Jeri Harlan

DJO Global, Inc. engages in the development and distribution medical devices for musculoskeletal health, joint reconstruction, vascular health, and pain management. Its product include knee ligament bracing, custom bracing, post-op knee bracing, hip implants, shoulder implants, shoulder bracing, spine bracing, cervical collars, walking braces, and ankle bracing. The company was founded by Mark Nordquist and Ken Reed in 1978 and is headquartered in Lewisville, TX.

Part of Amadeus IT Group SA, Caleb Technologies Corp develops software for airline companies. The company is based in Austin, TX. The company was founded by Gang Yu. Caleb Technologies was acquired by Navitaire LLC, part of Amadeus IT Group SA from January 26, 2016 on March 30, 2004 for $20 million.

Encore Medical LP develops, manufactures, and distributes orthopedic surgery products. It supplies its products to orthopedic surgeons, physicians, physical and occupational therapists, and other health care professionals. The company was founded in April 1992 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Encore Medical GP LLC manufactures CPM devices. It is a limited liability company. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX.

IDEV Technologies, Inc. develops medical devices for endovascular uses. Its products include interventional cardiology, interventional radiology and vascular surgery. The company was founded by Sheldon J. Jeffery in 1999 and is headquartered in Webster, TX.

US Patent & Trademark Office provides patent and trade marks services. It advises the president of the United States, the secretary of commerce, and U.S. government agencies on intellectual property (IP) policy, protection, and enforcement; and promotes IP protection. The company is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

DJO Finance LLC develops, manufactures and distributes medical devices with a products used for rehabilitation, pain management and physical therapy. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Vista, CA.

Lung Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical stage pharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and commercialization of drugs for lung injury and disease. Its product pipelines include LTI-03 for the treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and LTI-01 for Loculated Pleural Effusion. The company was founded by Steven Idell and Andrew Mazar in 2012 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Greenberg Traurig LLP provides legal services. The firm specializes in business aviation, futures and derivatives, financial regulatory and compliance, financial services litigation, project and infrastructure finance, public finance, restructuring, bankruptcy, and structured finance. The company was founded by Larry J. Hoffman, Mel Greenberg and Robert H. Traurig in 1967 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Dickinson Wright PLLC provides legal services to large corporations in over 40 different practice areas which includes automotive, banking and financial services, bankruptcy, construction, corporate, energy and sustainability, gaming, healthcare, insurance, intellectual property, labor and employment, mergers and acquisitions, municipal law & finance, private equity, real estate and taxation. The company was founded by Henry Munroe Campbell and Henry Russell in 1878 and is headquartered in Detroit, MI.

Blackstone Co. distributes building products to homebuilders and contractors. The company is headquartered in East Brunswick, NJ.

NCC Nano LLC engages in the development and production of printed electronic devices. It offers photonic curing tools, conductive inks, and material. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

State Bar of Texas provides legal educational programming services. The private company is based in Austin, TX.

Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas connects high-impact companies in Central Texas with high-impact causes around the world. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Reveal Sciences LLC provides personal care products. It offers real-time visual product feedback through color changing technology and caretype analysis for skin and hair conditions as well as specialty biomaterials to meet product formulation needs. The company was founded on November 12, 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, TX

Heparinex LLC operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on the novel recombinant synthesis of compounds for the anticoagulation market and associated markets and the dermal filler market. The firm maintains partnerships in the areas of medical device coatings; novel autoimmune and infectious disease and cancer drug discovery and dermal fillers. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK.

Beacon Sciences LLC operates as a biotechnology company. The firm platform utilizes supra-molecular recognition chemistry rather than antibodies or enzymes to create a binding event in an assay. Its applications include medical diagnostics, biowarfare detection, molecular tools, environmental monitoring, food and beverage testing, chronic disease monitoring, and pre-clinical drug safety testing. The company was founded by Eric V. Anslyn in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Receptor Logic, Inc. provides a novel solution for the treatment of infectious diseases and cancers. The company was founded by Jon Weidanz in 2003 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Choncept LLC produces biotechnology products. It develops chondroitin from fermentation of recombinant bacteria to replace the current chondroitin source of beef and other animal by-products. The company was founded by Paul L. DeAngelis in 2002 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK.

Pure Protein LLC specializes in immunology tools for diagnostics, drug and vaccine development, and high-yield protein production. It operates as a biopharmaceutical company, produces soluble human leukocyte antigen (sHLA) proteins and custom products in various human and animal cell lines. The firm provides sHLA class I and II proteins for use in transplantation, drug target discovery, and bio-therapeutic development, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic reagents for use in immunology research and development. The company was founded by William Hildebrand in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Selenium Ltd. develops develops anti-microbial, anti-fungal and anti-neoplastic properties. It operates as a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the prevention of bacterial biofilm formation using molecular coatings of redox active selenium for medical, dental, ophthalmic and industrial applications. The company was founded by Julian Spallholz and Ted Reid in 2004 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Transformation Enzyme Corp. is a nutritional supplement company. Its products include TPP Lypo and Thrive in 63. The company was founded by DicQie Fuller-Looney in May 1991 and is headquartered in Houston,TX.

Enavail LLC produces bioactive peptides and compounds for clinical research. Its technology focuses on generating crystalline or amorphous forms of poorly water-soluble compounds, providing enhanced dissolution and bioavailability, and producing powder forms of labile proteins. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

American Red Cross of Central Texas provides redcross services. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX.