Gregg E. Smith

NexCen Brands, Inc. is a strategic brand management company that owns and manages a portfolio of seven franchised brands, operating in a single business segment: Franchising. Five of the brands are in the quick service restaurant industry. These include: Great American Cookies, Marble Slab Creamery, MaggieMoo's, Pretzel Time and Pretzelmaker. The other two brands, The Athlete's Food and Shoebox New York, are in the retail footwear and accessories industry. The franchise network, across all brands, consists of approximately 1,700 retail stores in 38 countries. They earn revenue primarily from the franchising, royalty, licensing and other contractual fees that third parties pay for the right to use the intellectual property associated with the brands. The company was founded by George M. Davis in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. engages in the provision of commercial and government solutions to the public safety, location, and mission-critical technologies. The company was founded by Maurice B. Tosé on July 30, 1987 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

KoolSpan, Inc. develops hardware-based encryption and security applications. It protects data and voice communications over network-connected devices and the foundation for KoolSpan encryption is TrustChip, a hardware-based security platform delivered through a secure microSD processor. The company was founded by Jeffrey Mose, Rick Gutowski and Anthony C. Fascenda in 2003 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Acuity Mobile, Inc. provided mobile marketing solutions. The company was founded in 2000 and was headquartered in Potomac, MD.

Uppidy, Inc. provides mobile application services. Its service enables end-users to store, manage, share and search individual text and SMS messages. The firm stores, archives, searches and publishes text messages to social media outlets without toggling between applications. The firm's service combines popular features from Google, Twitter and Facebook by integrating publishing, geolocation, search and cloud-based storage capabilities to present a seamless experience for the user. The company was founded by Joshua M. Konowe, Francis Knott and Gregg Smith in 2011 and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.

Nurad Technologies, Inc. designs and develops antennas and radomes for electronic warfare, communication, navigation and identification applications. The company was founded on March 16, 1992 and is head quartered in Baltimore, MD.

Motionsoft, Inc. develops enterprise management software solutions. It offers mosoclub, moso enterprise, and billing or payment processing. The firm serves the gym and health clubs, hospital wellness center, and corporate fitness center. The company was founded by Ali Noshirvani and Hossein Noshirvani in 2004 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Optio Labs, Inc. develops mobile security software for the mobile enterprise and embedded systems. Its products include OptioCore and PrivateEye Enterprise. The company was founded by Brian Dougherty, Jules White, and Charles T. Clancy in 2012 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Silent Circle LLC provides enterprise-scale secure mobile communications solutions. Its product family comprises: Silent Phone, a secure calling and messaging application; Blackphone, a hardened, secure handset; Silent World, a secure way to communicate globally outside of the Silent Phone network; and Silent Manager, a web-based administrative console for managing users. The company was founded by Michael Janke, Phil Zimmermann and Jonathan Callas and is headquartered in Fairfax, VA.