Michelle Denman

BEA Systems, Inc. provides business software solutions. The firm provides transaction processing systems, telecommunication billing applications, and enterprise financial systems. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

PeopleSoft, Inc. provides enterprise software that ties together back-office applications and databases. Its software addresses such tasks as accounting, human resources management and supply chain management. PeopleSoft has expanded its product lines to include vertical applications for manufacturing firms and government agencies. In late 2003 Oracle launched a hostile attempt to purchase PeopleSoft, which ultimately agreed to be purchased for $10.3 billion in December 2004. Oracle completed the acquisition of the company in January 2005. PeopleSoft is located in Redwood Shores, CA.

Washington Mutual, Inc. provides financial services to consumers and mid sized businesses in the United States. The company primarily operates through three segments: retail banking & financial services, mortgage banking and commercial banking. The retail banking and financial services segment provides investment advisory and brokerage services, sales of annuities, mutual fund management and other financial services. This segment also purchases and re-underwrites loans to subprime borrowers. The mortgage banking segment offers various home loans including fixed rate home loans, adjustable rate home loans, hybrid home loans, option ARMs and government insured or guaranteed home loans. The commercial segment provides financing to developers and investors for the acquisition or construction of multifamily dwellings and other commercial properties, originates and services multifamily and other commercial real estate loans. The company was founded in August 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Trend Micro, Inc. (USA) provides security software, hardware and services. It offers layered data security to protect information on mobile devices, endpoints, gateways, servers, and the cloud of consumers, businesses and governments. The company was founded by Steve Ming-Jang Chang, Eva Yi-Fen Chen and Jenny Chang in 1988 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

AppSense, Inc. provides user virtualization technology to enterprise organizations. It offers environment, application and performance managers which include DataNow DesktopNow and EM plus. The firm also provides information technology projects, application and profile management. The company was founded by Charles Shareland in 1999 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.