Mr. Anand Kamannavar serves as Global Head & Vice President at Applied Ventures. He served as Board Observer at Ontera. He served as Board Observer at Exo Imaging. He joined Applied Ventures in 2006 and has over 14 years of experience in the technology and venture capital industry. At Applied Ventures, he focuses on identifying and managing investments in areas of Cleantech, Materials, and India. He serves as Applied's board observer in EnPhase Energy, Adesto Technologies, Tessolve, Infinite Power Solutions, and Iosil Energy. He was a Board Observer at Kotak Urja. Prior to joining Applied Ventures, he worked at Atlas Ventures and Arch Development Partners looking at startups in the broader Alternative energy, Internet, Web 2.0, Media, Software, and Medical sectors. Prior to his career in venture capital, he held various engineering and business development roles with Hewlett-Packard's server group in Richardson, TX where he was awarded key US patents. He also co-founded Precision Information Systems which provides financial data and tools to leading financial institutions like Ameritrade, New York Life, and Intuit. He serves as Board Observer at Ontera.