Julie Mead

Part of Novartis AG, Novartis, Inc. is a company based in San Francisco.

Doskocil Manufacturing Co., Inc. engages in the manufacture and market of pet containment products. It produces products for dogs and puppies, cats and kittens, and for birds. The firm's products are marketed under the brands Bamboo, Booda, Dogzilla, FatCat, LeBistro and Kennel-aire. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Arlington, TX.

Gen-Probe, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets rapid, accurate and molecular diagnostic products and services that are used primarily to diagnose human diseases, screen donated human blood, and ensure transplant compatibility. It also develops and manufactures the PROCLEIX assays, which are used to detect human immunodeficiency virus, the hepatitis C virus, the hepatitis B virus, and the West Nile virus in donated human blood. The firm's clinical diagnostics products include APTIMA family of assays, which are used to detect the common STDs chlamydia and gonorrhea. Gen-Probe was founded by Thomas H. Adams and David E. Kohne in 1983 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Platypus Technologies LLC specializes in providing services for the design and fabrication of biosensors and chemical sensors. The private company is based in Madison, WI, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company offers photolithography, wet etching, and metal lift-off services for the fabrication of sensors, biosensors, and microfluidics. The company's Oris™ Pro Cell Migration Assays are ideal for High-Throughput Screening, Drug Discovery, Wound Healing, or Cancer Studies. Platypus Technologies has partnered with GWC to deliver high-quality sensor chips for surface plasmon resonance. The company also offers dicing services for silicon wafers and glass panels. The company was founded in 2000 by Nick Abbott, and the CEO is Marco Bedolla.

Asuragen, Inc. develops molecular diagnostic products. Its products include AmplideX and QuantideX. It uses genomics to drive patient management through clinical testing solutions. The company was founded in March 2006 by Matthew M. Winkler and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Proxim Diagnostics Corp. develops and manufactures handheld immune diagnostic devices. It also provide tests for critical care and infectious diseases. The company was founded by Mikhail Briman and Vikram Joshi and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Grant Thornton LLP provides accounting, tax and business consulting services. It offers advisory, business consulting, business risk, enterprise technology and innovation, transaction services, data analytics, cyber risk, and data integrity services. The firm serves the construction, real estate and hospitality, consumer and industrial products, energy, financial services, health care and life sciences, not for profit organizations, private equity, public sector, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

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.

Pacific Cycle, Inc. manufactures bicycles and other recreational products. It markets its products under the Schwinn, Mongoose, GT, Schwinn Motor Scooters, Kustom Kruiser, Roadmaster, Pacific, Dyno, Powerlite, and Pacific Outdoors brand names. The company was founded in 1977 by Christopher Hornung and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

A. Epstein & Sons International, Inc. provides design and construction services. Its services include architecture, interiors, civil engineering, MEPFP engineering, structural, industrial process engineering, construction, design-build, sustainability, energy modeling, logistics and owner services. The company was founded by Abraham Epstein on July 15, 1921 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

United Alloy, Inc. produces metal fabrication and powder coating products. Its products include fuel tanks, hydraulic reservoirs, trailers, base frames and skids, complex weldments, fabricated assemblies, and sheet metal products. The company was founded by Thomas Baer in September 1999 and is headquartered in Janesville, WI.

LatinoPro, Inc. provides staffing and recruiting services. It specializes in diversity recruitment, spanish, staffing, employment, bilingual recruitment, recruiting, and atino professionals. The company was founded by Saul Benjamin Morales Mcquaid in 2016 and is headquartered in Cedarburg, WI.

Wisconsin Investment Partners LLC (Wisconsin Investment Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Dick Leazer and Terry Sivesind. The firm is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.

Part of General Electric Co., GE Healthcare Finland Oy is a Finnish company that manufactures and markets medical imaging, information technologies, medical diagnostics and patient monitoring systems. The company is based in Helsinki, Finland.

Brightstar Wisconsin Foundation /Venture Capital/ is a Venture capital, subsidiary of Brightstar Wisconsin Foundation Inc founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

PinPoint Software, Inc. develops expiration date management software. Its solutions include Date Check Pro and Taskle. The company was founded by Andrew Hoeft and Andrew Shell and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

NeoClone Biotechnology International LLC engages in the production and supply of monoclonal antibody products. The firm offers antibodies to bacterial transcription proteins, RNA polymerase II, bacterial toxins, eukaryotic transcription proteins, neural proteins, cancer proteins, cardiac biomarkers, and interferon gamma, as well as offers cancer antibodies and Softag products. It provides contract monoclonal antibodies for companies and individual researchers, as well as for university and industry researchers. The company was founded in 1999 by Mark Jackson, Donal Kaehler, David Largaspaeda and Deven McGlenn and is headquartered in Madison, WI.