Herbert A. Bayer

Cubic Energy, Inc. is engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas. The company was founded by George W. McDonald and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

CH2M HILL Cos. Ltd. provides consulting, design, design-build, operations and program management services. The company offers its services to the government, civil, industrial and energy clients. Its work is concentrated in the areas of water, transportation, environmental, energy, facilities and resources. The company was founded by Holly A. Cornell, James Howland, Burke Hayes and Fred Merryfield in 1946 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.

SmartSynch, Inc. creates smart grids for the utility industry. Their products and services include SmartMeters and GridRouters that IP-enable the grid, software solutions and a host of professional services for utilities and their customers, as well as clean-tech companies, universities and government agencies in need of remote communications and control functionality for products ranging from solar panels to plug-in hybrid vehicles. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Jackson, MS

Aclara RF Systems, Inc. manufactures automatic meter reading equipment. It produces more than 2 million remote reading devices for large and small utilities throughout the world. The company was founded by Lawrence Sears in 1972 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.