Matt McGaughey

Excel Telecom (dba Excel Telecommunications) is a leading, facilities based provider of a rich suite of high quality, integrated voice and data communications products and services to residential, commercial and carrier customers. Excel offers a wide range of switched and dedicated voice and data services, including domestic and international direct-dial and dial-around long distance, toll-free, wholesale pre-paid long distance and local services, as well as carrier transport, conferencing, hosting and other value-added services, to commercial, carrier and residential customers. Based on its Veraz softswitching platform, Excel has developed and deployed its next generation, IP-based voice and data services, including SIP trunking, hosted IP PBX, IP VPNs and dedicated data services. The Company owns and operates a robust, nationwide Class IV/V VoIP-FGD enabled network that forms a mesh of connectivity across 9 major U.S. metropolitan markets. Consisting of long haul fiber paths, numerous routers, servers and switching equipment, the network provides on-net coverage of virtually every U.S. LATA. Excel also maintains interconnect agreements with more than 300 carriers.

Avangrid Renewables LLC develops and operates cogeneration power plants and wind farms. It also involves in development of metrological prospecting, wildlife and environmental assessments, permitting, forging agreements with communities and individual landowners, overseeing project construction, managing daily wind farm operations and marketing the power produced. The firm serves customers which includes federal and state agencies, institutional retail, investor-owned utilities and joint action agencies. The company is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Accenture LLC operates as a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Pariveda Solutions, Inc. engages in the provision of information technology consulting services. It delivers both consulting services and technical solutions where systems interface with people and with other systems. The firm also offers customer relationship management, enterprise integration, and software services. The company was founded by Bruce Ballengee and John Humphrey in 2003 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Computer Data Source, Inc. provides information technology services. It also provides mission-critical data center hardware maintenance and support for high-end storage and service equipment. The company was founded by Ronald Wollner and Joe Massaro in 1990 is headquartered in Eatontown, NJ.

Research Now Group LLC provides digital data collection services. It offers data-driven decision making through proprietary consumer and business and online panels, as well as mobile, digital and social media technologies. The company was founded by Morton H. Meyerson and Harold M. Brierley in 1999 and is headquartered in Plano, TX.

Calpine Energy Services LP develops, constructs and operates power generation facilities. The company was founded on November 2,1999 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Austin Bridge & Road, Inc. provides general construction and site-preparation services. It offers civil, commercial and residential projects. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Pizza Hut LLC operates a chain of restaurants. It offers pizzas, pastas, wings, sides and desserts, drinks, and catering services. The company was founded by Frank Carney and Daniel M. Carney on May 31, 1958 and is headquartered in Plano, TX.

Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. operates and regulates power transmission system. Its services include account management services and market support services. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Stream Gas & Electric Ltd. provides gas and electric power. It offers energy, mobile, wireless services, and protective and home services. The company was founded was founded by Rob Snyder and Pierre Koshakji in August 2004 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

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.