Buzz Dean

VoloMedia is the leading provider of advertising and reporting solutions for portable media, extending the reach of video and audio from the PC to devices such as smartphones (e.g., BlackBerry, iPhone, Android), media players (e.g., iPod, Touch) and set-top boxes (e.g., AppleTV, Vudu) whether connected or offline. VoloMedia's products and technologies enable dynamic advertising insertion, targeting, measurement, reporting, and campaign management within RSS-based portable video and audio. In doing so, VoloMedia enables media companies to distribute, track and monetize episodic, premium content by reaching portable media users. VoloMedia also enables advertisers to target high-value consumers in this new media and track advertisements displayed online or offline. VoloMedia's products and services are utilized by some of the largest and most well known media companies, including ABC, Fox, G4tv (Comcast Entertainment Group), MSNBC, Public Radio International, and Washington Post/Newsweek International. Founded in 2005, the company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA and is funded by Sutter Hill Ventures. VoloMedia is a founding member of the Association for Downloadable Media (ADM), and has received or filed for twelve patents related to its technology platform.

Part of BioSpectra, Inc., Chemdex, Inc. is a pharmaceutical and Canadian animal health product company. The company is based in Scarborough, Canada.

Part of Microsoft Corp., Intrinsa Corp. is a company that develops defection testing tools for software makers. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The company was founded by Jon Pincus, Mat Glauninger, Michael Niles Schuh. Intrinsa was acquired by Microsoft Corp. on July 27, 1999 for $58.91 million.

Akimbo Systems, Inc. provides internet delivered video entertainment programming services. It offers encoding and content aggregation services. The company was founded by Jim Funk and Steve Shannon in 2002 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.