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Investment Panelists' Biographies
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Alexei Andreev, Ph.D
Executive Vice President/Managing Director
Harris & Harris Group Inc. |
Prior to joining Harris & Harris Group, Mr. Andreev was an
associate with Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a venture capital firm,
where he was exclusively focused on nanotechnology and material
science investment opportunities. While at DFJ, he played an
integral role in sourcing and funding of Solicore, D-Wave
Systems, Intematix and EoPlex, where he served as an active
Board Director or Observer. Previously, he worked for TLcom
Capital Partners, a London-based venture capital fund backed by
Morgan Stanley. Prior to that, he was employed by Renaissance
Capital Group/Sputnik Funds, a venture capital fund in Moscow,
Russia. Before he started his business career, Mr. Andreev was a
researcher at the Centre of Nanotechnology, ISAN (RAS), in
Troitsk, Russia where he was focused on optical and electrical
properties of Quantum Dot heterostructures in strong magnetic
fields. Mr. Andreev received his Ph.D. degree from the
Department of Theoretical Physics of Moscow Steel and Alloys
Institute led by Alexei A. Abrikosov (recipient of the Nobel
Prize in Physics 2003), where he was a recipient of the
Scholorship for Outstanding Young Scientists of Russian Academia
of Sciences, the Scholarship from the International Center of
Fundamental Physics and Soros Scientific Foundation. Mr. Andreev
also received a B.S. with honors in Engineering/Material
Sciences from Moscow Steel and Alloys Institute and with an
M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is a
director of the American Business Association of Russian
Expatriates.
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Annette Finsterbusch
Director
Applied Ventures, LLC |
Annette Finsterbusch is
a director for Applied Ventures in the Corporate Business
Development group of Applied Materials since 2004, responsible
for identifying, recommending and managing venture capital
investments. She is also a Kauffman Fellow.
Prior to joining Applied Materials, Ms. Finsterbusch was the CEO
at MindShadow.com, a technology spin-out of DaimlerChrysler's
Research and Technology Center. Prior to that position, Ms.
Finsterbusch was an investment manager for DaimlerChrysler
Venture Capital since 2001, responsible for enterprise software
investments. Ms. Finsterbusch also had previously worked for
Applied Materials, leading its business development efforts in
Russia, Belarus and Armenia from 1996 through 2000, chartering
the company's first office in Moscow.
Ms. Finsterbusch's philanthropic directorships include seats on
both the Board of Directors for the Junior League of San Jose
and the Exception Women Executives of San Jose State University.
Ms. Finsterbusch received a Bachelor of Science in economics and
geology from the University of Houston and a Master's in
Business Administration in Strategy and Finance from San Jose
State University, where she was honored with the Graduate of the
Last Decade (GOLD) Award in 2004.
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Ricardo Angel
Senior Vice President
GE Energy Financial Services |
Ricardo Angel is a
Senior Vice President who leads GE Energy Financial Services'
West Coast venture capital investment origination. GE Energy
Financial Services, GE's energy investing unit, makes $50
million in energy- and water-related venture capital investments
annually.
Based in San Francisco, Mr. Angel joined GE Energy Financial
Services from ChevronTexaco Technology Ventures, where he
originated and executed Energy and Cleantech venture capital
investments. He previously worked in investment banking at
Goldman Sachs and as a technology consultant with CNA
Corporation. He holds an MBA from Northwestern University's
Kellogg School and Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate degrees in
Engineering from the University of Illinois.
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Neal Dikeman
Partner
Jane Capital Partners |
Neal is a Founding
Partner of Jane Capital Partners. Formerly, Neal was a Director
of Business Development at Globalgate, an e-commerce holding
company, and an Associate at Doyle & Boissiere LLC, a private
equity firm backed by CalPers. Neal has extensive experience
with distressed and special situation transactions and
financings. He has been involved in the acquisition and
oversight of several businesses in the technology, aerospace,
semiconductor, and manufacturing sectors. Neal began his career
with the energy group of Bankers Trust, working on M&A,
financing, and distressed situations in the oil & gas and energy
service sectors. He holds a B.A from Texas A&M. Neal serves on
the boards of Carbonflow, Inc. and Waiterpad POS Systems.
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Daniel Hullah
Associate
Rockport Capital Partners |
Daniel Hullah is an
Associate at RockPort Capital Partners.
Mr. Hullah joined RockPort in May 2006. He is actively engaged
in all aspects of RockPort’s diligence process including
research, financial and technical analysis, intellectual
property evaluation, and structuring. Mr. Hullah is also a
member of the Screening Committee.
Prior to joining RockPort, Mr. Hullah worked as a Manager at ZS
Associates, a sales and marketing strategy consultancy. He was a
member of the founding team that opened ZS’s Boston office in
2001, where he helped develop a diverse new client base in the
healthcare and financial services sectors. He worked on a wide
range of issues including product launch strategy, customer
segmentation / value proposition development, sales force
resource allocation, and incentive compensation plan design.
Mr. Hullah holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD, and a
D.Phil. (Ph.D.) in Physical Chemistry from Oxford University.
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Nancy Pfund
Managing Partner
DBL Investors |
Nancy is a Managing Partner of DBL Investors.
In addition to clean tech and general technology investing, her
areas of investment interest include educational and
environmental technology and the links between community
development and venture capital. Previously, Ms. Pfund was a
Managing Director at JPMorgan. Ms. Pfund joined JPMorgan in 1985
as a securities analyst and later joined its venture capital
department as Principal in 1989. In addition to her private
equity responsibilities, Ms. Pfund previously directed
JPMorgan's external affairs and philanthropic programs. She has
sponsored numerous private equity investments while at JPMorgan,
such as Molecular Dynamics, Promega, InfoSpace, and Odwalla, and
currently serves on the boards of directors of Elephant
Pharmacy, SolarCity, SERA Learning Technologies and VisionRx.
In 1988, Ms. Pfund was appointed by President Bush as a charter
member of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy
and Technology. In 1999, Ms. Pfund was appointed by President
Clinton to serve on the Congressional Web-Based Education
Commission, which issued its report in the winter of 2000. She
is also a member of the advisory board for the Yale University
School of Management International Center for Finance. Prior to
joining JPMorgan, Ms. Pfund worked at Intel Corporation,
Stanford University, and the Sierra Club. Ms. Pfund received her
B.A. and M.A. in Anthropology from Stanford University, and her
M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management.
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Randy Lewis
Partner
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
John Randall (Randy)
Lewis is a partner in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati. Randy has extensive experience in many areas
of corporate and securities law, including public offerings,
corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and venture
capital and private equity financings. With a particular
concentration in the clean technology and renewable energy
field, his practice focuses on the corporate representation of
technology and other growth companies, ranging from start-ups to
large public corporations.
Randy began his career in the firm's Palo Alto, California,
office. In addition to his tenure at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &
Rosati, he also had served as assistant general counsel and
director of business development of CarsDirect.com. Prior to
attending law school, Randy worked at GE Capital and Wells Fargo
Bank.
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