Office Address:
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
D-81739 München
GERMANY

Biography

Rajesh joined the Silicon Valley office of Siemens Venture Capital (SVC) in 2008 as an Investment Analyst. His areas of focus include energy, communications and industrial solutions.

Prior to joining SVC,  Rajesh  worked for Rutberg & Co., a boutique investment bank focusing on mergers & acquisitions and private placement transactions within the digital media and wireless space.

Rajesh is also a co-founder of a technology startup in San Francisco, where he  worked  with a team of professionals in the development of a professional networking utility site. Rajesh also worked for Fisher Investments, within their research group and for Merrill Lynch Global Commodities, within their energy trading group.

Rajesh graduated Cum Laude with a BBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, concentrating in finance and marketing. 

March 2008

Office Address:
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
D-81739 München
GERMANY

Office Address:
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
D-81739 München
GERMANY

Before joining SVC in 2000 he directed the innovation management for Siemens' Communication Devices line of business. In a previous assignment he has spent five years with Mannesmann AG in Germany, where he worked as a consultant and technology manager in telematics, logistics, automotive technology, and communications.

A native of Mainz, Germany, Uwe holds a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Washington, Seattle, a Physics Diploma from Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, and a Ph.D. (summa cum laude) in Physics from Universität Konstanz.

December 2007

Biography

Gerd is Managing Partner, based in Palo Alto , CA . He specializes in investments in energy, communications and industrial solutions.

His investments include Broadlight, Dune Networks, IP-Unity Glenayre, Kagoor Networks (acquired by Juniper Networks), Myrio (acquired by Siemens), Reactive NanoTechnologies and Verimatrix. In addition he manages SVC's investments in G2 Microsystems, Prenova and SmartSynch.

With more than 20 years of worldwide industry experience, he combines a strong technical background with wide-ranging operational skills. Prior to joining Siemens Venture Capital in September 2000, Gerd held the position of Vice President and Head of CableTV Solutions in Siemens Information and Communication Networks.

Additionally, Gerd's managerial and operating expertise stems from earlier focus on R&D, system integration, product line management, technical sales support, project management and general management in the fields of telecommunication equipment and solutions.

Gerd received a master's degree in electrical engineering (Dipl. Ing.) from Technical University Darmstadt, Germany.

Biography

Jackie Hoffmann, Vice President, Investment Partner, Siemens Venture Capital

Her primary focus is on investment opportunities related to enterprise networks, hosted office and security.

Her investments include Voltage Security, PSS Systems and Media5. Previous investments include Oblix (acquired by Oracle), Blue Pumpkin (acquired by Witness Systems), Nimcat Networks (acquired by Avaya) and Teamplate (acquired by Captaris).

Jackie has 26 years experience in the industry. Over the past 21 years, she has held a variety of positions in the venture capital, finance and business administration organizations at Siemens. Prior to joining Siemens, she spent 5 years in the finance organization at Intel.

Before joining the Siemens Venture Capital team in 2000 (known at the time as Mustang Ventures), Jackie directed the Applications and Pricing Business Administration teams at Siemens Information and Communication Networks in Santa Clara, California.

Jackie graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Berkeley, with a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics in 1978. She received her Master's Degree in Business Administration from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business in 1980.

August 2007

Office Address:
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
D-81739 München
GERMANY

Office Address:
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
D-81739 München
GERMANY

August 2007

Since joining Siemens in 1992, Rajesh has held a wide variety of roles in areas like Finance, Marketing and Business Development and Engineering.

Prior to joining SVC in 2005, he was Senior Manager, Finance, with Siemens Ltd, India. Before that he held various positions, first in engineering and then in marketing and business development with Automation and Control group of Siemens.

Rajesh graduated from Mumbai University with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1991 and later received his Masters in Finance from the same university.

July 2006

Office Address:
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
D-81739 München
GERMANY

Oanh Le has joined Siemens Venture Capital (SVC) in July 2008 as Director, Marketing & Communications.

Oanh has worldwide responsibility for SVC corporate communications, including public relations, media relations, marketing, corporate identity, online activities and event management.

Prior to joining SVC, Oanh was responsible for the worldwide internal communications of Siemens Financial Services, headquartered in Munich, Germany. From 2001 to 2006, Oanh held various positions in the corporate communications department of the mobile operator ONE, headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Oanh has a degree in public relations studies from the University of Vienna and began her career in a Viennese public relations agency in 1997.

July 2008

Office Address:
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
D-81739 München
GERMANY

Following studies in business administration in the U.K., Mary has worked as a technical translator in Germany and as a production and editorial manager at scientific publishing companies in the U.S.

August 2007

Office Address:
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
D-81739 München

Susanne Wölfinger is an investment partner for the private equity advisory services within Siemens Venture Capital (SVC).

Susanne joined SVC in May 2008 and is responsible for investments in European leveraged buy-out funds as well as for investments in distressed and mezzanine funds.

