Neil Gaffney

The Telecommunications Industry Association promotes business environment for companies involved in telecom, broadband, mobile wireless, IT, cable, satellite and communications industry. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions provides technical planning and development services. The private company is based in Washington. The CEO of the American company is Susan M. Miller.

ADTRAN, Inc. engages in the provision of networking and communications platforms and services focused on the broadband access market. It operates through the Network Solutions and Services and Support business segment. The Network Solutions segment includes hardware products and next-generation virtualized solutions used in service provider or business networks, as well as prior-generation products. The Services and Support segment offers ProCloud managed services, network installation, engineering and maintenance services, and fee-based technical support and equipment repair/replacement plans. The company was founded by Mark C. Smith in November 1985 and is headquartered in Huntsville, AL.

Swift Navigation, Inc. develops centimeter-accurate GPS technology. It services include hardware and software support, custom hardware development based on modular design, custom software and on-site testing and integration. The company was founded by Fergus Noble, Colin Beighley and Timothy J. R. Harris in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Espresa, Inc. engages in the provision of web portal and mobile application. Its platform enables employers to select which services they want to offer from a pre-selected service catalog. The firms products include employee resource groups; wellbeing and fitness; challenges and achievements; and rewards and recognition. The company was founded by Alexander Shubat and Raghavan Menon in 2015 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Robin Systems, Inc. operates an online platform for container-based compute and storage virtualization. It offers Robin Cloud Platform which is a container-based, application-aware, compute and storage platform liberates applications from servers, VMs, and storage boundaries. The company was founded by Krishna Yeddanapudi in 2013 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Reflektion, Inc. operates a retail analytics platform for retailers and brands. It offers ecommerce solutions that include Personalized Site Search, a solution that leads visitors with a path to various products; Predictive Product Recommendations, a platform that creates a one-to-one connection with shoppers; and a mobile solution that unifies customers shopping by integrating various devices. The company was founded by Amar Chokhawala in 2012 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Zerto, Inc. provides enterprise-class disaster recovery and business continuity software. It offers automated failover testing, offsite backup and data protection, data center migrations, and cross-hypervisor replication. The company was founded by Ziv Kedem and Oded Kedem in 2010 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Tekelec Global, Inc. provides mobile broadband solutions. The company was founded by Jean-Claude Asscher in December 1971 and was headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

GoEuro Corp. engages in the development of booking platform for travel by train, bus, or flight. The company was founded by Naren Shaam in 2013 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

DevX.com, Inc. provides technical information, tools and services for information technology professionals. It offers resources designed to help professionals conquer development challenges, apply new technologies and techniques to their work. The company provides network services using windows and web development, .NET, Java, XML, C & C++, Visual Basic, database, wireless and open source. DevX.com was founded by James Fawcette in 1995 and is located in San Francisco, CA.

Comcores ApS delivers packaged IPs and stand-alone IP cores for ASIC & FPGA with a focus on wireless, Ethernet & chip to chip solutions. The private company is based in Lyngby, Denmark. and has subsidiaries in Denmark. The Danish company was founded in 2014 by Thomas Gerner Nørgaard. Thomas Gerner Nørgaard has been the CEO since 2014.

Connected Nation provides tools, resources and methods that help stated and communities create and implement solutions to broadband and digital technology gaps. It offers community data and solutions, mapping and analysis, digital inclusion, transforming education, digital training and job placement services. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Bowling Green, KY.

USVP Management Co. LLC (US Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1981 by Bill Bowes. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Atmosic Technologies, Inc. operates as a fabless semiconductor company that designs ultra-low power wireless solutions. Its products include M2 Series and M3 Series. The company is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Clustrix, Inc. develops a scale-out SQL database. It is used in advertising technology, e-Commerce, gaming, and large web and mobile businesses. The company was founded by Sergei Tsarev, Paul A. Mikesell and Eric Hoffman in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

KAIAM Corp. designs, develops, and manufactures optical communications products. The firm offers 40G-LR4 CWDM4, 100G CWDM4+, 80Ch 50GHz Athermal AWG, and 40Ch 100 GHz Athermal AWG. The company was founded by Bardia Pezeshki in 2009 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital arm of Sequoia Capital Operations LLC, founded in 1972 by Don Valentine. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Concentric, Inc. provides computer software services. The company was founded by Karthik Krishnan and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Akros Silicon, Inc. provides power management integrated circuits. The company was founded by J. Francois Crepin, Sajol C. Ghoshal and John R. Camagna in 2005 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Vera Security, Inc. develops data-centric security platform. It offers products for data security for files, mail, and business applications. The company was founded by Ajay K. Arora and Prakash Linga in 2010 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Clear Venture Management LLC (Clear Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Rajeev Madhavan and Christopher J.Rust. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Arrcus, Inc. provides software-powered network transformation services. It offers ArcOS, a fully programmable, modular, extensible software that enables organizations to cost-effectively build scalable infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud network environments while delivering security and deployment flexibility. The company was founded by Devesh Garg Nandan, Keyur Patel and Derek Yeung in 2016 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

AvicenaTech Corp. engages in the provision of optical chip connectivity solutions. It offers Multi-Chip Photonic Interconnect technology, which develops commercial ecosystems for silicon photonics, plasmonics, and other optical and packaging technologies. The company was founded by Robert Kalman and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

London Technology Club Ltd (London Technology Club) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Konstantin Sidorov. The firm is headquartered in London.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

CLAdirect, Inc. provides technology solutions. It designs and implements infrastructure solutions and services. The firm's solutions are network connectivity, network optimization, data center, and network security. The company was founded by Alberto Gross and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Tarana Wireless, Inc. provides non-line-of-sight wireless transport solutions. It offers viable wireless alternative to expensive last-mile fiber in radio backhaul, fiber extension, and fixed access applications. The company was founded by Kevin Jones, Rabin Patra, Omar Bakr, Dale Branlund and Sergiu Nedevschi in 2009 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Siemens Ltd. engages in the electrical and electronics engineering sectors and operates in the industry, healthcare, and energy sectors. The company was founded in October 1995 and is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.

Part of Siemens AG, Siemens Information & Communication Networks, Inc. is a provider of integrated voice and data networks. The company is based in Boca Raton, FL.

Women Presidents' Organization is a global organization that was founded in 1997 by Dr. Marsha Firestone. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY, and the CEO of the company is Camille Burns. The organization brings together women business leaders worldwide to share insights, support, and encourage each other in their professional development and business strategies. Each WPO chapter serves as a professionally-facilitated peer advisory group for members where they can harness the momentum of their successes and cultivate new strategies that will take them even further. WPO members have guided their business to generate at least $2 million USD in gross annual sales (or $1 million USD for a service-based business).