Charles Dowd

Tektronix, Inc. provides test, measurement and monitoring solutions. It provides services for the communications, computer, semiconductor industries, as well as for the military, aerospace, consumer electronics and education sectors. The firm also assists its clients in designing, building, deploying and managing global communications networks, computing and advanced technologies. The company was founded by Melvin Jack Murdock, Glenn Leland, Miles Tippery and Charles Howard Vollum in 1946 and is headquartered in Beaverton, OR.

Xerox Corp. engages in the integration of paper and digital products. The firm offers home, office, office laser, multifunction and all in one printer, digital sheet-fed printing presses and scanner. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

Liquid Wire, Inc. specializes in customized wiring, sensor, and circuit fabrications. It offers signal and power lines; stretch, pressure, and RF sensing; heterogeneous material transitions without mechanical connectors; integration of passive and active components and multilayer circuits; and process and manufacturing development. The company was founded by Mark Ronay in 2016 and is headquartered in Beaverton, OR.

Willamette Valley Capital LLC (WVC) is venture capital/private equity firm founded in 2015 by Marc Manley. The firm is headquartered in Albany, Oregon.

Fertilab Thinkubator is a non-profit organization that focuses on economic development through innovation and entrepreneurship.