Richard Ernest Johnson

GT Advanced Technologies, Inc. operates as a diversified technology company. It provides crystal growth equipment and services for the global, solar, LED and electronics industries. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Hudson, NH.

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. produces canned and bottled juice drinks. The firm's products include juices & drinks, craisins dried cranberries, sauce and fresh fruit. It also operates fruit receiving stations, processing and bottling plants through out the United States and Canada. The company was founded by Marcus L. Urann, John Makepeace, and Elizabeth F. Lee in 1930 and is headquartered in Lakeville-Middleboro, MA.

Acterna is the provider of communications test solutions for telecommunications and cable network operators. A trusted communications test partner for more than eight decades, Acterna offers portfolio of instruments, systems, software and services that help its customers reduce network costs while improving performance and reliability. Headquartered in Germantown, Maryland, US

GTAT Corp. provides polysilicon production technology and crystalline ingot growth systems. Its products include polysilicon technologies, silicon crystal growth, sapphire crystal growth, advanced sapphire material and silicon carbide crystal growth equipment. The company was founded by Kedar P. Guptais in 1994 headquartered in Merrimack, NH.

B456 Systems, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and install multi-megawatt battery systems with integrated power electronics and smart grid control systems that provides electric and ancillary services such as standby reserve capacity and regulation services. The company develops batteries and battery systems for hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles. It also provides energy storage solutions that improve the reliability and efficiency of the electric power grid and help to integrate renewable sources of power generation. The company's energy solutions group offers a variety of fully-packaged systems as well as sub-module building blocks for battery system development. It was founded by Yet-Ming Chiang, Gilbert N. Riley Jr. and Ric Fulop on October 19, 2001 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Accellent, Inc. provides outsourced precision manufacturing and engineering services for the medical device industry. It offers services to the cardiology, endoscopy, and orthopaedic markets. The company is headquartered in Collegeville, PA.

Lake Region Medical, Inc. engages in the business of developing and manufacturing OEM devices; and supplying the medical device companies with minimally invasive delivery solutions. It also focuses on cardiovascular, stimulation therapy, neurovascular, and peripheral vascular applications. The company was founded on December 14, 2000 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.