Joshua Alpern

Pervasive Software, Inc. provides embedded database software and cloud-based services. Its products include Pervasive PSQL, Pervasive DataExchange, Pervasive Data Integrator, Pervasive DataRush and Pervasive DataSolutions. Pervasive PSQL database provides embeddable data management. Pervasive DataExchange provides solution to eliminate data loss and down time due to system crashes or site disasters. Pervasive Data Integrator provides cost-effective extraction, transformation and flow of nearly any kind of data between sources throughout the organization. Pervasive DataRush is a software development platform. Pervasive DataSolutions gives customers affordable, subscription based integration delivered as configurable services on the Pervasive DataCloud. The company was founded by Nancy Woodward in 1994 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

PLATINUM Technology International, Inc. develops and sells system management and database tools for client server systems. The company was founded by Andrew J. Filipowski in April 1987 and is headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, IL.

NetIQ Corp. offers software solutions. It provides identity and access management, security management, IT operation management, disaster recovery, workload migration, and unified communications and VoIP. The company was founded on February 11, 1998 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Quest Software, Inc. engages in the design, development, and distribution of enterprise systems management software products. It offers consulting, educational, and support services including Microsoft Platform, data protection, unified endpoint management, performance monitoring, and database management services. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

TippingPoint NAC Solution engages in the provision of network access control and management solutions. The company was founded by Kate Tallman, Chris Gray, Seth Goldhammer, and Kaj Gronhold and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Paradigm BV provides software solutions to the oil and gas industries. It also offers a portfolio of productivity tools and applications for geologists, geophysicists and engineers that construct subsurface models from oilfield and other measurements. The company was founded by Eldad Weiss in 1987 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Spark Acquisition Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

JMI Management, Inc. (JMI Equity) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1992 by Harry S. Gruner and Charlie E. Noell. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Attachmate Corp. provides software used to manage access to enterprise applications and databases, including information stored on main frames and other legacy systems. Its products include desktop management software, development tools, and connectivity hardware. The company also provides a variety of services, including consulting, maintenance, and custom software development

Fenwick & West LLP provides legal services to technology and life sciences clients. Its practice areas include antitrust and unfair competition, appellate, complex business litigation, copyright, corporate and securities, employment and labor, executive compensation and benefits, intellectual property, and IP litigation. The firm offers legal advisory services in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, patent prosecution, privacy and information security. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

ABS Capital Partners, Inc. (ABS Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1990 by Don Bruce Hebb and Tim Thaddeus Weglicki. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC.

PassGo Technologies Ltd. offers network security software solutions including user verification tokens, password and session management technology. It focuses on developing and marketing web access control solutions. The company also offers design, implementation, security analysis, and training services. The company's products include Defender, Webthority, PassGo SSO, PassGo InSync, UNIX Privilege Manager, and UNIX Resource Manager. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Ilminster, UK.

Vertafore, Inc. develops and provides enterprise management software solutions for the insurance industry. It offers comprehensive agency solutions, management systems, content management and workflow, sales tools, compliance, managing general agent and managing general underwriter, rating. The firm services include implementation, data migration, online hosting, consulting and custom solutions. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Denver, WA.

IDERA, Inc. operates as a B2B (business to business) software company. its products include DESIGN Models and Databases; MONITOR Database Performance; PROTECT Database Integrity; and MANAGE IT Performance. The company was founded by Richard Jan Pleczko, Michael J. Clark, and Roderick Endo in 2000 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Appriss, Inc. engages in the development of data analytics platforms the healthcare, retail, commercial, and government agencies. It offers Appris Health, Appriss Retail, and Appriss Insights. The company was founded by Michael D. Davis and Yung T. Nguyen in 1994 and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.

Unison Software, Inc. provides consulting, software, engineering and program management services. The firm offers software solutions for federal, defense, and intelligence agencies, and contractor organizations with the visibility, control and transparency and government agencies and contractors. Its products include TopVue, PRISM and Spectrum Suites, CDRL, PM, RISK, CMvues, FedConnect, Acquisition Management Module, and Spectrum CLM. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Dulles, VA.

ServiceBench, Inc. provides web based service management solutions. It focuses on optimizing the delivery of post-sales service by integrating the service supply chain. Its solutions integrate post-sales service activities, including service calls, field service management, parts ordering, claims management, and extended service agreements. The company was founded by John Estrada, Robert Baily, and Louis Rose in 1995 and is headquartered in Sterling, VA.

CA Ltd. provides IT management software. Its software is used to address a variety of functions including storage, systems management, security, business intelligence, and network management. The company was founded on October 20, 1976 and is headquartered in Reading, the United Kingdom.

The Business Software Alliance, Inc. operates as an association of global software industry players. The firm pioneer’s compliance programs that promote legal software use and advocates for public policies that foster technology innovation and drive growth in the digital economy.T he company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Precisely Software, Inc. provides enterprise software solutions. Its products include DMX, DMX-h, ironcluster ETL, ironstream and ZPSaver suite. The firm provides solutions for Hadoop, cloud, splunk, linux, unix, windows and mainframe. The company was founded by Assadour Ohanes Tavitian and Harvey B. Tessler in 1968 and is headquartered in Pearl River, NY.