Since 2005, Susanne was a senior manager at Siemens Investor Relations. Between 1996 and 2005, Susanne held positions in M&A and IPO advisory, private equity advisory and leveraged finance at Goldman Sachs & Co., Triton Equity Partners, ABN Amro and HypoVereinsbank.

Within the Med Fund Portfolio he has been involved in the boards of U-Systems, Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, RadPharm, MDdatacor and overseas the Sequenom investment.

He previously was an I. I. ranked analyst following the medical technology industry at Alex Brown and Wachovia Securities. Sectors under coverage included imaging, orthopedics, cardiovascular, vision, diabetes, and neurologic devices.

During his career, he was instrumental in raising over $2 billion in equity capital for over 30 emerging growth medical technology companies including Guidant, Perclose, Masimo, MediSense and Natus. He published over 10,000 pages of research including thought leading pieces on neurology, orthopedics and an early introduction to the field of drug coated stents.

Dr. Jay's prior experience includes leading consulting projects for Arthur D. Little and running his substantial dental practice.
He has a Bachelor of Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a DMD from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern.

December 2007

Office Address:
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
D-81739 München
GERMANY

Alexander joined Siemens Venture Capital in July 2005. His responsibilities at Siemens Venture Capital include pre-screening and evaluating deal flow, the due diligence of investment opportunities, and supporting the investment partners in all topics related to the portfolio management.

Alexander covers investments in the following spaces: Energy, Environment, and Industry. Currently he serves as a board member of Setrix AG.

Before joining Siemens Venture Capital, Alexander was employed as a Junior Investment Manager at HBD Venture Capital in Cape Town . During his tenure at Mark Shuttleworth's Venture Capital vehicle, he was involved in the review and evaluation of incoming business proposals and participated in several due diligences of South African early-stage ventures. Prior to that Alexander worked at Umbono Capital Partners in Johannesburg . While there he was mainly involved in strategy-related projects for the South African electricity monopolist Eskom.

Alexander graduated with an MBA (Dipl.-Kfm.) from Frankfurt University , Germany .

December 2007

Office Address:
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
D-81739 München
GERMANY

Kai joined Siemens Venture Capital in October 2004 and was an Analyst for the Fund-of-Funds until the end of 2005. In this capacity Kai assisted the head of fund investments in all tasks related to the investment process, including market research, due diligence and the monitoring of Siemens Venture Capital's numerous fund investments. Until 2007 Kai was SVC's Controller and supported the CFO in all financial planning and reporting functions.

Prior to joining Siemens Venture Capital, Kai studied Business Administration and Computer Science with a Siemens scholarship. During his studies Kai did several internships at a financial services company and at different Siemens business units and central departments where he worked on a wide range of topics including IT services, web application development, management information systems and treasury.

Kai graduated with an MBA (Dipl.-Kfm., FH) from the University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany and is a CFA Level II Candidate.

October 2007

Office Address:
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
D-81739 München
GERMANY

Rudolf Ohnesorge is an Investment Partner responsible for Growth Capital investments and contributes more than 10 years of consulting, general management and investment experience to his role.

Rudolf joined Siemens Venture Capital from Infineon Technologies AG where he was part of the management of a $700 million division. He established the ‘Identification' business unit, focusing on security electronics (e.g. ePassports) and RFID technologies, and was able to grow the business from $5 million to $260 million annual revenue and profitability.

Prior to that, Rudolf was a founding team member and Managing Director of Infineon Ventures, Infineon's venture capital arm. He held various board and board observer roles. His investment track record includes Formfactor (NASDAQ: FORM), Saifun (acquired by Spansion), LightLogic (acquired by Intel) and Broadbus (acquired by Motorola).

Previously, he gained consulting experience with McKinsey & Co. in Munich and with the Mitchell Madison Group in London, UK.

Rudolf received a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, and a Master's in Strategic Management from Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) in Paris, France. He also studied economics at the University of Oxford, UK.

May 2008

Office Address:
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
D-81739 München
GERMANY

Prior to joining SVC, Ms. Stav was a Partner in the Neurone Venture Capital Fund and has more than six years of experience in the venture capital market and the technology industry in Israel. She led investments from seed stage to exit and worked with leading international VCs. She gained experience with varied technology companies throughout the Siemens investment spectrum.

Ms. Stav has a BA in Economics and Management from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from Hertfordshire University in the UK.

January 2006

Tel.: +1 617 531 2902
E-Mail: anupendra.sharma@siemens.com

Address:
801 Boylston Street
5th Floor
Boston, MA 02116
U.S.A.

Anupendra is most actively focused on investing in US, China and Israel. His areas of focus include medtech devices, imaging equipment and applications, in-vitro and point of care diagnostics, biomarkers, navigation systems, healthcare IT and software, and oncology therapy. Anupendra is involved in SVC investments in Sequenom (NASD: SQNM) and U-Systems.

He previously was Director of Mergers & Acquisitions at Siemens Corporation, responsible for Medical transactions in the USA. Anupendra has completed over $3 billion of acquisitions and divestitures, especially in the medical imaging, healthcare IT, software and healthcare services sectors.

