Aaref is a partner at Bain Capital Ventures. He presently serves on the boards of Clari, Contextual AI, Cleanlab, Felt and a handful of other early stage companies. Previously, he spent seven years as a partner at Sequoia where he served on the boards of Guardant Health (NASDAQ: GH), Lightstep (acquired by ServiceNow), MobileIron (NASDAQ: MOBL), Skyhigh Networks (acquired by McAfee), and ThousandEyes (acquired by Cisco).