Michelle Schafer

Part of SmithBucklin Corp., Information, Inc. is a company that provides content and services related to advocacy, board management, diversity, equity, and inclusion, engagement, events, financial management, membership, marketing, and non-dues revenue. The company is based in Bethesda, MD. The company offers a range of podcasts on various topics, including affordable housing, contracting, genetic counseling, and LGBTQIA+ inclusivity for associations and events. Additionally, the company provides insights and strategies to create high-value attendee experiences and support LGBTQIA+ members. The company also offers ways to keep up with the algorithms that compete for audience attention. Information was acquired by SmithBucklin Corp. on September 06, 2011.

The American Marketing Association operates professional associations for marketers. The company offers services to marketing professionals including best practices and research studies, job resources, publications and directories. Its publications include flagship semi-monthly magazine Marketing News, as well as journal of marketing, journal of public policy and marketing and a variety of newsletters. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Synchronica Ltd. is engaged in the business of providing next-generation mobile messaging solutions. its flagship product, provides push email, synchronization, instant messaging and social networking services to any mobile phone currently in use. The company was acquired by Myriad Group. Synchronica was founded on November 11, 1996 and is headquartered in Royal Tunbridge Wells, the United Kingdom.

Strangeloop Networks, Inc. develops network appliances for web applications. It serves businesses, government, and education organizations. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Redback Networks, Inc. designs, develops, and builds routers. It offers services like VoIP, IPTV, on-demand video, and online gaming. The firm's products enable carriers & service providers to deploy broadband Internet access. The company was founded is headquartered in Dover, DE.

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. engages in the business of designing, developing, and selling a family of proxy and other appliances, and related software and services that secure, accelerate, and optimize the delivery of business applications, web content, and other information to distributed users over a wide area network or across an enterprise’s gateway to the public internet. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and Asia and Pacific. The Americas segment includes North America, Central America, and Latin America. The company was founded on March 13, 1996 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Northern Virginia Technology Council operates as a membership and trade association for the technology community in Northern Virginia. It serves businesses from all sectors of the technology industry, service providers, universities, foreign embassies, non-profit organizations and government agencies. The company is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society engages in the design, development, and provision of healthcare information technology and management systems. It offers professional development, career services, certification services, member advancement, student case competition, learning center, and regional education. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

B/HI Communications, Inc. operates as public relations and social media firm. The firm's services include strategic message development, brand positioning, social media strategies and digital marketing, crisis communications, press release writing and strategic dissemination, media audits, press kit development, and all media relations and influencer strategies. The company was founded by Dean Bender in 1986 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.