Ronald J. Bleakney

Cantata Technology, Inc. provides technological products and services for the communications industry. It offers telecommunications system integration and manufacturing services to value added resellers, original equipment manufacturers, and application developers. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

BGC Financial LP, formerly known as Maxcor Financial, Inc., is a research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP), a global provider of voice and electronic brokerage services that was founded in 1999. BGC Financial provides a wide range of services, including trade execution, broker-dealer services, clearing, trade compression, post trade, information, and other services to a broad range of financial and non-financial institutions. The firm offers research operations that focus on municipal bonds, high-yield and distressed debt, convertible securities and equities.

Cross Commerce Media, Inc. operates the cross media analytics network. It develops an analytics platform that unifies a company’s multiple data sources in real time, delivering a collective view of both offline and online metrics. The company was founded by Tad Martin, Heidi Messer, and Stephen Messer and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Ricoh Americas Corp. manufactures and markets office equipment and electronic devices. It offers printers, facsimile, digital duplicators, projectors, unified communication system, software and accessories. The company was founded on December 13, 1962 and is headquartered in West Caldwell, NJ.

RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. (RBCDS) is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1901 and is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). RBCDS provides a full spectrum of brokerage services to retail and corporate clients.

Part of Schneider Electric SE, Foxboro supplies automation solutions for the process industries.

Part of Internet Society, The Internet Engineering Task Force is a technical standards body that gathers a large international community of network designers, engineers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the internet architecture and the smooth operation of the internet. The company is based in Fremont, CA. The IETF seeks broad participation and its work takes place online, largely through email lists, reducing barriers to participation and maximizing contributions from around the world. More than 120 IETF working groups are organized by topic into areas such as routing, transport, and security.

Part of TE Connectivity Ltd., Telephone Connection, Inc. provides and offers telephone services. The company is based in Rockville, MD. Telephone Connection was acquired by Centigram Communications Corp., part of TE Connectivity Ltd. from July 26, 2000 on June 24, 1998 for $11.14 million.

Centigram Communications Corp. designs and manufactures systems and software for users to access a broad range communications applications. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Guggenheim Funds Distributors LLC (GFD) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Formerly known as Guggenheim Distributors LLC, the firm is a subsidiary of Guggenheim Funds Services LLC and their ultimate parent is Guggenheim Partners LLC. GFD offers strategic investment solutions for financial advisors and their clients.

The Basic Fund provides scholarship programs. It supports inner-city children by helping low-income families afford the cost of tuition at private schools in the Bay Area. The company was founded by Jim McCarthy, Arthur Rock, and John Walton in 1998 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Battery Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm is founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Actimize, Inc. provides transactional risk management solutions. It offers software solutions for anti-money laundering, brokerage compliance and fraud prevention. The company was founded by Boaz Pe'er, David Sosna and David Govrin in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Partners HealthCare Corp. provides patient care, research, teaching and community services. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

fastmobile, Inc. provides mobile communications, content, and media solutions to mobile network operators and MVNO's. The company's solutions include java, symbian, and brew. It operates in the US, Europe, and Asia. fastmobile was founded by Lee Kang Min and Eschel Harry in 2003 and is headquartered in Rolling Meadows, IL.

Origin Wireless, Inc. develops and manufactures smart radios for tracking, monitoring, security, radio human biometrics and wireless power transfer. The firm's solutions include indoor positioning and tracking, home and office security and monitoring and vital signs detection and monitoring. The company was founded by K. J. Ray Liu and is headquartered in Greenbelt, MD.

Streann Media operates as a media streaming service provider for the nanosecond world. Its services include video streaming, OTT, virtual reality, IP transport, and Steann-360. The company was founded by Antonio Calderson and Giovanni Punzo and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Stage 1 Ventures LLC (Stage 1 Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by David William Baum. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Speedy Packets, Inc. develops cloud based software solutions. It offers wireless, cellular and satellite networks. The company was founded by Tracey Ho and Michael Dornbrook in 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.