Michael Buhr

Spoke Software, Inc. provides Internet publishing and broadcasting services. Its products give marketers, sales people, and recruiter's access to people and contact information through providing a network of contacts gathered by corporations' own employees. The company was founded by Chris Roon, Prasad Akella, Christopher Tolles, James Alastair Campbell, Paul Reddy, and Benjamin T. Smith IV in 2002 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Untangle, Inc. operates as a security software and appliance company. It provides multi-function firewall and Internet management application suites for large and small organizations. The firm provides virus blocker, firewall, intrusion prevention, phish blocker, web filter, spam blocker, web cache, bandwidth control, captive portal, policy manager applications. The company was founded by John Irwin, Jenna Reese and Dirk Morris in 2003 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Right90 is a market leader in sales forecasting solutions. Right90 delivers a powerful suite of SaaS-based applications that enable companies to quickly and accurately generate a trusted sales forecast. By integrating with leading CRM and ERP systems, Right90 applications help companies optimize overall revenue performance. Right90 applications capture and consolidate enterprise-wide sales forecasts and provide robust analytics that expose trends and suggest targeted actions that enable business leaders to have confidence and trust in the forecast. Customers use Right90 applications to achieve higher revenue, greater margins and increased sales performance. Customers of Right90 range from innovators such as Mellanox to industry leaders such as Sharp Microelectronics. Sales forecasting is a mission critical business process that is key in the overall revenue generation process. Organizations relying on subjective and untrustworthy sales forecasts suffer from excess inventory, unshipped backlog, poor revenue execution, and financial performance.

Dstillery, Inc. is an applied data science company. It provides cross-device audience targeting platform for brands. The company was founded by Alan Murray, Joe P. Doran, Rod Hook, David Honig, Joshua Abram and Kathy Leake in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

PartSource, Inc. distributes a wide variety of auto parts, oils and chemicals, tools and accessories, and custom performance equipment. The private company is based in Vaughan, Canada. and has subsidiaries in Canada.

M-Factor, Inc. provides marketing investment management software solutions. It develops robust software-as-a-service suite that continuously analyzes, forecasts and optimizes marketing investments and trade spend. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Deem, Inc. develops web tools and mobile applications. Its products include travel, expense, car service, reservation and dispatch, affiliate management, reservations, mobile and desktop. The company was founded by Patrick W. Grady in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

4INFO, Inc. engages in the provision of mobile display advertising technology. It offers retail, automotive, financial and CPG solutions. The company was founded by Michael Stachowiak, Markus A. Nordvik, Pankaj B. Shah, Zaw Thet, and David E. Siminoff in 2004 and is headquarters in San Mateo, CA.

National Money Mart Co. provides financial services. It specializes in check encashment. The firm's solutions include cheque cashing, payday loans, money transfers, easytax, currency exchange, bill payments and credit card issuance. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Victoria, Canada.

The Santa Fe Opera organizes and performs cultural programs. Its activities include summer festival of five productions, including premieres with players from major orchestras. The company was founded by John O. Crosby in September 1956 and is headquartered in Santa Fe, NM.

PivotNorth Services LLC (PivotNorth Services) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Timothy J. Connors. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

WhoKnows, Inc. provides a platform for expertise discovery and knowledge retention in organizations. It offers WhoKnows, an enterprise grade service that can be deployed as an appliance in the enterprise data center or in private cloud, leveraging the company’s datacenters. The firm's platform helps managers to understand who knows what in the organization; get an objective map of knowledge within the organization; develop strategic planning; grow and reward employees; measure results; and protect employee privacy. The company was founded by Alexander Daly, Toufic Saliba and William J. Halpenny in 2007 and is headquartered in Redwood, CA.

Viakoo, Inc. provides software technology services. It delivers performance, security and compliance management for enterprise IoT applications and devices. The company was founded by Rodgers C. Broomhead, Jr., and David A. Nelson-Gal in 2013 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

OpenEd, Inc. provides educational resources catalog. Its catalog includes various language arts and math games, video lessons, science playlists, assessments and courses. The company was founded by Adam Blum and Vladimir Tarasov in 2012 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Upwave Inc. conducts consumer surveys for companies of all sizes. Its products include consumer, BEB, retargeted and segment surveys. The firm solutions include Ad, customer and market research. The company was founded by Chris Kelly and Aaron Wenger in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Jiseki Health, Inc. operates a platform that connects people with complex health status challenges with the social supports needed to complement health care services. It takes a systems-level approach to wrapping services around an individual to support better health outcomes. The company was founded by Susan Bowen, Tushar Vasisht and Chandra Nagaraja and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Parable Sciences, Inc. provides SaaS platform to the supply chain professionals. The firm offers enterprise cloud-based applications for supply chain management, strategic sourcing, and component engineering. The company was founded by Scott W. Slinker and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Chairman Mom, Inc. operates online platform which solves the problems faced by working mothers. The company was founded by Sarah Lacy and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Ecomedes, Inc. engages in the operation of a cloud-based platform which simplifies product selection for enterprises. It offers its services to buyers, sellers, and rating agencies. The company was founded by Kathleen Egan, Paul Shahriari, Hung Vo, Michael Shahriari, and Brian Rowe and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Getlabs, Inc. operates as an online platform for talking doctor appointment. The company was founded by Kyle Michelson and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

The Convenience Industry Council of Canada is an organization that recognizes individuals and companies that contribute to the growth of the convenience industry. The non-profit company is based in Toronto, Canada. The Canadian company holds the Convenience Industry Excellence Awards to acknowledge important accomplishments and recognize excellence. The organization also hosts National Convenience Week, an annual event that celebrates the convenience channel and raises funds for a local charity. The CEO of the company is Anne Kothawala.

Platform Studio Inc (Platform Studio) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Jeremy Burton and Tim Connors. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.