Jim Pitman

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

National Basketball Association (NBA) operates a professional basketball league. The firm is recognized as the national governing body for basketball in the United States. It also operates the Women’s National Basketball Association and the NBA Development League. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Illinois State Bar Association is a state bar association that serves lawyers. The association is based in Springfield, IL. The association provides various resources for lawyers, including legal forms, expert services, and publications. It also offers continuing legal education programs and hosts events for lawyers.

The Chicago Bar Association is a voluntary membership organization consisting largely of lawyers and judges from Cook County and the state of Illinois. The private company is based in Chicago, IL and has subsidiaries in the United States. The association works to establish and maintain the honor and dignity of the profession of law, promote the welfare of its members, and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the administration of justice. Founded in 1874, it is one of the oldest and most active metropolitan bar associations in the United States.

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

First Trust Advisors LP (FTA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Wheaton, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1991 and is a direct subsidiary of Grace Partners of Dupage LP. Their general partner is The Charger Corp. FTA provides discretionary investment management services to institutional and individual clients who principally include open and closed-end mutual funds, collective investment funds (CIFs), exchange-traded funds, variable annuity sub-accounts and funds in countries other than the US. Investment management services are offered to individual clients through separate managed accounts (SMAs), either directly or through wrap fee programs sponsored by unaffiliated investment advisors.

Sanchez, Daniels & Hoffman LLP provides legal services. Its practices include appellate, civil rights litigation, commercial litigation, employment law, real estate litigation, and public finance. The company was founded by Manuel Sanchez in 1987 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Multigig, Inc. provides semiconductor products. It offers clock synthesizer ICs which provides ultra-low jitter and phase noise reference clock signals to communication, computing, and networking interface devices. It specializes in highly innovative high-performance clocking technology. The company was founded by Steve Beccue, John Wood and Haris Basit in 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce is an organization that serves as the voice of business and promotes growth. The non-profit company is based in Phoenix, AZ. The company's diverse membership base includes small businesses and large corporations with a national footprint. The chamber offers multiple opportunities for businesses to invest in order to achieve their goals and objectives. Todd Sanders has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

OEA International, Inc. develops software services. The private company is based in Morgan Hill.

Avaratek Corp. provides custom design services and patterned flexible circuit board materials. Its services include designs and proof-of-concept prototypes, customized solutions utilizing patentend averatek materials, and contract manufacturing. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Snell & Wilmer LLP provides legal services. It offers bankruptcy, commercial finance, corporate and securities, employee benefits and compensation, healthcare, industry groups, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, natural resources, environment and energy, political law and government relations, real estate and tax related services. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Almaden Energy Group LLC is a private company that specializes in energy, utilities, and waste treatment. The company is based in Newark, CA. The company was founded by Haris Basit.

The Rockwell Group provides legal counseling and advisory services. It specializes in companies going public, mergers and acquisitions, and equity and debt financing. The company offers securities, business strategic and public relations services. The Rockwell Group is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Part of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Bell Labs Design Automation Group is a developer and manufacturer of telecommunications systems, software, and products. The company is based in Murray Hill, NJ. Bell Labs Design Automation Group was acquired by Cadence Design Systems, Inc. from Lucent Technologies, Inc. on September 30, 1998 for $58 million.

Part of RTX Corp., OEA Aerospace, Inc. is a company that designs propeller activated devices for the aerospace industry. The company is based in Fairfield, CA. OEA Aerospace was acquired by Goodrich Corp., a subsidiary of RTX Corp. from Autoliv, Inc. on December 29, 2000.

Inspirit IoT, Inc. delivers general-purpose High-Level Synthesis (HLS) with a focus on Machine-Learning and FPGA-based accelerators for IoT devices, cloud vendors and data centers. The company is headquartered in Champaign, IL.

Falcon Computing Solutions, Inc. provides acceleration solutions to big-data applications. Its products include compile and runtime tools and libraries that span multiple vertical markets, enabling order of magnitude improvements in performance and power efficiency. The company was founded by Jingsheng Cong Jason and Chang Jing in 2014 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Peking University provides post-secondary education services. It offers undergraduate and graduate courses. It provides courses such as basic and applied sciences, social sciences and the humanities, sciences of medicine, management, and education. The company was founded by JiaNai Sun in 1898 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

AutoESL is the leading provider of high level synthesis for FPGAs and ASICs. AutoESL was founded in 2006 based on advanced proprietary technology that was nurtured, developed, and exclusively licensed from UCLA. AutoESL has now deployed this solution at many leading edge system and semiconductor companies. AutoESL provides the fastest path from algorithms to silicon. AutoESL provides a powerful high level synthesis solution that enables: Synthesis of complex algorithms in C, C++ or SystemC into ASICs or FPGAs. Software architects to accelerate software algorithms by implementing them in silicon. System architects to take software models into silicon without manually writing RTL. Hardware architects to explore and implement the right architecture in silicon.

Berkshire Hathaway Automotive provides automotive dealership services. It operates dealerships with franchises in states, including Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico and Texas. The company was founded by Cecil Van Tuyl in 1955 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Salt River Project providing generation, transmission, and distribution services. The firm also offers metering and billing services. The company was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Tempe, AZ.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory provides technical and scientific research services. The firm performs basic and applied research in principal areas such as neutron science, energy, supercomputing, advanced materials and national security. It also has research programs in nuclear and atomic physics, nuclear fusion, and microscopy. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Oak Ridge, TN.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Franklin Fuel Cells, Inc. develops solid oxide fuel cell technology that operates directly on hydrocarbon fossil fuels, as well as future fuels, such as bio fuels and hydrogen. The company was founded by David F. Lincoln in November 2001 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

Simplex Solutions, Inc. provides software and services for the design and verification of integrated circuits (ICs) to enable its communications, computer and consumer-products to achieve production success and delivery of complex systems-on-chip. The company is located in Sunnyvale, CA.

Long Island Software & Technology Network, Inc. operates technology centers. It offers business and technology law, cybersecurity, human resources, long island visual professionals, and sales and marketing. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Plainview, NY.

Brookhaven National Laboratory provides research services. The firm conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. It also builds and operates scientific facilities available to university, industry, and government researchers. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Upton, NY.