Michael Gontar

National Semiconductor Corp. develops and manufactures analog intensive and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The firm’s product portfolio includes power management circuits, audio and operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog converters, communication interface circuits, lighting and display circuits, adaptive voltage scaling circuits, and radio frequency integrated circuits, as well as power references, regulators, and switches. The company was founded by Arie Brish on June 29, 1959 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Wafra, Inc. is a registered investment adviser headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is wholly owned by Wafra InterVest Corp., which in turn is ultimately wholly beneficially owned by the Public Institution for Social Security of Kuwait (PIFSS), an autonomous agency controlled by the government of Kuwait. Wafra provides advisory and consulting services to funds, separately managed accounts and joint venture arrangements.

Baker & McKenzie LLP provides legal services. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP is engaged in the provision of legal services. Its services include corporate governance, merger and acquisition, capital markets, private equity, equipment finance & banking legal services. The company was founded by Charles Evan Hughes in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, 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.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research. The Institute, with nearly 360 faculty, 4000 students, 1250 administrative and supporting staff, is a self-contained campus and is located in a beautiful, wooded land of about 250 hectares in South Madras

Clayton Holdings, Inc. provides risk analysis, loss mitigation and operational solutions to the mortgage industry. Its services encompass analytics, residential and commercial loan due diligence, consulting, credit risk management and surveillance, independent pricing, specialized loan servicing and staffing solutions. The company was founded by Steven L. Cohen in 1989 and it is headquartered Tampa, FL.

Khosla Ventures LLC (Khosla Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Excell Partners Inc (Excell Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of State of New York founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Rochester, New York.

Global Semiconductor Alliance provides information on and organizes events for the semiconductor industry in order to ensure growth and profitability of the industry. The private company is based in Dallas, TX. The company was founded by Jodi L. Shelton. Jodi L. Shelton has been the CEO since incorporation.

Orca Systems, Inc. provides integrated radio frequency and modem technology solutions. It offers a wireless transceiver architecture that allows consumers to achieve new benchmarks in solution cost, power consumption, and solution integration and Silicon TV Tuner, integrated universal terrestrial and cable silicon tuner supporting worldwide analog and digital broadcast standards. The company was founded by Guruswami Sridharan and Karthik Sridharan and is headquartered in Poway, CA.

Tarascon Capital Management (Hong Kong) Ltd. provides investment advice. The private company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. and has subsidiaries in Cayman Islands and Singapore. The Chinese company was founded in 2006 by Jonathan Dominic Iu.

Icon’s business objective is to lead the mortgage industry with motivated, streamlined processes that leverage existing relationships while maintaining profitable, sustainable and controlled growth. The company focuses on building a lending entity with the best service levels and customer experiences, supported by competitive pricing and products. Icon strategy continually develops and implements unique synergies and competencies to build profitability and keep costs low. The company strives to make the loan process one of the easiest in the business. It creates client relationships of enduring value using high-touch personalized client service. Furthermore, the company provides highly competitive loan programs that strongly communicates to clients that it is here to offer a unique partnership that will allow their clients to achieve the best execution with exceptional customer service. Icon’s Risk Management focuses on execution, efficiencies, cost controls and exit strategy. The company begins with the end in mind, and doing business in a new way, implementing unique strategies that capitalize on the evolution of the mortgage industry. Competitive loan programs are necessity to retain market attention. Competitive pricing and loan programs focused on the needs of the clients is a key to long-term success. The ability to respond promptly to the market changes and client request/input is crucial. Icon strives to be on the pinnacle of change. It is proactive versus reactive. It studies current value drivers closely, anticipates change and transforms the operating models and business architectures accordingly. It believes that today’s innovative lender must have the capability to transform business performance by increasing the value of the customer franchise, by lowering operating costs and increasing customer loyalty through competitive pricing supported by exceptional customer service standards. By designing flexible business arrangements, Icon has positioned itself for the future. It builds relationships based on value added services to the client with technology, reporting capabilities, production and execution. At Icon, the focus is on building a relationship driven business, not a transaction driven business. The company is committed to building long lasting partnerships with direct customers, vendors, and investors. Building strong relationships is the key to Icon’s success. With fresh, forward thinking, individually centric, ultimately unique customer experiences, Icon will become the best example of lending in the mortgage banking industry.

Ather Energy Pvt Ltd. designs and manufactures smart electric two-wheeler. It offers e-scooter, a smart vehicle with a futuristic design and connected functionality that aims to redefine urban commute. The company was founded by Tarun Sanjay Mehta and Swapnil Babanlal Jain in 2013 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

1st Franklin Financial Corp. provides financial solutions. The firm offers personal, real estate and premier loans, debt consolidation, retail sales financing services. The company was founded by Ben F. Cheek, Jr. in 1941 and is headquartered in Toccoa, GA.

Part of Diodes, Inc., TF Semiconductor Solutions, Inc. is a company that manufactures semiconductor devices. The company is based in Torrance, CA. Roger Lee has been the CEO of the company since 2014.

Silicon Catalyst LLC (Silicon Catalyst) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Michael Edward Noonen, Daniel Armbrust. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.