# George McNamee

> George McNamee is a startup investor at AmberWave (Albany). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [AmberWave](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amberwave-systems)
- Location: Albany, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-mcnamee-a5308613

George McNamee is a startup investor at AmberWave in Albany. George McNamee has served as a director since August 1999; he brings extensive experience with the management of public and private companies, as well as deep financial expertise.Currently a private investor, McNamee served as a managing partner of FA Technology Ventures Corporation, an information and energy technology venture capital firm,from 2000 until 2012. He serves as chairman of the board of directors of Plug Power Inc., a leading fuel cell developer, and is a director of several private companies, a Sterling Fellow of Yale and a Trustee of the Albany Academies and The American Friends of Eton College.McNamee previously served on the board of directors of Broadpoint (now Gleacher) Securities as well as serving from 1984 to 2007 as chairman of its predecessor First Albany Companies and was also a board member of the New York Stock Exchange Inc., Maplnfo, Home Shopping Network, Inc. and the Meta Group.He holds a B.A. from Yale University. McNamee will be retiring from the board of directors and is not standing for re-election at this annual meeting.

## About AmberWave

VC Fund · Salem, United States

AmberWave, Inc., formerly AmberWave Systems Corporation, engages in the research, development, and licensing of technologies for semiconductor manufacturing. It provides Strained Silicon, a technology that is used in microchips to improve performance and decrease power consumption; and Aspect Ratio Trapping, a technology, which is used to makechips for silicon-based photonics and photovoltaic cells. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire. AmberWave Systems Corporation is a former subsidiary of U.S. Robotics Corp.

3 contacts available at AmberWave.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anthony Lochtefeld | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-lochtefeld |
| Bryan Lord | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-lord-3e20 |
| George McNamee | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-mcnamee |

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