James Nias

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. designs, develops, and manufactures defense electronics and systems. The company is headquartered in Falls Church, VA.

Safeco Corp. provides insurance products and services. It offers property, casualty, surety, life and health insurance services. The firm provides contract and commercial surety bonds for construction, performance, and legal matters, such as appeals, probate, and bankruptcies to contractors and businesses. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Software.com, Inc. designs applications to give the ability to manage, update and optimize the software and applications. Its devices include Mac, Windows, iOS (iPhone, iPad and iPod) and Android. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Forest Investments, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the investment and acquisition of businesses, securities and assets that has significant long-term value creation. It operates through the following segments: Durable Medical Equipment, Investment Management, Real Estate, and General Corporate. The company was founded on December 16, 1994 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

LiveOps, Inc. provides cloud contact center and customer service solutions. It offers various call types and channels, including customer service call center, outbound services interactions, inbound sales interactions, lead generation interactions, and self-service interactive voice response capabilities. The firm also provides cloud contact center solutions such as LiveOps Engage, LiveOps Voice and LiveOps Insight. LiveOps serves the financial, health, insurance, retail, marketing and media industries. The company was founded by William J. Trenchard in 2000 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

ProfitLine, Inc. addresses the growing challenges that global enterprises face in the day-to-day management of mobile devices, communications services, and carrier contracts. Its mobility management and communications spend experts provide sourcing, inventory, device, and spend management solutions to enterprises, multinational organizations, and global integrators & suppliers of communications products. ProfitLine serves Global 2000 enterprises. The firm also serves clients in all major industries including healthcare, government, financial services, retail, energy, manufacturing, media, publishing, technology, and consulting.

Cellfire, Inc. provides mobile phone software solutions. It offers consumers convenient savings from national retailers, local merchants and top-brands at grocery stores. The company was founded by Preston Tollinger and Brent W. Dusing in 2005 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

AeroScout, Inc. provides wireless networking based solutions. Its solutions use Wi-Fi-based Active RFID, sensors, RTLS and other technologies to provide complete wireless asset tracking and monitoring. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Finsphere Corp. engages in the provision of mobile identity-authentication services. It offers wireless engineering and geospatial analysis, risk analytics, analytic models, real time processing, identity management, adaptive access, and marketing offers. The company was founded by Michale F. Buhrmann and Chuck Dennis in 2007 and is headquartered in Delaware.

HealthTap, Inc. develops a mobile health platform that connects people with the doctors. It offers an interactive health network and mobile apps which connects doctors with patients in smarter ways and provides education to those who seek it and disseminate trusted, vetted and peer-reviewed health information. The company was founded in 2010 by Ron Gutman, Sastry Nanduri and Geoffrey Rutledge and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau is an association of companies involved in online, interactive broadcasting, email, wireless, and interactive television media. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Stephen Goldberg, Rich A. LeFurgy, Michele Azan, and María Teresa Arnal. David Cohen has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Menlo Ventures Management LP (Menlo Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1976 by DuBose Montgomery. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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

PatientSafe Solutions, Inc. provides wireless workflow optimization and patient safety solutions. It designs hardware and software solutions to provide patient safety and improve patient, family, and nurse satisfaction in hospitals. It offers clinical communications and workflows, coordinated care, and professional services. The company was founded by Keith Blei, Gerald E. Forth, David D. Swenson, Pat Steusloff and Kim T. Rubin in 2002 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

ePAC Technologies, Inc. provides printing and logistics solutions for the technology industry. The company was founded by Sasha Dobrovolsky and Roger Marston in 1998 and is headquartered in San Leandro, CA.

Lytx, Inc. engages in the provision of the video-based driver safety and predictive analytics solutions. Its solutions include fleet dash cams; fleet safety; fleet tracking; and DOT compliance. The company was founded by Gary Rayner and Tom Lafleur in February 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

hi5 Networks, Inc. provides social network portals for social entertainment and gaming services. The company was founded by Yalamanchi Ramu in 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

MDV Management Co. LLC (MDV Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

The Online Publishers Association provides news, research, and other information for and about the digital media industry. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY. The association is exclusively dedicated to the interests of high-quality digital media companies. The company was founded by John L. Battelle, Michael O'Donnell, Martin A. Nisenholtz. The CEO is Jason Kint.

Check Corp. designs, manufactures and markets heating elements for a variety of applications. Its products include hotbag,seatheater, heat seat and healthcare. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Troy, MI.

Network Advertising Initiative develops self-regulatory standards for online advertising. The company was founded by Daniel J. Jaye in 2000 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Anchore, Inc. engages in the development and operation of a platform that provides tools for container security and compliance. It offers CI and CD security, security auditing, kubernetes security, and container compliance solutions. The company was founded by Sa?d Ziouani, Daniel Nurmi and Timothy Gerla in April 2016 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.