Peter M. Byck

Golden State Vintners, Inc. supplies premium bulk wines and provides wine processing and storage services. The company was founded on April 26, 1995 and is headquartered in Tracy, CA.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Silicon Valley Bank provides commercial banking services. It offers banking services to the hardware and infrastructure, software and internet, life science and healthcare, energy and resource innovation, private equity and venture capital, and premium wine industries. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Intalio, Inc. provides business process management solutions and enterprise cloud computing platform. Its products include Intalio Create, Intalio BPMS and Intalio Jetty. The firm's suite of products enables businesses to rapidly build business applications that leverage processes and deliver compelling user experiences that are scalable from behind the firewall to the cloud enabling businesses to support an agile response to their market. Intalio was founded in July 1999 by Bechara Wakim, Ismael Chang Ghalimi, Pascal Belloncle, Thierry Koehrlen and Assaf Arkin and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Entrepreneurs Foundation provides privately held companies expert advice on corporate social responsibility and philanthropy. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

CollegeNET, Inc. develops web based technology system. The firm’s products are used in admissions, scheduling, course evaluation and surveys, accounts optimization, non-profit, and international student. It provides its services in some colleges, universities, and non profit institutions. The company was founded by Jim Wolfston in 1979 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

3i U.S. is a venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The firm is a subsidiary of 3i Group Plc (LSE: III).

OpenAir, Inc. provides software solutions. It serves internal professional services groups, information technology & management consulting firms, law firms, accounting firms, advertising & public relations agencies and internet services firms. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Trovix, Inc. provides human resource software solutions and services. The company provides technology solutions to employers & professionals for employee and career search. It offers Trovix Recruit, an enterprise product with an applicant tracking system that enable companies to identify, approach and hire the professionals. Trovix was founded by Earl Rennison & Jeff Benrey in 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA

Cosentino Signature Wines Plc engages in the production, distribution, marketing and sales of ultra-premium and luxury wines. The company markets its wines to fine dining restaurants and fine wine stores in the U.S. through third party wholesale distributors and makes direct sales to consumers at the group's wine tasting rooms or through the group's wine club. The company was incorporated on October 11, 2005 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Beam Wine Estates, Inc. operates wineries. Its brands include CLOS DU BOIS, GEYSER PEAK, WILD HORSE, GARY FARREL, BUENA VISTA CARNEROS, PEAK, HAYWOOD, JAKES FAULT AND XYZIN. The firm owns and markets wines from California, Australia and New Zealand. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Healdsburg, CA.

Allied Domecq Wines USA, Inc. owns and operates wineries. It is the American wine division of Allied Domecq Plc. The firm offers super-premium wines such as Atlas Peak Vineyards, Buena Vista Winery, Callaway Coastal, Clos du Bois, Gary Farrell, Haywood Estate, J.Garcia, Jake's Fault, Mumm Napa and William Hill Winery. It also owns and manages the U.S. marketing, sales, and distribution for Allied Domecq’s global wine brands, including Azure Bay, Champagne Perrier Jouët and Champagne Mumm, Cockburn’s Port, Bodegas Balbi, Brancott Vineyards, Stoneleigh and Lindauer, as wellas Harveys Bristol Cream. The company is headquartered in Healdsburg, CA.

Part of Constellation Brands, Inc., Constellation Brands U.S. Operations, Inc. operates wineries. The company is based in Canandaigua, NY. The CEOs of the company are Jose F. Fernandez, Stephen Brian Millar.

Part of Treasury Wine Estates Ltd., Treasury Wine Estates Vintners Ltd. operates wineries.

Part of Truett-Hurst, Inc., H.D.D. LLC is a company that manufactures wines, brandy, and brandy spirits. The company is based in Healdsburg, CA. Phillip L. Hurst has been the CEO of the company since 2007.

Sonoma Creamery LLC produces and manufactures cheese and cheese products. It offers cheese wedges, pesto, garlic, portabella mushrooms, gift baskets, party platters, wines and beers, candies, snacks, and sandwiches. The company was founded by Celso Viviani in 1931 and is headquartered in Sonoma, CA.

SVB Asset Management is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2002 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co., which in turn, is a wholly owned subsidiary of First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCNCA). SVB Asset Management provides discretionary investment management services for corporate clients in the innovation economy, specifically in the technology and life science/healthcare industries.

Fios, Inc. provides electronic discovery management solutions for corporations. the company was founded on February 16, 1999 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses