Michael J. Hickey

The Center for Economic Growth is a professional economic and business development organization located in Albany, NY. The non-profit company's team of professionals can connect businesses to the right resources to relocate or expand in the capital region. The company focuses on providing business growth solutions to small to medium-sized companies in the manufacturing and technology sectors across several industries. The CEOs of the company are Michael J. Hickey, Andrew Kennedy.

PB MapInfo Corp. provides intelligence solutions, integrating software, data, online tools, and professional services to provide value from location-based information and drive more insightful decisions for businesses and government. Its solutions are available in multiple languages through a network of strategic partners and distribution channels in 60 countries. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Troy, NY.y

Inmedius, Inc. develops performance-oriented applications and services. The firm also captures, create, manage and deploy technical information assets. It provides content management, S1000D and ATA lifecycle solutions for publishing, aerospace, defense, government, and manufacturing organizations in worldwide. The company was founded by Richard L. Martin and Robert Veltre in 1995 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

AeA is a private equity firm that manages funds of approximately $19 billion, including leveraged buyouts, growth capital, and debt investments. The non-profit company is based in Santa Clara, CA, and has offices in several locations across the United States. The firm's subsidiary, AEA SBPE, manages over $3 billion of invested and committed capital and focuses on sponsoring growing companies with strong management teams and superior business models. AeA has a vast network of leading industrial families, business executives, and leaders who invest with the firm as active individual investors or join its portfolio company boards or act in other advisory roles. The firm invests across three sectors: value-added industrials, consumer, and services. AeA was founded in 1968 by the Rockefeller, Mellon, and Harriman family interests and S.G. Warburg & Co.

Part of Fiserv, Inc., IA Systems, Inc. develops credit union loan origination and Internet lending systems. The company is based in Albany, NY. IA Systems was acquired by Open Solutions, Inc. from Securian Financial Group, Inc. on June 12, 2007.

The American Marketing Association operates professional associations for marketers. The company offers services to marketing professionals including best practices and research studies, job resources, publications and directories. Its publications include flagship semi-monthly magazine Marketing News, as well as journal of marketing, journal of public policy and marketing and a variety of newsletters. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

AlliedSignal, Inc. manufactured aerospace products. It offered aerospace and automotive parts, chemicals, fibers, plastics, and advanced materials. The company was headquartered in Morristown, NJ.