Lara Druyan

Silicon Graphics, Inc., is a leader in high-performance computing, visualization and storage. SGI's vision is to provide technology that enables the most significant scientific and creative breakthroughs of the 21st century. Whether it's sharing images to aid in brain surgery, finding oil more efficiently, studying global climate, providing technologies for homeland security and defense or enabling the transition from analog to digital broadcasting, SGI is dedicated to addressing the next class of challenges for scientific, engineering and creative users

Rosum is the leader in the use of broadcast TV signals to power location and timing solutions. Rosum technology turns TV tuners into location devices, and Rosum is the first to combine TV and GPS signals for truly robust hybrid positioning and timing in all types of environments. Rosum's founding team includes the original architects of the GPS constellation. Rosum partners include Siano Mobile Silicon, TruePosition, and ST-Ericsson

Autonomic Networks, Inc. provides network access control software solutions. The company offers endpoint compliance, identity based access control, real time threat protection with IPS, enterprise wide visibility and control solutions. Vernier Networks was founded in March 2001 and is headquartered in Mountain View, 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.

Headquartered in New York City, Merrill Lynch Global Partners (MLGP), formerly Merrill Lynch Private Equity Group, is the private equity investment arm of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER)

Part of Royal Bank of Canada, RBC Carlin is a private company that provides an electronic execution platform to serve the emerging hedge fund and professional trader communities. The company is based in New York, NY. RBC Carlin is the result of an M & A transaction between RBC Capital Markets LLC (Investment Management) and Carlin Financial Group as of January 03, 2007.

Synechron, Inc. provides digital, business consulting, and technology services to the financial services industry. Its services include mobile application development, business intelligence and data warehousing, cloud computing and business process outsourcing services. The firm serves for capital markets, insurance, banking, and hospitality industries. The company was founded by Faisal Husain, Tanveer Saulat and Zia Younis Bhutta in 2001 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Coraid, Inc. is a technology manufacturing company based in the United States. It designs and manufactures a line of computer and data storage products branded under the trade name EtherDrive storage. The firm sells its products through technology channel partners. The company was founded by Brantley Coile in 2000 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.