Kip A. Frey, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy  

Office Location: Law 3009
Office Phone: +1 919 613-7046
Duke Box: 90120
Email Address: kfrey@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise

  • Media and Communications
    • Economics of media
    • Internet Politics and Policy

Education:
JD, Duke University, Durham, NC, 1985
AB, cum laude, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1981

Teaching (Spring 2012):

  • Pubpol 142s.01, Intellectual property Synopsis
    Rubenstein 149, Tu 04:25 PM-06:55 PM
  • Law 632.01, Llmle practicum Synopsis
    Law school 4055, Tu 07:15 PM-09:00 PM

Bio/Profile
Mr. Frey is an entreprenuer, venture capitalist and educator. He is currently President and CEO of EvoApp, Inc., a data analytics and social media monitoring start-up based in Durham, NC. Previously he was CEO of Zenph Sound Innovations, Inc., a ground-breaking music technology start-up company. He joined venture capital firm Intersouth Partners in 2000 as a venture partner, and served as a full-time partner from 2003 to 2009.

Prior to joining Intersouth, Mr. Frey ran several venture-backed companies. From 1994 to 1998 he served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Ventana Communications Group, having sold the company in 1994 to Thomson Corporation. In 1998 he became President of Accipiter, Inc. and sold the company to CMGI, Inc., structuring the transaction so that its ultimate value exceeded $500 million.

Later that year Mr. Frey became President and CEO of OpenSite Technologies, Inc., which was acquired in 2000 by Siebel Systems for $542 million. OpenSite was named NCEITA Software Company of the Year in 1999 and Mr. Frey was honored by Digital South Magazine as the southeast’s top entrepreneurial CEO. He received the Council for Entrepreneurial Development’s Entrepreneurial Excellence Award in 2000.

Mr. Frey is a lawyer by training and practiced intellectual property law for five years before joining Turner Broadcasting System in 1990. While at Turner he ran several business units and contributed to the acquisition of Castle Rock Entertainment, the formation of the Cartoon Network, and the construction of the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.

In addition to his day job, Mr. Frey has been a professor at Duke University since 1997. As an Adjunct Professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy, he teaches intellectual property law and policy. He also serves as Director of the Law & Entrepreneurship Program at Duke Law School. Previously, he served as Professor of the Practice in entrepreneurial management, holding joint appointments at Duke Law School and the Fuqua School of Business.

Mr. Frey is a member of Duke Law School's Board of Visitors and Duke’s Athletics Advisory Board. He is also a member of the Durham Academy, Emily Krzyzewski Center, and Triangle Community Foundation boards of trustees and Wells Fargo Bank’s North Carolina Advisory Board.

Mr. Frey is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Southern California School of Cinema and of Duke Law School, where he served on the Duke Law Journal.

He currently serves on the boards of several private companies and one publicly-traded company, Inspire Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Kip A. Frey