Howard Smith

NetIQ Corp. offers software solutions. It provides identity and access management, security management, IT operation management, disaster recovery, workload migration, and unified communications and VoIP. The company was founded on February 11, 1998 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. engages in the business of designing, developing, and selling a family of proxy and other appliances, and related software and services that secure, accelerate, and optimize the delivery of business applications, web content, and other information to distributed users over a wide area network or across an enterprise’s gateway to the public internet. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and Asia and Pacific. The Americas segment includes North America, Central America, and Latin America. The company was founded on March 13, 1996 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Part of Oracle Corp., Simplified Workforce Solutions, Inc. is a company that develops workforce management software. The company is based in Chicago, IL. Simplified Workforce Solutions was acquired by 360Commerce, Inc. on December 15, 2003.

BladeLogic, Inc. provides data center automation software solutions. The company was founded by Ittycheria and Vijay Manwani in 2001 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Cymtec Systems, Inc. provides cloud-based storage services. The private company is based in St. Louis, MO.

DataSphere Technologies, Inc. provides marketing solutions services. It offers local marketing package, mobile marketing, localsaver, high definition videos, multilocation, auto repair and dental marketing solutions. The company was founded by Ted Bremer, Alok Sinha, Anil H.P. Pereira in 2006 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Unitrends, Inc. provides business recovery solutions for information technology environment. Its products include recovery series backup appliances, unitrends enterprise backup software, boomerang for VMware and cloud backup for office 365. The company was founded by Steve Schwartz in 1989 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Part of observIQ, Inc., Blue Medora LLC provides cloud-based databases, applications, and services. The company is based in Grand Rapids, MI. The company was founded in 2007 by Nathan Owen. Nathan Owen has been the CEO since 2007.

Springbuk, Inc. collects and measures corporate health data services. It supplies its clients with relevant data to support their wellness programming decisions, shares prevailing trends for engaging workforces, and acts as a resource for HR and wellness communities by measuring corporate wellness initiatives. The company was founded by Phill A. Daniels and Rodney R. Reasen II in 2009 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

First Analysis Securities Corp. (FAS) is a research-driven investment organization headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and was founded in 1981. The firm is a subsidiary of First Analysis Corp. FAS serves emerging growth companies with private equity/venture capital investments, corporations with corporate finance and merger and acquisition services, and financial institutions with the public equity research and private equity limited partnerships.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Windquest Group, Inc. (Windquest Group) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Richard Marvin Devos and Elisabeth Dee Devos. The firm is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Chain.io, Inc. is a cloud-based integration platform that connects partners across the supply chain. The company was founded by Brian Glick and is based in Philadelphia, PA. Brian Glick has been the CEO since incorporation. The company helps anyone involved in buying or moving products around the world work with supply chain vendors, customers, and software platforms more efficiently. With logistics expertise built into the heart of its software, Chain.io plugs into any ecosystem seamlessly and makes sure the right data is going to the right people at the right time.

Bullhorn, Inc. provides cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) and operations solutions for the staffing industry. It products include applicant tracking system, business intelligence, CRM, pulse, and VMS integration. The company was founded by Roger Colvin, Barrett B. Hinckley, and Arthur Papas in 1999 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Sendouts LLC provides staffing and recruiting software services. The private company is based in Clayton, MO. The company was founded in 1999 by Rick Hall, Donald E. Breckenridge. Sendouts was acquired by Bullhorn, Inc. on November 28, 2012.

Dennemeyer & Co. LLC provides intellectual property management services. Its services include legal and portfolio services, strategic IP consulting and cutting-edge software solutions for IP management. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Lewis & Clark Venture Capital LLC (Lewis & Clark Venture) is a venture capital subsidiary of Lewis & Clark Partners LLC founded in 2014 by Thomas J. Hillman. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Mediaguide, Inc. provides business for the broadcasters, advertisers and media monitoring agencies. It also provides business intelligence, content discovery, and ad targeting and interaction solutions. The company was founded in October 2012 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, PA.

Grand Ventures Management LLC (Grand Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Tim Streit and McKeel Hagerty in 2017. The firm is headquartered in the Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Inverse Network Technology, Inc. develops wide area network management systems offers services and products that provide accurate, meaningful information about the performance of the Internet. The company's diagnostic tools and methodologies measure comprehensive, end-to-end performance of the Internet from the perspective of the user, from dial tone to Web page downloads to e-mail exchange. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Salsa Labs, Inc. operates as a software service company. Its products include fundraising software suite, online advocacy software and marketing software. The company was founded by Chris Lundberg and April Pedersen in 2003 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

ScaleMatters, Inc. provides information technology and services. The firm specializes in salesforce, sales enablement, marketing automation, lead generation, customer acquisition, sales prospecting, inbound demand generation and outbound demand generation. The company was founded by Scott Stouffer, Bruce Olson, Vinny Poliseno and Dan Quirk in 2018 and is headquartered in North Potomac, MD.

First Analysis Corp (First Analysis) is a venture capital firm founded in 1981 by Francis Oliver Nicklin. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Trustwave Holdings, Inc. provides on-demand data security and payment card industry compliance management solutions to businesses and with organizations throughout the world. It offers compliance, web, application, network and data security solutions delivered through the cloud, managed security services, software and appliances. The firm also provides organizations a unique approach with comprehensive solutions that include its TrustKeeper portal and other proprietary security solutions. The company was founded by Joseph L. Patanella, Robert J. McCullen and Andrew Bokor in November 1995 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Fortress Cyber Security develops software to protect computer from malware founde. It offers personal privacy, cyber security, and smart home appliances. The company is headquartered in Orlando, FL.