Bernd Girod

Dyyno, Inc. enabled businesses to roll out custom video portals for distributing live, VOD, and linear TV content, across three screens: computers, HDTVs, and smart phones. The company was founded by Uri Raz, Eric Setton and Vivek Gupta in 2007 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, 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.

Polycom, Inc. develops video, voice and content collaboration and communication technology. It offers consult, deployment, customer support, optimization, managed and cloud services. The firm serves healthcare, education, entertainment, government and finance industries. It offers solutions through Polycom RealPresence platform. The company was founded by Brian L. Hinman and Jeffrey Rodman in December 1990 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Vivo Software, Inc. (Waltham, MA) is a provider in enabling the Web video publishing and new Web-based businesses. Founded in 1993 by expertising in video and audio signal processing technology, Vivo develops and markets VivoActive software, the commercially available solution for producing and viewing low-bandwidth, on-demand streaming media (video and audio) over the World Wide Web using standard Web servers. Vivo’s patented compression technology also is licensed to PictureTel Corp., which uses it as the basis for PC-based videoconferencing products.

RealNetworks, Inc. engages in the provision of network-delivered digital media applications and services to manage, play, and share digital media. It offers SAFR, RealPlayer, Kontxt, Gamehouse, Realtimes, RealMedia, and mobile services. It operates through the following segment: Consumer Media, Mobile Services, Games. The Consumer Media segment generates revenue from video compression and enhancement technology portfolio. The Mobile Services segment is consisted of the various digital media services to mobile and online service providers as software as a service (SaaS) offerings. The Games segment focuses on the development, publishing, and distribution of casual games, which are offered via mobile devices, digital downloads, and subscription play. The company was founded by Robert Glaser in February 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

TokBox, Inc. develops and operates web-based and mobile platform. Its products include interactive broadcast, telehealth and interactive broadcast solution. The company was founded by Ron Hose and Sergey Faguet in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Droplet Technology, Inc. provides software development services. It offers video processing software for communications services, business collaboration, entertainment, and social networking. The company was founded on September 12, 2000 and is headquartered in Natick, MA.