Robert Cook

VeriFone, Inc. designs and manufactures transaction automation systems. The company was founded by William Melton on April 14, 1981 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

University of Hawai'i at Hilo engages in the provision of services relating to higher education. It offers bachelor’s degrees, minors, master’s degrees, doctoral degrees, certificate programs, graduate certificate programs, and distance learning. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Hilo, HI.

Kabira Technologies provides communications service providers software applications and performance technology elements that accelerate their Pace of Return by reducing time-to-revenue while lowering overall cost of growth. With installations serving over 700 million subscribers for over 100 customers in more than 40 countries, Kabira has established its reputation for delivering highly scalable and highly reliable solutions. Based on Fluency™, Kabira's powerful transaction platform, Kabira's Policy, Fulfillment and Payments Orchestration product suites are designed to provide essential capabilities that enable service providers to launch services in record time, while creating new ways to monetize their investments. Some of Kabira's customers include AT&T Corp., Orange/France Telecom, Visa, VimpelCom, T-Mobile, Hutchison, Saudi Telecom and NTT. Kabira, Orchestration by Kabira, Policy Orchestration, Fulfillment Orchestration, Payments Orchestration, Fluency, Fluency at the Core and the Kabira logo are registered trademarks, registered service marks or trademarks or service marks of Kabira, and its affiliates, in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Jentro Technologies GmbH provides navigation software and services for mobile phones. The company was founded by Erno Hempel and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Rx Networks, Inc. develops and provides mobile positioning technologies and assisted-GPS solutions. It offers hybrid positioning solutions that unify any available GPS, WiFi, and sensor signals for mobile location user experience. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Phizzle, Inc. operates a platform which delivers mobile marketing automation solutions. Its platform provides both proprietary and strategic partner, multi-channel marketing automation tools intended to engage, motivate and analyze fan identity profiles for sports properties, entertainment venues and consumer brands. The firm offers digital marketers with the opportunity to leverage the potential of highly evolved business analysis and the reach of the social web they require to manage the fan experience. The company was founded by Benjamin Davis III and Max Woon in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

PhoeniX Technologies, Inc. manufactures motion-tracking systems for the delivery 3D motion capture data. Its products include trackers, software, wireless makers, capture suits and gloves. The company was founded by Chris Ma in 1996 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Phoenix Technologies Ltd. designs, develops, and sells systems software products for PCs, peripherals, and information appliances. It develops basic input/output systems (BIOS), the software that loads a computer's operating system each time it is turned on. The company was founded by Rich W. Levandov in 1979 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Fifth Floor Venture Partners is a specialized investment platform that focuses on investing in US and European startups in sustainability. The private company is based in Menlo Park, CA. The company connects these startups to strategic partners and utilizes their extensive venture investing experience and operational expertise to capture untapped opportunities. The CEO of the company is Richard J. Geruson.

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.

Voice Signal Technologies, Inc. develops software for mobile handsets. It provides speech solutions for consumer products and mobile devices. The company's solutions offer speech capabilities, including speaker-independent name dialing and contact lookup, vocabulary dictation, email and SMS messaging. VoiceSignal Technologies was founded by Daniel Roth and Thomas Lazay in 1995 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

SoundHound, Inc. develops search and sound recognition technologies. The company was founded by Majid S. Emami, James M. Hom, Keyvan Mohajer and Michal Grabowski in 2005 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Equinox Payments LLC provides payment terminals and related technologies. Its products include Luxe Family, Apollo AIO and L5000 Series. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Semtek Innovative Technologies Corporation has been a leader in card data capture and magnetics technology since 1999, serving public and private sector customers who require highly secure OEM components for their fixed-base and wireless devices. Specializing in small form-factor data capture devices in magnetic stripe, smart-card, RFID, and biometrics, Semtek has begun to play a key role in providing technologies to the card payments space that resolve that sector's security vulnerabilities. Semtek's Data Capture business is a market leader in enabling wireless and handheld devices to accept card data (e.g. credit/debit cards and secure identification cards). It provides card reader components and interfaces that enable a wide variety of handheld devices and cell phones to effectively function as highly secure credit/debit card and data collection terminals. Semtek also provides hardware into non-wireless devices including POS systems and stand-alone terminals. Semtek's Security Solutions business is focused on data encryption, card authentication, security auditing, and other innovative methods of improving the security performance of magnetic-stripe based systems. Semtek's Cipher ModuleTM and Hercules ModuleTM, along with their complementary network-side appliances, provide a comprehensive array of definitive security benefits that enable merchants, processors, and issuers to accept and process payment cards with unprecedented security. Semtek typically provides its products to larger hardware vendors under an OEM model. Its customers include most of the world's leading providers of point of sale terminals, ruggedized wireless devices, points of sale system integrators, and governments around the globe.

Aryaka Networks, Inc. engages in the development and provision of application and network performance solutions for enterprises. It offers Smart Optimize, SmartCloud, SmartSecure, SmartInsights, SmarConnect, and SmartManage. The company was founded by Ajit Gupta, Rajeev Bharadhwaj and Ashwath Nagaraj in 2008 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Anagran, Inc. provides network flow management products. The company was founded by Lawrence Roberts and Katya Stesin on April 14, 2004 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Part of AT&T, Inc., Pacific Bell Telephone Co. provides telephone services. The company is based in San Francisco, CA.

Sigma Networks, Inc. provides network security services.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Hypercom Corp. develops, manufactures and supplies point-of-sale payment systems and networking products. Its products include secure card payment terminals and web appliances, networking equipment and software applications for e-commerce, m-commerce, smart cards and traditional payment applications. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Pyze, Inc. engages in the design, development and production of prepackaged software. The company was founded by Dickey Singh, Prabhjot Sing and John Chisholm and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Nortel Networks, Inc. provides digital network solutions and services. It offers end-to-end broadband, voice over Internet Protocol, multimedia services and applications, and wireless broadband technology solutions. The company is headquartered in Nashville, TN.