Bruno Grieder

Ariba, Inc. provides collaborative business commerce solutions. Its solutions include spend and supplier management, spend analysis, financial supply chain management, sourcing, contract management, supply chain collaboration and invoice management. The company was founded by Keith J. Krach, Robert J. Desantis, Paul Hegarty, Edward P. Kinsey, Robert D. Lent, Boris Putanec and Paul C. M. Touw in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Part of Rio Tinto Plc, Pechiney World Trade (Holdings) Ltd. produces aluminium and light metal packaging. The company is based in London, UK.

Gemplus Ltd. develops smart card technology. It implements the Novell Compaq server clustering system after a successful pilot project at its high-security production site in Havant, Hampshire. It produces magnetic-strip cards and smart cards for a variety of applications including loyalty cards, credit cards, GSM phone cards and pay-TV cards. It is headquartered in Havant, UK.

Part of Proactis SA, Avisium SA provides e-procurement tools to small and midsized companies using ASP technology. The company is based in Paris, France. The French company was founded by Thierry Gadou, Emmanuel Thiriez. Avisium was acquired by Proactis SA on March 10, 2003.

Part of Deloitte LLP (New York), Braxton Associates is a management consulting company. The company is based in Boston, MA. Braxton Associates provides management consulting services.

Trade-Ranger, Inc. provides electronic procurement and supply chain management services in the oil, gas and chemicals industries. The company provides an independent electronic hub that connects buyers and suppliers in the upstream, downstream and retail sectors, collaborates with companies in implementing eProcurement strategies and guides development of industry wide content and transaction standards. The company also provides solutions which includes catalogue creation and trading, electronic document exchange, purchase to invoice and hosted order management tools. The company's customers include ConocoPhillips, The Dow Chemical Company, ENI, Repsol YPF, The Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Solvay, Statoil and Total. CC-Hubwoo has acquired Trade-Ranger, Inc. It is located in Houston, TX

Allegro Development Corp. provides software services. The firm offers ETRM software, allegro analytics, position visibility, risk management, controls and regulatory compliance solutions. It serves oil and gas production, petroleum refining, agriculture and forestry, mining, chemicals, metals, food, transportation, commercial and utility sectors. The company was founded by Eldon A. Klaassen in 1984 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

INTTRA, Inc. provides software solutions and services for shippers and carriers. It offers the Ocean Trade Platform, which enables the users to plan, book and track shipments from one software system. The company was founded in October 2000 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

Business Council of British Columbia provides business solutions. The council acts as a venue where members, policy experts, elected officials and government decision makers addresses the problems and form solutions together. The council was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Alcan Aluminum Corp. provides aluminum and packing services. Its operations are in primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum as well as flexible and specialty packaging, aerospace applications, bauxite mining and alumina processing. Alcan Aluminum is a Canadian division of Alcan, Inc. and is located in Montréal, Canada.

Canadian Commercial Corp. helps Canadian exporters access foreign government procurement markets through government-to-government contracting. It offers commercial advocacy, collaborative project development, and foreign contracting expertise to help Canadian exporters. The company was founded in and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Prince Rupert Port Authority provides logistics and transloading services. It offers cargo shipping, receiving, and storage services. The company is headquartered in Prince Rupert, Canada.

Naikun Wind Development, Inc. engages in the development of offshore wind farms. The company was founded on December 20, 2002 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Weatherhaven Global Resources Ltd. provides portable shelters and shelter systems for remote-site camp installations. It offers fabric shelters, expandable container shelters, portable camps and shelter and camp systems for commercial and military applications. The firm also offers commercial medical shelters, military medical shelters, emergency response shelters and medical shelter systems for medical applications. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Coquitlam, Canada.

Canadian Association of Defence & Security Industries is a non-profit organization provides a platform where members can interact with governments in Canada. The company was founded on November 30, 1983 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Spring Lab provides business and management consulting services. The private company is based in Paris, France. The CEO of the French company is Sandrine Murcia.