Rishiyur S. Nikhil

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Signiant, Inc. provides intelligent file movement software for content creation and distribution for the media and entertainment industry. Its products include Media Shuttle, Flight, Manager+Agents. Its software suite optimizes existing enterprise network infrastructure and media technologies to ensure secure digital media exchanges and workflow efficiency. The company was founded by Robert Browne in 2000 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Chip Estimate Corp. provides electronic design automation services. Its software lets designers plug in a number of specifications such as chip size, power and speed then produces a Silicon Virtual Model. The company was founded by J. George Janac in 2003 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

MIPS Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of intellectual property processor architectures and cores. Its products include Warrior M-Class, Warrior I-Class, Warrior-P Class, AptiveGeneration, and microMIPS ISA. The company was founded by John L. Hennessy in 1984 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Cadence Network, Inc. provides expense management solutions. It offers custom solutions, utility invoice auditing, telecom expense management, rate analysis, energy procurement consulting, invoice processing, and accounts payables. The company was founded in 1997 and is located in Cincinnati, OH.

SDA Ltd. designs and manufactures custom equipment, machines, and systems. It's products include special purpose machines, custom automation, material handling equipment, and packaging special purpose machineries. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Windsor, the United Kingdom.

Ponte Solutions, Inc. develops and markets unique model-based software products, that are used to predict and enable optimization of semiconductor yields at the design stage. It has offices in Mountain View-California, Grenoble-France, Tokyo-Japan and Yerevan-Armenia. The company was founded in 2002 and is located in Mountain View, CA.

Qualtré, Inc. operates as a holding company, which engages in the development of solid-state silicon micro-electro-mechanical systems based motion sensor solutions for consumer electronics. Its product is bulk acoustic wave. The company was founded by Farrokh Ayazi and Mehran Mehregany in 2008 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

The Boston University Office of Technology Development invests through the Boston University Technology Fund. The Fund provides venture capital and access to Boston University's scientific and technical resources for promising companies

Continuity Software, Inc. provides information technology operations analytics solutions for infrastructure outage prevention. Its products include AvailabilityGuard/Enterprise, AvailabilityGuard/Cloud, AvailabilityGuard/Cluster, AvailabilityGuard/DR and AvailabilityGuard/SAN. The company was founded by Gil Hecht, Doron Pinhas and Doron Gordon in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Lexra, Inc. operates as an American intellectual property company. The private company was founded by Charlie Cheng.

Part of WPP Plc, Cadence Communications, Inc. is a Canadian company that provides advertising services. The company is based in Montréal, Canada. The company was founded by Albert Barbusci.

Part of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., OrCAD, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing an easy-to-use PCB design experience. The company is based in Beaverton, OR. The company's services include PCB layout interfaces, a schematic editor with SPICE integration, and DFM signoff. The company was founded by Joseph F. Tanous. OrCAD was acquired by Cadence Design Systems, Inc. on July 17, 1999 for $122.19 million.

Shiva Corp. provides broadband security appliances and technologies along with virtual private networks and remote access equipment. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Newton, MA.

Kuebix LLC engages in the provision of transportation management system. Its solutions include TMS, integrations, managed services, and pricing. The company was founded by Dan Clark in 2008 and is headquartered in Maynard, MA.

Lemont Consulting provides management consultancy services. The private company is based in Boxford, MA. The company was founded by David I. Lemont.

Currensee, Inc. provides forex social trading services. It also provides investors and financial institutions with access to emerging managers in a first-of-its-kind, transparent, convenient and trusted way. The company was founded by Avshalom Leventhal and Asaf Yigal in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Conexant Systems LLC provides semiconductor solutions for imaging, audio, embedded modem, and video surveillance applications. The company is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Mapletree Networks, Inc. provides digital signal processing products for voice over internet protocol, wireless, and media processing applications. The company was founded on November 12, 1997 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Galen Nanosystems provides nanomechanical resonator technology solutions. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Crossbeam Systems, Inc. provides security devices and solutions. The company was founded by Moisey Akerman, Stephen D. Justus and Throop M. Wilder in 1999 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

NitroMed, Inc. develops and supplies pharmaceuticals. It offers BiDil, an orally administered medicine for the treatment of heart failure. The firm also develops products for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.