Michael P. Zieser

OpenTV, Inc. develops and provides digital television solutions. Its services include advanced program guides, video on demand, personal video recording, and enhanced television applications. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Backcountry.com LLC provides online retail services. It provides products for activities such as skiing, backpacking, camping, snowboarding, rock climbing, kayaking and mountaineering through its website. The firm also retails outdoors and winter sports gear, selling through sites that include Backcountry.com, Backcountryoutlet.com, Tramdock.com, and Dogfunk.com. The company was founded by James Holland & John Bresee in October 1996 and is headquartered in Park City, UT.

QVC, Inc. markets and sells consumer products through live televised shopping programs. It is retailer of consumer products, which are marketed and sold primarily by merchandise, televised shopping programs, the Internet and mobile applications. The firm offer many QVC-exclusive products, as well as popular brand name and lesser known products available from other retailers and many of its products are endorsed by celebrities, designers and other well-known personalities who often join presenters to personally promote their products and provide lead-in publicity on their own television shows. The company was founded by Joseph M. Segel on June 13, 1986 and is headquartered in West Chester, PA.

Provide Commerce, Inc. provides online shopping services for perishable goods that combines an online storefront, proprietary supply chain management technology and established supplier relationships with wholesalers, distributors and retailers. It also provides fruits and meat direct from the supplier through its Gourmet Food business unit. The company was founded by Jared Schutz Polis in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Sling Media, Inc. develops and produces broadcasters and related software. The firm's product, SlingboxTM personal broadcaster, is a consumer electronics device that transforms television viewing experience. It enables consumers to watch the live television programming from wherever by turning virtually any laptop or Internet-connected device into a personal television. The company was founded by Bhupen Shah, Blake Gary Krikorian and Jason Krikorian in 2004 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

LinkSmart, Inc. provided software solutions for publishers. The firm provided an online marektplace for publishers to trade links that refer and drive audience traffic between them. The company was founded by Peter A. Sheinbaum in 2009 and was headquartered in Boulder, CO.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Liberty BSI, Inc. operates as an online retailer and supplier of costumes, accessories, seasonal decor, and party supplies. It also operates a private-label drop ship program design to help other Internet retailers get the products they want. The company was founded by Jalem Michael Getz and Majdoch Jon in 1994 and is headquartered in New Berlin, WI.