About Jeff McCarthy
Jeffrey McCarthy is a board member at Infinite Cooling, which optimizes cooling towers for industrial facilities. He recently retired after 27 years as a general partner at North Bridge Venture Partners. Before North Bridge, he spent 20 years as an operating executive. His roles included chief executive officer and vice president positions across sales, marketing, and business development. Earlier, he held senior finance and operations roles at technology companies. He was chief executive officer of New Oak Communications, which Nortel acquired.
His board work includes Bluespec, where he represents North Bridge's investment. He became an A123 Systems director in December 2001. Across his career, he has served on more than 50 venture-backed company boards. He co-founded Northeastern's Venture Mentoring Network and Danny's Place Youth Services in Acton, Massachusetts. He holds a Bentley MBA and a D'Amore-McKim bachelor's degree, with magna cum laude honors for both.
Experience
This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Jeff McCarthy in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.
Key Colleagues at Startups
The people Jeff McCarthy works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.






