Bret Sloan

Zilog, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets micrologic semiconductor products for embedded control and communication applications worldwide. It provides semiconductor devices that its customers design into their end products. Its devices combine a microprocessor memory and input and output functions on a single device. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

WaveSplitter Technologies, Inc. is an independent provider of high-performance optical components and modules for system manufacturers worldwide seeking flexible, scalable technology platforms, advanced design capabilities, and extensive production capacity. The company develops, manufactures, and distributes fused fiber and planar lightguide circuit products, including pump laser combiners, optical channel interleavers, arrayed waveguide gratings, couplers, WDMs, and add/drop thin-film filters. Its technology platforms are designed to enable optical systems manufacturers and service providers to increase the capacity and reliability of their optical networks, extend the reach of optical signals in core networks and build flexible, scalable, and cost-effective metropolitan area networks. WaveSplitter was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Fremont, California with offices and manufacturing facilities in Taipei, Taiwan, and Shenzhen, China.

Motiv Power Systems, Inc. engages in the development of software to electrify medium-duty trucks and buses. It offers Electric Powered Intelligent Chassis (EPIC), an all-electric equivalent to the internal combustion powered chassis fleets used in medium-duty vehicles. Its product is available in body configurations including step vans, box trucks, work trucks, shuttle buses, school buses, trolleys, and other specialty vehicles. The company was founded by Jim Michael Castelaz in August 2009 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

ChowNow, Inc. provides online food ordering platform services. It is an online ordering system for the foodservice industry that uses branded mobile and social media tools to expand restaurant?s capabilities and customer reaches. The entire platform is controlled by the restaurant, allowing for instantaneous changes such as menu additions, delivery areas or pricing modifications. The company was founded by Christopher Webb, Eric Jaffe and Josiah Carlson in 2010 and is headquartered in Playa Vista, CA.

Ring LLC manufactures Wi-Fi enabled video doorbells that stream live audio and video. The company is based in Hawthorne, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded in 2013 by Mark Dillon and Jamie Siminoff. Elizabeth Bastiaanse Hamren has been the CEO of the company since 2023. Ring was acquired by Amazon.com, Inc. on April 12, 2018 for $900 million.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC provides legal services. Its services include corporate law and governance, public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions, securities class action litigation, intellectual property litigation, antitrust counseling and litigation, joint ventures and strategic alliances, technology licensing and other intellectual property transactions, tax, and employee benefits and employment law. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Tripwire, Inc. engages in the provision of risk-based security and compliance management solutions for enterprises, government agencies, and service providers who need to protect sensitive data on critical infrastructure from breaches, vulnerabilities, and threats. It offers a set of foundational security controls including security configuration management, vulnerability management, file integrity monitoring, log, and event management. The firm's products provide organizations control over physical and virtual information technology infrastructure. The company was founded by Wyatt Starnes, Gene Kim, and Eugene H. Spafford in 1997 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Applied Predictive Technologies, Inc. provides cloud-based predictive analytics software solutions. Its products include APT Index, APT Illuminate, engage, category management insights, market basket analyzer, network planner, and space planning optimizer. The firm serves to the airlines, automotive, hotels, insurance, retail, technology and telecom industries. The company was founded in 1999 by Anthony Bruce, James J. Manzi and Scott H. Setrakian and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Mosel Vitelic Corp. designs and develops DRAM and flash memory integrated circuits. It also provides customer applications and engineering support for the products. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA

Part of Caps Visual Communications LLC, NEC, Inc. is a company that provides printing services for consumer magazine publishers. The company is based in Nashville, TN. NEC was acquired by Group 329 LLC from GROUP360, Inc. on October 18, 2006.

NextLabs, Inc. provides policy-driven information risk management software for global companies. The company was founded by Keng Lim and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

ProSoft Technology, Inc. develops communication and connectivity solutions. Its products include remote access, rockwell automation in-chassis, schneider electric in-chassis, gateways, industrial wireless and prosoft software. The firm’s services include knowledge base, regional technical support, legacy downloads, training, return material instructions and literature. The company was founded by Douglas Sharratt in 1988 and is headquartered in Bakersfield, CA.

Tile, Inc. designs and develops location tracking device and application. Its products include Tile Mate, Slim, Style, Sport, and Bluetooth tracker that is attached to keys, luggage, backpacks, purses, and other valuable items which when lost can be located through the Tile software application. The firm also offers accessories such as adhesives, luggage tags, pockets, zip straps, and money clips. The company was founded by Michael G. Farley and Nicholas G. Evans in 2012 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

APT Software Holdings, Inc. provides investment services. The private company is based in Wilmington, DE.

Part of A10 Networks, Inc., A10 Networks Ltd. is a British company that provides next-gen network, 5G, and cloud security solutions for hardened network defense. The company is based in Watford, UK. A10 Networks provides next-gen cyber security protection for 5G and multi-cloud networks and applications through automation and machine learning. The company also offers next-gen traffic steering for mobile service providers and advanced secure mobile service provider solutions for hardened 5G and DDoS defense. A10 Networks's carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT) and IPv4 to IPv6 migration technologies are proven to meet subscriber and IoT network expansion demands. Founded in 2010, the company offers automated threat intelligence and advanced secure application delivery solutions.

Open Space Labs, Inc. engages in the provision of software solutions. The company was founded by Jeevan Kalanithi, Philip DeCamp, and Michael Fleischman and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Saas Co. provides sales lead and automation software solutions. The private company is based in Berlin, Germany. The German company was founded by David Aylmer, Dustin McIntire.