Prior to joining Siemens Corporation, Anupendra worked in Investment Banking at JPMorgan and Salomon Smith Barney in New York, strategy consulting for McKinsey in London, and Product Development Finance for Ford Motor in the UK, where he was a member of the core team that launched Ford in China and India.

Anupendra is a Charter Member of TiE Boston, and Founder & Chairman of Mobile Medics, a social venture attempting to solve the last-mile problem for rural healthcare. Mobile Medics was named the Most Outstanding Social Venture of 2006 at the Global Social Venture Competition, and has won several international awards. Anupendra also serves as mentor and advisor to several Entrepreneurship Centers in the US and India.

Anupendra holds an MBA from Cornell University, MS in Accounting & Finance from Manchester Business School, Masters in Economics and Bachelors in Instrumentation Engineering from BITS Pilani, India.

December 2006

Tel.: +86 10 6476 8245
Fax: +8610-6476 4984
E-Mail: yongyan.li@siemens.com

Address:
No. 7, Wangjing Zhonghuan Nanlu
Chaoyang District
P.O. Box 8543
Beijing 100102, P.R. China

Prior joining SVC, Robin has acquired intensive professional experience in investment banking industry. 1999 to 2005 he was an assistant to president at China Enterprise Investments Co. Ltd, where he was responsible for M&A job function from planning, direct investment and exit.

1998 to 1999, Robin worked in China Citic Securities Holdings Ltd as a project manager engaging in IPO process, was responsible for the restructuring and financing pre-list companies.

1993 to 1998, he was a project manager in investment banking consulting business including industry/project feasibility study, planning, market survey, etc.

From 1989 to 1992, Robin was a research fellow in China Light Industry Research Center studying in policies.

Robin holds a Master Degree in Mathematics from Jilin University, China.

March 2006

She is responsible for the Boston Office management, helps organize events, arranges business travel.

Prior to joining SVC, she was employed at Audax Group, a private equity/venture company, for 5 years and an additional 5 years at Fidelity Investments in the brokerage and mutual fund divisions.

Tina received her business diploma (Wirtschaftsabitur) in Germany and has been residing in the US for a number of years.

March 2006

Edward Chan

Siemens Venture Capital, Inc.
Investment Analyst

Tel.: +1 617 531 2905
Fax: +1 617 531 2908
E-Mail: edward.chan@siemens.com

Address:
801 Boylston Street
5th Floor
Boston, MA 02116
U.S.A.

Edward graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, with a concentration in Computer Engineering. At Johns Hopkins, he was elected to the National Leadership Honor Society and named a member of the Biomedical Honor Society.

August 2006

Eric Emmons

Siemens Venture Capital, Inc.
Investment Partner Venture Capital

Eric Emmons is an Investment Partner based in Boston, MA. He specializes in investments in energy, materials, and industrial solutions.

Before joining Siemens Venture Capital in 2008, Eric was a general partner at the Massachusetts Green Energy Fund, where he led many of its investments in photovoltaics, biofuels, industrial process efficiency, and new materials. Eric also worked with Commons Capital, a venture capital firm in the Boston area which invests in energy, medical, and technology companies.

Eric has significant prior experience in corporate finance and operations. Eric worked in the M&A and strategy group of LEK Consulting and managed M&A due diligence on target companies for private equity clients. Eric was also on the founding team of Enmed, Inc., a software firm that developed and marketed clinical trial management software for the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries, and served as Manager of Marketing and Strategic Planning for EPIX Medical, Inc., a venture-backed public biotechnology firm in Cambridge, MA.

Eric holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelors degree from Princeton University.

Biography

Markus Mittermaier originally joined SVC in January 2000 when he worked in the Munich and Silicon Valley offices for two years and was involved in transactions in Europe and the US. Prior to rejoining SVC in the Boston office in July 2006 he worked at Citigroup's Investment Banking Division in London and managed his own online recruitment firm
while at university.

His primary areas of investment are Energy, Environment, New Materials and Industrial Solutions.

He is a director at Qcept Technologies, Inc. and is a Board Observer at Reactive Nanotechnologies (RNT) Inc. . He also was a board observer at Digital Envoy, Inc.  (acquired by Landmark Communications in June 2007).

Markus was a Siemens Scholar at the University of Oxford  from which he graduated with a double first class Master of Engineering in Materials Science, Economics and Manage-ment. He also was a scholar of the Armourers and Brasiers Company, London and the Kurt Fordan Trust, Munich.

April 2008 

Prior to joining SVC, Sandy was Assistant Manager in the United Family Hospital - the only US owned hospital in Beijing - for 5 years. Before that, she worked in the Beijing Continental Grand Hotel, during which time she was awarded several positions in different departments, including front office, finance department and the General Manager's office.

Sandy received her business diploma from Beijing Economic Administration College.

July 2007

Office Address:
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
D-81739 München
GERMANY