Irina A. Baburina

First Light Diagnostics, Inc. develops automated medical diagnostic products for the detection of microbes that cause healthcare and hospital infections. The firm offers MultiPath technology detects and counts fluorescent targets without using magnification. Its MultiPath technology is used for screening, blood infections, surgical infections, skin infections and GI infections. The company was founded by Donald Straus and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Columbia Ventures Corp (CVC) is a private equity subsidiary of Columbia Ventures, Inc founded in 1987. The firm is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington.

Columbia Ventures, Inc. operates as an investment company. It focuses principally on the international telecommunications industry. The firm has a distinct ability to foresee business opportunities and accelerate the process to develop them. Columbia Ventures was founded in 1994 and is headquartered is Jackson, MS.

Anaconda Aluminum Co. is a private company that wholesales aluminum bars, rods, ingots, sheets, pipes, and plates. The company is based in Anaheim, CA.

Hydro Aluminium AS engages in the production and fabrication of aluminum. The company supplies casthouse, rolled, extruded products, wire rods for the automotive, construction, packaging and printing industries. It serves foil, lithographic strip, building systems, engine blocks and cylinder heads, heat transfer systems and structural components. The company is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

American Diabetes Association provides diabetes related medical services. It funds research, publishes scientific findings, provides information and other services to people with diabetes, their families, health professionals and the public. The company was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

The Home of the Innocents, Inc. provides healthcare services to poor children. The company was founded by James Taylor Helm in 1880 and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.

TransMedics, Inc. manufactures and develops medical devices. It offers a portable warm blood perfusion system designed to maintain organs in a functioning state outside the human body during transport from organ donor to recipient. The firm’s products are used in heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplants. The company was founded by Waleed H. Hassanein in August 1998 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.

Magnet Networks Ltd. provides telecommunications, data connectivity, and security services. The firm offers private VPN and MPLS, managed failover, business fiber, small office fiber, phone line rental, and SIP trunks. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Clonshaugh, Ireland.

Roche Diagnostics Corp. develops and manufactures diagnostic products. It offers anticoagulation management, blood gas and electrolytes, cholesterol and urinalysis products. The firm provides a broad portfolio of tools that help healthcare providers in the prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases like HPV, HIV, heart failure and diabetes, as well as other medical conditions, such as fertility and blood coagulation. Its products and services uses by researchers, physicians, patients, hospitals and laboratories worldwide. The company was founded in 1964 by Willard Eason and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Part of W World Corp., Oculon Corp is a pharmaceutical concern. Oculon was acquired by W World Corp. on April 13, 1995 for $4 million.

Norbridge, Inc. provides management consulting services. Its specializes in long-term strategy development, new product development, investor support services, litigation support services and regulatory support services, organizational development and strategic support tools. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Concord, MA.

Mesoblast, Inc. manufactures and distributes biopharmaceutical products. It develops cellular medicines for under-served therapeutic areas including cardiac diseases, spine orthopedic disorders, oncology and hematology diseases, and immune-mediated and inflammatory conditions. The company was founded by Michael Schuster and Silviu Itescu in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Arthur D. Little, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in strategy and organization, operations management, technology and innovation management, corporate finance, and global carbon advisory serving corporations and organizations worldwide. The firm serves the automotive, healthcare, information, chemicals, consumer goods, retail, manufacturing, and transportation industries. The company was founded by Arthur Dehon Little and Roger Griffin in October 1886 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Cytyc Corp. manufactures and markets medical diagnostic applications. The company is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Part of Medtronic Plc, EdenTec Corp is a company that specializes in patient monitoring equipment. The company is based in Hayward, CA.

GeneOhm Sciences, Inc. develops molecular diagnostic products. It offers methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Assay an in vitro diagnostic test for the direct detection of MRSA from a nasal specimen. The company was founded on 2001 and is headquartered in Franklin Lakes, NJ.

Washington National Corp. provides life insurance and annuity services. It offers dental, disability, income protection, bond, casualty, group, liability, marine and property insurance services. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Lincolnshire, IL.

University of the Pacific is a nationally ranked university with a long tradition of dedicated teaching, small class sizes, practical experience and vibrant residential life. The breathtaking main campus in Stockton, California is home to seven schools and colleges, with more than 80 majors and programs of study. Pacific also has the McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento and the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco. Total university enrollment is nearly 7,000, with 3,757 undergraduates in an average class size of 19 and a student/faculty ratio of 14:1. It is located in Stockton, California.

Part of Humana, Inc., Capital Health Management Group LLC provides investment services. The company is based in Charlotte, NC.

Excel Medical Ventures LLC (Excel Medical Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Steven R. Gullans. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Dormir, Inc. engages in the provision of medical solutions for the people suffering from sleep disorders. It applies a unified three-pronged approach in reshaping the Sleep Disorder healthcare landscape. The company was founded by Timothy Miller in 2005 and is headquartered in DE.

Lantos Technologies, Inc. develops intra-aural 3D ear scanning systems for the custom earpiece market. Its technology enables audiologists to eliminate the uncomfortable, messy, and error-prone technique that used to generate impressions of the ear canal. The firm provides 3D scanner that measures ear canal shape and tissue compliance to produce a map of the ear canal. It also offers noise protection devices for military and industrial markets, and consumer audio earphones. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, MA.

Abt Associates, Inc. provides research and consulting services. It offers greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, low-emission development strategies, environmental research, air quality regulatory support, decision-support tools and IT solutions, ecological risk assessment, economic and regulatory analysis, value chain development, housing policies and programs, health systems strengthening, and workforce development. The company was founded by Clark Abt on January 12, 1965 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Somatogen, Inc. develops specialty oxygen therapeutics. It is engaged in the research, clinical development and commercialization of genetically engineered recombinant human hemoglobin-based products. The company is located in Boulder, CO.

Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. develops and produces molecular-based diagnostic tests and automated testing platforms. It specializes in oncology, virology, microbiology and blood screening tests areas. The firm's customers include researchers, physicians, patients, hospitals, laboratories and blood banks. The company is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.