Linda Crawford

Siebel Systems, Inc. develops customer relationship management software that automates sales and customer-service operations of large corporations. It products enable companies to distribute customer information to call centers, direct sales teams, resellers, retailers and web-based sales forces. The company was founded in 1993 by Thomas M. Siebel & Patricia A. House and is located in San Mateo, CA

Demandware LLC provides cloud-based digital commerce solutions for retailers and branded manufacturers. The firm offers demandware and sales force commerce cloud, a digital commerce platform that enables customers to establish and execute complex digital commerce strategies, facilitates customers in global expansion, omni-channel processes, multi-brand and multi-site rollouts, predictive merchandising and in-store operations. The company was founded by Stephan Schambach and Wayne R. Whitcomb in 2004 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Rivermine is a leading provider of automated solutions (both software and managed services) that enable organizations to gain visibility into, and control over, their wireline and wireless telecom spend. Rivermine has saved many Fortune 1000 companies and large government organizations millions of dollars per year. These market-leading Telecom Expense Management (TEM) solutions automate the entire telecom lifecycle including contract sourcing, ordering, inventory management, invoice processing/auditing, reporting/analytics, and wireless device management.

ChannelAdvisor Corp. provides software as a service solution. It enables the retailer and branded manufacturer customers to integrate, manage, and optimize their merchandise sales across hundreds of online channels. Its customers utilize platform to connect with new and existing sources of demand for their products through channels such as Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Google, and Walmart. The firm also offers solutions that allow brands to send their web visitors or digital marketing audiences directly to authorize resellers and to gain insight into consumer behaviour. The company was founded by M. Scot Wingo and Aris Antanas Buinevicius in June 2001 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Equilar, Inc. operates as a provider of board intelligence solutions. It offers solutions for compensation, governance and shareholder engagement, board recruiting, business development and networking. The company was founded by David Chun in 2000 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Optimizely, Inc. operates as a web optimization platform. Its solutions include marketing, engineering, retail, travel, and finance. The company was founded by Peter Koomen and Dan Siroker in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.