Christine Crandell

Accept provides a complete product innovation management suite, Accept360, proven to help companies developing winning products, faster. Developed in partnership with leading companies in the most demanding and competitive industries, Accept360 is imbued with the proven product innovation processes and best practices required to manage complex product portfolios and deliver at market speed.

Ariba, Inc. provides collaborative business commerce solutions. Its solutions include spend and supplier management, spend analysis, financial supply chain management, sourcing, contract management, supply chain collaboration and invoice management. The company was founded by Keith J. Krach, Robert J. Desantis, Paul Hegarty, Edward P. Kinsey, Robert D. Lent, Boris Putanec and Paul C. M. Touw in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Egenera, Inc. provides advanced server virtualization and converged infrastructure solutions. It offers Xterity cloud services that provides an intuitive, drag-and-drop cloud management solution that simplifies all cloud workflow processes including customized design, deployment, scalability, management, pricing, margin analysis, and billing. The firm also provides cloud management software suite. The company was founded by Vern J. Brownell in March 2000 and is headquartered in Boxborough, MA.