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SMART Worldwide Holdings, Inc. designs, manufactures and supplies memory and embedded storage products. It offers flash memory cards, solid-state drives (SSDs), and DRAM modules for OEMs in the computer, defense, gaming, networking, and telecommunication sectors. The company was founded by Ajay B. Shah and Mukesh D. Patel on March 26, 2004 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Part of SMART Global Holdings, Inc., Smart Modular Technologies (Europe) Ltd. is a leader in specialty memory solutions such as DRAM memory modules, solid-state drives, and flash-based removable and embedded memory. The company, based in London, UK, delivers solutions to a broad customer base, including OEMs that compete in the computing, networking, communications, storage, mobile, and industrial markets. Smart Modular offers a variety of memory and storage solutions for point-of-sales and mission-critical industrial applications requiring a durable system with reliable computing to handle intensive workloads while having a long operating life that withstands a variety of environmental conditions. The British company prides itself on its strong, longstanding relationships with its industry partners, assuring customers that every product they sell is built with the highest quality components available and backed with the ironclad reputation of industry leaders.

Unity Aluminum, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of rolled metal products. It provides to the automotive, transportation, and distribution markets. The company was founded by Craig T. Bouchard and is headquartered in Ashland, KY.

The Association of Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) is a non-profit organization with 16,000 members from over 70 countries. The non-profit company is based in Warrendale, PA. AIST has 29 technology committees and 22 local members chapters that address specific process, engineering, equipment, or reliability technologies associated with the iron and steel industry. AIST's mission is to advance the technical development, production, processing, and application of iron and steel. The organization is recognized as a leader in networking, education, and steel industry sustainability programs.

APL Logistics Ltd. provides international logistics services. Its services include supply chain management, consolidation, vendor services, warehousing & distribution, global freight management and manufacturing support. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Panasas, Inc. develops storage solutions for technical applications and data workloads. The firm serves the bioscience, energy, finance, government, manufacturing, media, and university markets. The company was founded by Garth Gibson, Frederic Roy Carlson and William Courtright in 1999 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Algebraix Data Corp. provides data management systems. Its products include integrated relational data, XML documents, and real-time data management systems. The company was founded by David L. R. Stein and Christopher M. Piedmonte in 2004 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Eagle Creek Software Services, Inc. engages in the provision of software and related services. It offers application development, data integration and digital business. The firm serves health care, communications, financial services, insurance, life science, high technology and public sector industries. The company was founded by Kenneth C. Behrendt, Kevin Burkhart, and Robert Dillon in 1999 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN.

American Megatrends International LLC creates and manufactures the key hardware and software solutions for the computer manufacturers. AMI's product line includes BIOS, diagnostic software, remote access, motherboards, backplanes, driver/firmware development, service processors, storage systems, chassis design and integrated systems. AMI also focused on IP Storage Area Networks (IP-SAN), Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Management, it also offers remote server management KVM over IP, IPMI 2.0 firmware and high density motherboards. AMI has locations in the US, China, Germany, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. The company is headquartered in Norcross, GA.

Mirion Technologies (US), Inc. engages in the provision of nuclear measurement and detection systems. It offers measurement and enterprise, calibration, customer training programs, installation, product support and repairs, consulting, and instadose dosimetry services. The company was founded in December 2005 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

Servicenow Ventures (Servicenow Ventures) is a venture capital division of ServiceNow, Inc, founded in 2004. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Synapse Partners LLC (Synapse Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by Evangelos Simoudis in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Ignis Optics, Inc. provides optical modules for communications networks. It designs and manufactures small form factor pluggable single mode optical transceivers for current and next generation optical datacom and telecom networks. The company was founded by Michael S. Lebby in 2001 and is located in San Jose, CA.

Solectron Corp. was a provider of electronics manufacturing and supply-chain management services. It offerings included new-product design and introduction services, materials management, high-tech product manufacturing, and product warranty and end-of-life support. The firm was acquired by Flextronics International Ltd. The company was founded in 1977 and was headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Lumentum Technology UK Ltd. designs and manufactures optical components, modules, and subsystems for fiber optic communication. The firm offers transceivers, transmitters and network lasers, receivers, amplifiers, pumps, LED, and laser illumination products. It offers services to the telecommunications, aerospace, industrial, semiconductor, and defense markets. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Towcester, the United Kingdom.

Smart Memory Solutions LLC manufactures semiconductors.

OpSource, Inc. provides cloud and managed hosting solutions that enable businesses of all sizes to accelerate growth and scale operations while controlling costs and reducing IT infrastructure support risks. Its application operations service goes beyond traditional hosting by providing application management, change management, performance management and application optimization. The company was founded by Michael Piacente, Dan Rasmussen, John Rowell and Treb Ryan in 2002 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Part of SMART Global Holdings, Inc., SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. has been designing and developing specialty memory solutions for over 30 years. The company is based in Newark, CA, and was founded in 1988 by Ajay B. Shah. The company offers a robust portfolio of standard, ruggedized, and custom memory and storage solutions that cater to diverse applications in high-growth markets. SMART Modular Technologies collaborates closely with its OEM customers to create solutions for demanding applications with differentiated requirements. The company is a pioneer in secure, ruggedized solid-state drives (SSDs) and delivers solutions to a broad customer base, including OEMs that compete in the computing, networking, communications, storage, mobile, and industrial markets.

MSLGroup provides specialty communications, public relations, and events management services. It helps customers to engage with their audiences 24/7. The firm is specializes in areas including consumer, corporate & brand citizenship, digital & social media, employee practice, events and experiential, financial communications, healthcare, public affairs, reputation management & corporate communications and technology. It provides services to the automotive, consumer, defense, energy, entertainment, food & beverage, sports, technology and travel & tourism sectors. The company was founded in 2009 and is in headquarters in New York, NY.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.