Carl Allan Kukkonen

SpectraSensors, Inc. manufactures optically based gas sensors for the industrial process. It offers approval drawings, analyzer racks and cabinets, thermal-modeling of sample streams, sample probes, heated sample transport bundles, stream switching hardware and controls, programmable logic controllers, lighting, as-built design documentation, analyzer startup and commissioning, on-site training for analyzer operations, remote technical support, spare parts recommendation and ordering and field and factory repair. The company was founded by George M. Balogh, John J. Kelly, Siamak Forouhar and Randy May in 1999 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

ViaLogy LLC develops technology to improve signal detection against electronic background noise. Its products include SPM, MicroSPM, MPEX Electronic Eye, REPAS, and QRI. The company was founded in 1999 by Sandeep Gulati and is headquartered in Altadena, CA.

QWIP Systems, Inc. develops infrared sensor technologies. Its customers include BAE SYSTEMS and DARPA (part of the US Department of Defense). The company is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory operates a national research facility. It is a federally funded research and development center. The firm specializes in robotic space and Earth science missions. The company was founded by Frank Malina, Ed Forman, and Jack Parsons on October 31, 1936 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.