engineering at Cisco where he led strategy and development for Cisco IOS—with multi-firm VC experience across Bay Partners, Ridgelift Ventures, and U.S. Venture Partners before joining Insight Partners. His operator-style philosophy of using both your own products and competitors' products to understand relative strengths and weaknesses, combined with his technical background building mission-critical infrastructure, gives him a distinctive perspective as a growth investor focused on enterprise software and deep tech.