Gary C. Puckett

Strouds, Inc. is a specialty retailer of better quality bed, bath, tabletop, other home textiles products, decorative accessories, window treatments, furniture, area rugs and other selected home furnishings. It introduces Internet business. The company operated nearly 68 stores in five states under the name Strouds. The company was founded in July 1979 and is headquartered in City of Industry, CA.

PayPal, Inc. provides online payment services. It facilitates people to send money through PayPal account balances, bank accounts, PayPal Credit and credit cards. The company?s digital wallet assists to perform online transactions, in store and mobile devices. It?s a global payments platform, which offer withdraws funds and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in multiple currencies. The company was founded by Luke Nosek, Ken Howery, Yu Pan, Peter Andreas Thiel, Max R. Levchin and Elon Reeve Musk in December 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Velosel Corp. provides collaborative product information management solutions for the consumer goods and retail industries. The company's software offerings include CPIM, a tool for eliminating errors in product information and automating product data management and Velosel5, an application that organizes people. Its customers include Ace Hardware, Campbell Soup, Clorox, and Wyeth. Velosel is located at Santa Clara, CA

Sentilla Corp. provides data center performance management solutions. It offers alerting/ monitoring, multi data center availability, data center infrastructure integration and cloud and virtualization management platforms. The firm also provides asset management, capcity planning and power availability solutions. The company was founded by Cory Sharp, Joseph Polastre and Robert Szewczyk in 2003 and is headquartered in Redwood, CA.

Philips Electronics Ltd. manufactures and distributes lighting products. Its products include incandescent and halogen, compact and standard fluorescent, automotive, high intensity gas discharge and special lamps, fixtures, and advance ballasts. The company offers lighting applications such as downlights, spotlights, and wall washing. Philips Electronics was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Markham, Canada.

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.

Mdl Holdings operates as a holding Canadian company.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Allegis Capital LLC (AllegisCyber Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Robert Ackerman and Barry M Weinman. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with additional offices in Maryland and Utah.

On-Q Home Solutions, Inc. manufactures wiring for home telephone lines, high-speed data, cable and satellite TV. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Middletown, PA.

Spotlight Solutions, Inc. provides pricing and revenue optimization software solutions. Its software applications apply mathematical algorithms to sales, inventory and other operating data to recommend specific courses of action. Its clients include ShopKo, Liz Claiborne, Meijer, and Ames. Spotlight Solutions was co-founded by Jim Kelly Jr. & Jim Harold in March 1999 and is headquartered in Mason, OH.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

University of the Pacific is a nationally ranked university with a long tradition of dedicated teaching, small class sizes, practical experience and vibrant residential life. The breathtaking main campus in Stockton, California is home to seven schools and colleges, with more than 80 majors and programs of study. Pacific also has the McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento and the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco. Total university enrollment is nearly 7,000, with 3,757 undergraduates in an average class size of 19 and a student/faculty ratio of 14:1. It is located in Stockton, California.

Marine Toys for Tots Foundation collects and distributes new toys at Christmas to children in need. The organisation also conducts golf tournaments, foot races, bicycle races and other purely voluntary events designed to increase interest in Toys for Tots. The company was founded in 1947 by Major Bill Hendricks and is located in Quantico, VA.

The Angels' Forum Management Co LLC (The Angels' Forum) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Carol Sands, Craig Sirnio and Alejandro Estrada. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Goodwill of Silicon Valley helps community's unemployed. Founded in Santa Clara County in 1926, GWSV is part of Goodwill Industries International. They provide workforce creation, vocational training and environmental stewardship

PacRim Venture Partners (PVP) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Thomas J. Toy and Huoy-Ming Yeh. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Startgrid, Inc. provides a software platform for building and managing networks. Its solutions include sourcing, accelerate pipelines and analytics and insights. The firm caters to enterprises, universities, accelerators, foundations, and government agencies. The company was founded by Peter Gardner in 2012 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.