Michele O’Connor

Ariba, Inc. provides collaborative business commerce solutions. Its solutions include spend and supplier management, spend analysis, financial supply chain management, sourcing, contract management, supply chain collaboration and invoice management. The company was founded by Keith J. Krach, Robert J. Desantis, Paul Hegarty, Edward P. Kinsey, Robert D. Lent, Boris Putanec and Paul C. M. Touw in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Taleo Corp. provides on-demand talent management software solutions. It offers recruiting, on boarding, performance management, compensation, succession planning, leadership development, learning and analytics software solutions. The company operates through two operating segments: subscription and support, and professional services. The Subscription and Support segment is engaged in the development, marketing, hosting, and support of the company's software subscriptions. The Professional Services segment offers implementation, business process, reengineering, change management, and education and training services. The company was founded by Martin Ouellet and Louis Têtu in 1996 and is headquartered in Dublin, CA.

Crossix Solutions, Inc. engages in the provision of solutions for business and marketing optimization. It offers strategic and media planning, audience targeting, multichannel measurement, savings offer program optimization, and enterprise empowerment. The company was founded by Peter Frishauf, Asaf Evenhaim, and Andre Willis in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

HeartFlow, Inc. operates as a cardiovascular company which engages in diagnosing coronary artery diseases. The firm provides a patient-specific analysis of coronary blood flow utilizing coronary CT scans and proprietary computer algorithms based on computational fluid dynamics. The company was founded by Charles A. Taylor, Nathan M. Wilson, and Christopher K. Zarins in 2007 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Trov, Inc. provides insurance technology platform. It offers mobility insurance and enterprise applications. The firm through its insurtech platform empowers financial institutions and insurance incumbents to deploy modern solutions for homeowners, renters, drivers and small businesses. Its technology-enabled brokerage combines software with bespoke insurance products to solve the risk management issues facing companies in emerging mobility and gig work. The company was founded by Jim Gemmell and Scott Walchek in June 2012 and is headquartered in Danville, CA.

Bryj Technologies, Inc. provides mobile engagement solutions services. The firm?s Contextual Analytics Engine and Push-Button Connectors to customer data sources, it does the heavy lifting for business users by providing intelligence and automation to create mobile and omnichannel experiences that delight customers. The company was founded by Samir Addamine in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Sandoz International GmbH develops and manufactures generic pharmaceuticals. It produces finished dosage forms of such off-patent drugs as diabetes treatment Glucophage, GERD drug Prilosec, and cholesterol. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Holzkirchen, Austria.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

[24]7.ai, Inc. delivers customer engagement software and services for customers to interact with companies through the web, mobile, chat, social, and phone. Its products include active share, chat, customer engagement platform, digital chat agents, speech - vivid speech, virtual agent, and Face book messenger for enterprise. The firm serves education, financial services, healthcare, insurance, retail and e-commerce, telecom, travel and hospitality, and utilities. The company was founded by Pallipuram V. Kannan, Prakash Gurbaxani, Sudhakar Kosaraju, and Shanmugam Nagarajan in 2000 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Oracle Systems Hong Kong Ltd. develops software for database and file management. Its database management software is useful to businesses and government organizations to store and access data across diverse platforms. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Hong Kong city, Hong Kong.

Ethos Technologies, Inc. provides life insurance services. Its policies cover includes debt, income, mortgages, and education. The company was founded by Lingke Wang and Peter Colis in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of Mitratech Holdings, Inc., Contract Room, Inc. is a private company that provides a smart contract lifecycle management platform. Contract Room is based in Miami, FL. Companies use Contract Room to close agreements 10x faster, with complete control and deep insight, for the greatest financial impact. The company has transformed the contracting operations for over 100 companies including Fortune 500 clients, with over 75,000 users, more than 500,000 contracts, and millions of data points under management. The company was founded by Emil Stefanutti, Peter Thomson. Emil Stefanutti has been the CEO since incorporation. Contract Room was acquired by Mitratech Holdings, Inc. on May 10, 2021.

Sandoz GmbH manufactures generic pharmaceuticals and biotechnological drugs. Its products includes bio-similars, inhalers, patches, injectables, and oral solids. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Kundl, Austria.

Fernbank Museum of Natural History owns and operates museum and cultural attractions. It offers largest dinosaurs, movie screen and largest assemblages of urban Piedmont forest in the United States. It also brings science to life through immersive programming and unmatched experiences of our planet and its inhabitants. The company was founded in October 5, 1992 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Project Open Hand, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that provides meals to critically ill neighbors and seniors. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

JobTrain, Inc. provides training and recruitment services. The company was founded by John Sweeny in 1965 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.