Nersi H. Nazari

Emulex Corp. provides hardware and software solutions for global networks that support enterprise, cloud, government, and telecommunications. The firm operates through two business segments: Networking and Visibility Segment. The Networking Segment includes network connectivity products (NCP), storage connectivity products (SCP), and advanced technology and other products. Its SCP include InSpeed, switch-on-a-chip or backend connectivity, bridge, and router products; and the advanced technology and other products consists of its pilot integrated baseboard management controllers and other products and services. The company was founded by Fred B. Cox on February 15, 1979 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Teranetics is a leading mixed-signal IC company that develops silicon products for the most advanced communication applications. The company's core development team has a strong track record of successful product development efforts in advanced communication systems and silicon. Teranetics is backed by a strong consortium of venture investors with in-depth experience and success in the semiconductor and communication markets. Teranetics provides state-of-the-art silicon solutions that enable 10G rate over the traditional UTP copper cabling, an order of magnitude improvement over rates available in enterprise networks. Teranetics products allow data centers and enterprise networks to increase scalability and improve throughput while dramatically lowering the cost of ownership for 10G links. Teranetics solutions are being adopted by many of the networking industries leading OEMs and equipment providers.

ClariPhy Communications, Inc. develops mixed-signal CMOS integrated circuits for networking applications. It also develops mixed signal, advanced digital signal processing SoCs targeting multi-mode, multi-rate high performance optical network applications at 10, 40, 100, and 200G via the industry's most comprehensive product portfolio. The company provides CL1012, a clock and data recovery integrated circuit for metro, regional, and long haul telecom networks; CL1012 evaluation board, a tool used to test and analyze maximum likelihood sequence estimated electronic dispersion compensation technology in combination with XFP modules; CL4010 LightSpeed, a coherent single chip dual polarization quadrature phase shift keying transceiver; and custom system-on-chips. ClariPhy Communications was founded by Paul Voois, Norm Swenson and Bharath Jagannathan on September 19, 2002 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

VitalConnect, Inc. operates as a healthcare technology company. The firm offers VitalPatch and Predictive Analytics solutions. It serves to the hospital monitoring, post-discharge, remote patient monitoring and clinical trial markets. The company was founded by Stephen Zadig and Nersi H. Nazari in January 2011 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

The Heritage Foundation provides research and educational services. Its mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. provides storage, networking, and connectivity semiconductor solutions. Its product portfolio includes switching, transceiver, communications controller, wireless, and storage solutions. The company was founded on February 10, 1995 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Pacific General Ventures LLC (Pacific General Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Nersi Nazari. The firm is headquartered in Atherton, California.