John Thornton

IBM Tivoli Systems, Inc. provides service management software. It offers cloud and virtualization management solutions, such as cloud management, cloud storage, virtualization management, systems automation, IT service management solutions, including application performance management, network management, business service management, storage management, and IT service management and assets and facilities management solutions, which include enterprise asset management and facilities management. The company was founded in 1989 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.

CenterPoint Ventures Co. LLC (CenterPoint Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Robert J. Paluck and Kent A. Fuka. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Viking Enterprise Solutions engages in designing, manufacture and sale of data center products. It offers storage expansion product platforms for performance, space efficiency, storage application platforms for server and storage integration. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Alibre, Inc. develops and markets parametric 3D solid modeling software. The company was founded by J. Paul Grayson in 1997 and is headquartered in Richardson, TX.

Integral Wave Technologies, Inc. manufactures and markets integrated chips and point-of-load converters. It develops high density printed circuit boards and packaging solutions. The firm offers single chip digital POL DC-DC converter for high performance CMOS applications. The company was founded by David Nelms in 1997 and is headquartered 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.