Susan Barnes

Susan K.
Barnes was the founder of NeXT Software, Inc., founded in 1985, where the title held was Chief Financial Officer & Vice President from 1985 to 1991.
Current jobs include Independent Director at Sanmina Corp.
since 2023 and Trustee at The Nueva School since 1998.
Former jobs include Managing Director at Blum Capital Partners LP from 1991 to 1994; Director at RAE Systems, Inc. in 2006; Director at Northstar Neuroscience, Inc. from 2006 to 2009; Director at Shire Regenerative Medicine, Inc.; Managing Director-Private Equity Group at Jefferies LLC from 1994 to 1996; Chief Financial Officer & Managing Director at Richard C.
Blum & Associates LP from 1991 to 1994; Controller-Macintosh Division at Apple, Inc. from 1981 to 1985; Chief Financial Officer & Senior VP-Finance at Intuitive Surgical, Inc. from 1997 to 2005; Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. in 2020; Trustee at Bryn Mawr College from 1997 to 2013.
Education includes an undergraduate degree from Bryn Mawr College conferred in 1976 and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania conferred in 1980.