Annette Finsterbusch

Annette Finsterbusch is the Investment Director at Applied Ventures. Annette Finsterbusch has been with Applied Ventures since 2004. Ms. Finsterbusch is responsible for investments in solid state lighting， advanced lithography， and energy storage. She is currently board of directors observer for ActaCell， Illumitex， Infinite Power Solutions， and Clear Edge Power.

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， 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 the Global Leadership Council at the Lucas College of Business at San Jose State University and she serves as a Trustee for Opera San Jose.

Ms. Finsterbusch received a bachelor of science in economics and geology from the University of Houston and an MBA in Strategy and Finance from San Jose State University， where she was honored with the Graduate of the Last Decade （GOLD） Award in 2004. She is also a Kauffman Fellow.