Kyle D. Baker

National Semiconductor Corp. develops and manufactures analog intensive and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The firm’s product portfolio includes power management circuits, audio and operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog converters, communication interface circuits, lighting and display circuits, adaptive voltage scaling circuits, and radio frequency integrated circuits, as well as power references, regulators, and switches. The company was founded by Arie Brish on June 29, 1959 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Vitria Technology, Inc. develops software platforms for real time e-business. It offers VIA IoT analytics platform, IoT analytics paaS, operational intelligence and businessware as products. It provides enterprise application integration software that works to integrate dissimilar software platforms and computer hardware with the Internet. The company was founded by JoMei Chang and Dale Skeen in 1994 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. engages in the design, development, and sale of integrated circuits. The company offers System-on-a-Chip devices, which leverages technology portfolio of intellectual property in the areas of analog, mixed-signal, digital signal processing, and embedded and standalone integrated circuits. It also develops integrated hardware platforms along with software that incorporates digital computing technologies designed and configured to provide an optimized computing solution. The company was founded by Sehat Sutardja, Weili Dai and Pantas Sutardja in January 1995 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Seagate Technology Plc engages in the development, production, and distribution of data storage products and electronic data storage solutions. Its products include hard disk drives, solid state hybrid drives, solid state drives, peripheral component interconnect express cards, serial advanced technology attachment controllers, storage subsystems and computing solutions. The firm offers its products under the Backup Plus and Expansion product lines, and Maxtor and LaCie brands. The company was founded by Finis Conner, Syed Iftikar, Doug Mahon, David Thomas Mitchell, and Alan F. Shugart in 1978 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Part of Waste Connections, Inc., Amd, Inc. provides waste management services.

cDream Corp. manufactures, develops and designs semiconductors and flat panel display monitors using its proprietary carbon-nano tube technology. The company was founded on August 16, 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA

Elanex, Inc. provides language and translation services. It operates a technology platform for managing and automating the translation process. The firm provides editing, interpreting, subtitling and voiceover, transcription, printing, and foreign language copywriting services. The company was founded by Jonathan Kirk in April 2002 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Omni Water Solutions, Inc. provides automated mobile water systems for water treatment and re-use. Its Octozone automation technology platform self-analyzes virtually any water source and configures the treatment regimen to deliver a reliable water source utilizing only the energy and processes necessary to eliminate contaminants. The company was founded by Wayne Wolfe in 2010 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Nitero, Inc. designs and develops fabless semiconductors. It offers 60GHz support for 4K wireless displays at near-zero latency and supports content sharing at unprecedented speeds. The firm also offers NT4600 60GHz wireless LAN transceiver for short-range multi-gigabit per second connection of mobile devices. The company was founded by Neil Patrick Kelly and Efstratios Skafidas in 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

VUV Analytics, Inc. manufactures vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) molecular spectroscopy instruments. It specializes in Gas Chromatography, Spectroscopy, Analytical Chemistry and Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy, Spectrometry. VUV Analytics'' patented and proprietary technologies create the most exciting advancement in molecular spectroscopy in decades. The company was founded by Sean Jameson and Dale Harrison in 2009 and is headquartered in Cedar Park, TX.

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.

iconectiv LLC engages in the provision of mobile, broadband, and enterprise software and services. It offers network and operations management; numbering; registry; messaging; and fraud and identity solutions. Its platforms include TruNumber, TruOps, and TruReach. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

Stream Machine Co. provides semiconductor solutions that enable video and audio compression. Its compression technology offers video at low bit-rates and is compatible with consumer standards, including MPEG-2, MP3 and Dolby Digital. The company is located in Milpitas, CA.

Part of Texas Instruments Incorporated, Vivid Semiconductor, Inc. is a company that specializes in thermal spray applications and functional and cosmetic coating solutions. The company is based in Wilmington, DE. Vivid has developed manufacturing processes to fit any customer needs and provides various high-volume services for performance enhancement and product identification for many industries. The company was founded by R. Alex Erhart, Gerald Harder. Vivid Semiconductor was acquired by National Semiconductor Corp., part of Texas Instruments Incorporated from September 23, 2011 on July 19, 2000 for $25.10 million.

VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. manufactures semiconductors and related devices. It provides IP-centric, platform based custom silicon solutions and end to end semiconductor turnkey services for a wide range of applications across a wide variety of end markets including mobile internet devices, datacenters, the internet of things, wearable electronics, smart homes and automotive. The company was founded by Wayne Wei-Ming Dai in August 2001 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

Magnum Semiconductor, Inc. provides silicon, modules, software and Internet protocol. It provides line of products, tools, and technologies for the entire video content creation and distribution chain, from contribution and production through distribution over cable, satellite and IPTV to Over-the-Top video streaming. The company was founded by Jack Guedj on June 30, 2005 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Advanced Interconnect Technologies provides semiconductor assembly and test services. Its services include design, assembly, test, failure analysis and electrical & thermal characterization. The company designs & creates both array and leadframe packages for the global market. The firm was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Singapore City, Singapore.

AVP Management Services, Inc. (AVP Management Services) is a private equity/venture capital firm firm founded in 1979 by Joseph Charles Aragona, Ken Paul DeAngelis and Jeff C. Garvey. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Lincoln Clean Energy LLC develops, owns, and operates wind farms. Its operational projects include Oak Solar, Lone Valley 1, Lone Valley 2, Hereford Wind, Jumbo Road Wind, and Horse Creek Wind. The firm’s development projects include LCE development pipeline and Electra Wind, Nazareth Solar, Rockwood Energy Center, and Shawnee Energy Center. The company was founded by Declan Flanagan, James R. Estes, Alex S. Kessel, Avy H. Stein and Christopher G. Boehm in 2009 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

AliveCor, Inc. develops mobile heart monitoring system. It offers kardia mobile that provides people with suspected or diagnosed heart conditions, and those at risk of heart conditions. The company was founded by David E. Albert, Bruce Satchwell, and Kim Barnett and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Automation Anywhere, Inc. engages in provision of automation software products and services. Its products include IQ bot, bot insight, bot store, and mobile app. The company was founded by Mihir Shukla, Neeti Mehta, Rushabh Parmani and Ankur Kothari in 2003 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.