Nima Bakhtiary

MSC Software Corp. develops simulation software technology that enables engineers to validate and optimize their designs using virtual prototypes. Its services include quick start projects, knowledge transfer, customer success program, staff augmentation, on-site support, simulation projects, customization and process automation, methods development, toolkit solutions, and simulation data and process management. The firm's customers include the aerospace, automotive, consumer products, defense, electronics and energy industries. The company was founded by Richard MacNeal and Robert Schwendler in 1963 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, CA.

QAD, Inc. provides enterprise software solutions for global manufacturing companies primarily in the automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, technology, industrial products, and life sciences industries. Its applications provide critical functionality for managing manufacturing resources and operations within and beyond the enterprise, enabling global manufacturers to collaborate with their customers, suppliers and partners. The company was founded by Pamela Meyer Lopker in 1979 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

Adexa, Inc. provides enterprise business planning and performance management solutions. It offers enterprise global planning systems that provides sales, inventory, operations, demand, inventory, supply chain, and collaborative operation planning; factory planning and scheduling; and available-to-promise, supplier management, and supply chain performance management solutions. The firm also provides strategic business services that include supply chain diagnostic, supply chain network design, demand management and inventory optimization. The company was founded by Kameron Hadavi and K. Cyrus Hadavi in 1994 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

RiverOne, Inc. provides supply chain management software for the electronics industry. The company's web-based INTERACTIVE software platform helps companies, their customers, their partners and their suppliers integrate their business processes, planning, execution and metrics. Its software includes tools for business process collaboration, program-based control and inter-enterprise planning. The company was founded in 1999 and is located in Irvine, CA.

Procelerate's Vdot product development platform saves companies' 50% or more in cycle times and costs. Vdot rapidly captures your best practices, deploys them to teams, and then provides real-time visibility as it helps teams execute your processes more productively than ever before. Procelerate's founders were frustrated by process improvement efforts that just produced 'shelfware': Visio or PowerPoint documents that were quickly out of date and rarely used. They built Vdot since they were unable to find software that met their criteria for continuously improving product development processes: Quick and easy for use by process owners for their most complex processes Detailed information flow and resource definition Active management of information flows and associated software applications Flexible enough for real-world use Integrated Project Management The unique approach of Procelerate's solution delivers rapid ROI and produces significant improvements to your competitiveness.

Arbela Technologies Corp. is a consulting firm that empowers organizations around the world to digitally transform and grow their businesses. Its consultants offer strategic consulting, implementation services; support and managed services and pre-built software solutions that help its clients innovate and reinvigorate customer, employee, partner and supplier experiences and processes using Microsoft Dynamics 365, ERP, CRM, Business Intelligence/Analytics and related Microsoft cloud solutions. The company was founded by Nima Bakhtiary in October 2006 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Argano LLC is a digital consultancy that specializes in high-performance operations. Argano is based in Plano, TX and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company helps enterprises navigate through changing markets by providing transformative strategies and technologies that exceed customer expectations, unlock commercial innovation, and drive growth. Chip Register has been the CEO of the company since 2020.