Merlyn D. Sampels

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.

Quantance, Inc. manufactures ultra-fast, envelope tracking power supplies. The company was founded by Vikas Vinayak and Serge Francois Drogi in 2006 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Tigo Energy MergeCo, Inc. engages in the provision of smart module technology for the solar industries. It designs solar optimizers utilizing patented impedance matching technology to allow more modules on any roof, uneven string lengths, and different orientations. The firm?s products include solar optimizers, software, and communication systems. The company was founded by Shmuel Arditi and Ron Hadar in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Celestron LLC designs and manufactures telescopes, binoculars, spotting scopes and microscopes. It provides logistical support to retailers such as Discovery Channel, The Natural World, Costco, Canadian Tire, American Express, LL Bean, EMS, Amazon.com and B&H Photo. The firm’s products include telescopes, optical tubes, mounts and tripods, astronomy binoculars, solar observing, astroimaging cameras, binoculars, monoculars, spotting scopes, solar observing, outdoor electronics, digital, biological and stereo microscopes. The company was founded by Tom Johnson in 1960 and is headquartered in Torrance, CA.

Transition Capital Partners Ltd. (Transition Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1993 by Dan Patterson and Mark E. Evans. The firm is headquartered in Southlake, Texas.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research. The Institute, with nearly 360 faculty, 4000 students, 1250 administrative and supporting staff, is a self-contained campus and is located in a beautiful, wooded land of about 250 hectares in South Madras

Khosla Ventures LLC (Khosla Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Reef Equity Investments LP (Reef Equity Investments) is a private equity firm founded by William Mcnutt. The firm is headquartered in Texas, United States.

Global Semiconductor Alliance provides information on and organizes events for the semiconductor industry in order to ensure growth and profitability of the industry. The private company is based in Dallas, TX. The company was founded by Jodi L. Shelton. Jodi L. Shelton has been the CEO since incorporation.

Baymark Partners LLC (Baymark Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by Anthony L. Ludlow. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

BlueRadios, Inc. provides wireless Bluetooth products and services. It also provides wireless Bluetooth enabling communication technologies, products, and services for a commercial and industrial applications. The company was founded by Mark J. Kramer in 2000 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.

Wireless Applications Corp. provides wireless telecommunication services.

GBS Enterprises LLC provides mattress protectors, encasements and furniture warranty programs to furniture and mattress retailers. Its products include furniture protection, sheets, pillows, pillow protections and blanket bed packs. The firm's services include furniture protection programs, original equipment manufacturer services and technology assignment and management. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Reno, NV.

Orca Systems, Inc. provides integrated radio frequency and modem technology solutions. It offers a wireless transceiver architecture that allows consumers to achieve new benchmarks in solution cost, power consumption, and solution integration and Silicon TV Tuner, integrated universal terrestrial and cable silicon tuner supporting worldwide analog and digital broadcast standards. The company was founded by Guruswami Sridharan and Karthik Sridharan and is headquartered in Poway, CA.

TSI Semiconductors America LLC develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor devices. The company is headquartered in Roseville, CA.

Silicon Catalyst LLC (Silicon Catalyst) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Michael Edward Noonen, Daniel Armbrust. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Ather Energy Pvt Ltd. designs and manufactures smart electric two-wheeler. It offers e-scooter, a smart vehicle with a futuristic design and connected functionality that aims to redefine urban commute. The company was founded by Tarun Sanjay Mehta and Swapnil Babanlal Jain in 2013 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Highstreet IT Solutions LLC operates as an information technology services company. Its services include consulting, technology integration and change management. The firm focuses on cloud enabled solutions for clients who face the challenges brought on by the intersection of traditional requirements with the new cloud-based paradigm shifts occurring in the market. The company was founded by Mac J. Slingerlend in 2011 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Curis Functional Health, LLC provides chiropractic, physical, mental, and nutritional wellness services. The private company is based in Dallas, TX, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Debbie Campbell and Andre Angel.

Crossbar, Inc. develops and licenses memory storage flash technology. Its products include IP licensing, 3D RRAM. The firm engages in delivering terabyte storage on a postage stamp-sized chip, with power low enough for massive adoption throughout the internet of things, Crossbar RRAM is easy to tailor for a broad range of applications. The company was founded by George Minassian, Wei D. Lu, and Hagop Nazarian in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.