Alex A. Rogers

Lynx Photonic Networks, Inc. develops and manufactures photonic communication systems. Its integrated subsystems deliver controllable photonic switching functions and software development environment. The company was founded by Daniel Tal & Michael Leigh in 1998 and is headquartered in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel.

MobileAccess Networks, Inc. developed wireless transport and access solutions to enterprises and wireless service providers. The company was founded in 1998 and was headquartered in Vienna, VA.

Transmode AB engages in the provision of metro packet optical applications. It offers complete network management suite, including TM-Series multi-reach transport platform for metro or regional networks; the TS-Series, which is a simpler platform which is ideal for network operators, enterprises, and private/public institutions; and TG-Series which supports point-to-point, mesh, bus, and ring-network architectures. The firm provides mobile backhaul, broadband backhaul, business Ethernet, cable television backhaul, and core networking solutions. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Axerra Networks, Inc. provides circuit emulation and service emulation solutions. Its solutions enable incumbent carriers, competitive service providers, mobile wireless operators, and cable MSOs to extend IP + legacy voice and data services in native format over Ethernet, IP, and MPLS networks. The firm’s products include axn20 ethernet and multiservice pseudowire platform, AXN1-N pseudo-wire access device and AXNVision NMS/EMS. The company was founded in 2000 by Gil Biran and is headquartered in Auburndale, MA.

ClearForest, a Thomson Reuters company, provides text-driven business intelligence solutions that supply the analytical bridge between two previously disconnected worlds of information--unstructured text and enterprise data. Their award-winning solutions offer manufacturers, publishers, federal, chemical & financial service organizations critical links to situational context buried in text for use in Business Intelligence [BI] systems. Adding this situational context to enterprise data systems empowers organizations to: uncover hidden relationships, evaluate events, discover unforeseen patterns and facilitate problem identification for rapid resolution. Applying this intelligence enables organizations to avoid loss of profit margins due to preventable write-offs, customer churn, legal settlements, warranty claims or inefficient product development cycles. In short, they enable Global 5000 companies to make better business decisions by turning large volumes of contextually-based information into proactive business intelligence.

M86 Security, Inc. provides web and e-mail gateway security, encryption and DLP solutions. its services encompass web and content filtering, web and e-mail security and real-time blended threat detection technology. The firm's solutions protect organizations and institutions from inappropriate content, legal liability, compromised data, lost bandwidth and reduced network performance. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Orange, CA.

tyntec Ltd. engages in the provision of mobile interaction services through Internet. It offers messaging, voice, numbers, number information, and operating services. The company was founded by Ralph Eric Kunz and Thorsten Trapp in 2002 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.