Steve Fredrick is general partner at Grotech Ventures, which he joined in 2005. At Grotech, Mr. Fredrick focuses on investment opportunities in the software, communications, and IT services sectors.Steve has been actively involved with several portfolio companies including Hillcrest Labs.Prior to joining Grotech, Frederick was a partner at Novak Biddle Venture Partners, where he invested in early stage software and communications equipment companies.Fredrick previously co-founded a software development firm and worked for a venture-funded software startup until it was acquired.He spent his early career at IBM in research and development roles. Steve graduated magna cum laude from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in electrical engineering. He has served for several years as an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.