Andrew Fisher

CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc. engages in the business of owning, operating, and franchising quick-service hamburger restaurants. Its brand portfolios include Carl's Jr. Restaurants LLC and Hardee?s Restaurants LLC. The company was founded by Carl L. Karcher in 1966 and is headquartered in Franklin, TN.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Cascadia Capital LLC provides investment banking services. The firm?s services include mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, strategic advisory services and private capital. The company was founded by Michael Butler, Kevin Cable and Kirk Van Alstyne in 1999 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Think Through Learning, Inc. provides online tutoring services. Its programs provide one-student-to-one-teacher differentiated instruction through a tutoring technology and live, online certified teachers. The company was founded by Louis Piconi and Stephan Mueller in 2002 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. engages in the provision of management and technology consulting services. Its services include consulting, analytics, digital solutions, engineering, cyber security, and product. The company was founded by Edwin G. Booz in 1914 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Part of NCR Voyix Corp., Restaurant Management & Control Systems, Inc. is a company that provides back office and corporate management systems for the food industry. The company is based in Pleasanton, CA. Restaurant Management & Control Systems was acquired by Radiant Systems, Inc. on May 16, 1997.

Part of Live Wire Media, REVIVE Technologies, Inc. provides automated software conversion from legacy systems to newer technologies. The company is based in Carnegie, PA. REVIVE Technologies was acquired by Enterprise Software, Inc. on September 02, 1998.

Part of CER, PBE Marking Systems Ltd. is a British company that manufactures hot foil stamping machines and laser marking machinery. The company is based in Slough, UK. PBE Marking Systems was acquired by CER on July 27, 2000.

The University of St. Thomas is an institution that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. The private company is based in St. Paul, MN. It offers over 150 undergraduate majors and minors, as well as graduate programs in various fields such as business, engineering, law, education, social work, and arts and humanities. The University of St. Thomas was founded in 1885 by John Ireland.

National Restaurant Association operates as a foodservice trade association. It advocate for pro-restaurant regulation and operational freedom. The firm provide advocacy and representation, educational networking, tools and solutions, and research and insights. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

WhereverTV, Inc. operates as an Internet television platform. It delivers a directory of video and music channels, such as sports, news, and entertainment, broadcast live over the internet. The firm’s platform enables subscribers to access licensed and free-to-air content across these devices with the IPG across unlimited geographies, and wherever there is internet connectivity. The company was founded by Mark Cavicchia on July 21, 2006 and is headquartered in Coraopolis, PA.

Cepstral LLC provides speech technologies and services. It builds sounding voices for hand-held, desktop and server applications. The firm’s text-to-speech engines and voices can be deployed on mobile devices or in multiple instances on server platforms. The company was founded by Alan W. Black and Kevin A. Lenzo in June 2000 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Accuvia Consulting, Inc. provides IT consulting and knowledge services focused on the foodservice, lodging and retail industries. The company was founded in 1994. Accuvia has provided consulting services to a wide variety of clients around the world including the largest and leading quick service restaurant companies, resorts and theme parks. It has also provided consulting and other services to many of the leading technology providers in these industries. The company is also affiliated with a number of leading industry technology events including various Hostec events internationally and FS/TEC in the United States as well as various industry resources including the Foodservice Tech Advisor (FTA) and Hospitality Tech Advisor.

Mammoth Ventures, Inc. provides investment services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Informa Plc, Nation's Restaurant News is a leading source of business information for the foodservice industry. Based in New York, NY, for over 50 years, NRN has provided award-winning content across all mediums to meet the information and engagement needs of foodservice professionals. NRN is part of the Restaurant & Food Group by Informa Connect, which connects the entire food and foodservice ecosystem of operators, chefs, retailers, manufacturers, vendors, and solutions providers through traditional, digital, social, and custom media, as well as digital and live events.

Part of Teledyne Technologies, Inc., Geospatial Systems, Inc. markets aerial imaging equipment. The company is based in West Henrietta, NY. Geospatial Systems was acquired by Teledyne Optech, Inc., part of Teledyne Technologies, Inc. from April 03, 2012 on December 20, 2010.

Compeat, Inc. provides accounting and back office software and solutions to restaurants. It offers professional services designed to ensure the customers success with the implementation and ongoing use of Compeat Software. The firm's services include cloud service, training, system interfaces, implementation support, ongoing support, and customization. The company was founded by Harry G. Barkerding in 2000 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Sergeant's Fitness Concepts LLC engages in group and personal fitness training services. It offers services and programs such as: Sergeant’s Fitness, SargeKids Fitness, General’s Fitness, Private Fitness, Command Fitness, and Special Forces Fitness. The company was founded by Robert M. Grimes in 2015 and is headquartered in Potomac, MD.

Zulama provides online education courses through its Internet-based learning management systems. It offers modern learning platform package, computer science courses, and game design fundamentals package. The company was founded by Nikki Navta in 2009 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

LogiNext Solutions, Inc. provides logistics services. It offers last mile delivery optimization, pick-up and delivery automation, returns and reverse logistics optimization, and line haul transport analytics. The company was founded by Dhruvil Sanghvi and Manisha Raisinghani in 2014 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

ROADbotics, Inc. engages in the development of an artificial intelligence technology that monitors and manages roadways around the world.. The company wad founded by Mark F. DeSantis, Courtney Ehrlichman, Chistoph Mertz and Benjamin Schmidt in 2016 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

MIR Ventures LLC (MIR Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Guilherme Freire, John Braze, Jorge Cauz. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Bloomfield Robotics, Inc. is a company based in Pittsburgh, PA that specializes in developing AI-driven plant imaging technology for use in specialty crops. The company's mission is to make every farm vehicle a continuous data collection platform that assesses the health and performance of every plant in the specialty crop space by providing plant-level insights to help growers make more informed management decisions. Bloomfield Robotics' continuous AI-driven assessment digitizes the health and performance of every plant, and everything on it, from seed to harvest. The company's recent grants funding and awards are moving the company forward. The company was founded by George and Tim, and Mark F. DeSantis has been the CEO since incorporation. CEO Mark DeSantis talks about its camera technology called the Flash, which uses cutting-edge robotic technology to provide plant breeders, growers, and scientists with the high-resolution crop data they need to grow better plants faster.