David Bannon

Headwall Photonics, Inc. designs and manufactures diamond-turned and original diffraction gratings including original planar, aberration-corrected concave and convex, and Rowland circle gratings in standard and custom formats. It specializes in the alignment and packaging of these gratings to deliver ruggedized spectral modules for OEM applications. The firm provides services for the analytical, life sciences and medical, and telecommunications industries. The company was founded by David Bannon and Larry Barstow in May 2003 and is headquartered in Fitchburg, MA.

Bay Networks, Inc. is a leader in the worldwide networking market, providing a complete line of products that serve corporate enterprises, higher education institutions, service providers and telecommunications carriers. The company offers frame and ATM switches, routers, shared media, remote and Internet Accesssolutions, IP services and network management applications, all integrated by BayNetworks' Adaptive Networking strategy

Part of Nokia Oyj, Packet Engines, Inc. delivers ethernet solutions. The company is based in Spokane, WA. The company was founded in 1994 by Bernard Daines. Packet Engines was acquired by Alcatel SA on December 14, 1998 for $315 million.

Wellfleet Communications, Inc. is a vendor of router & bridges and peripheral equipment for enterprise internetworks. It was located in Billerica, MA

Allegro Networks, Inc. provides network routing equipment. The company was founded by Shekar Nair on January 31, 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.