Heidi M. Melin

Hyperion Solutions Corp. provided business performance management software solutions that enable companies to translate strategies into plans to improve financial and operational performance. It also provided customers with solutions that include analysis and reporting tools, a business intelligence (BI) platform, packaged and tailored applications, and related services. The company was founded in 1981 and was headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Polycom, Inc. develops video, voice and content collaboration and communication technology. It offers consult, deployment, customer support, optimization, managed and cloud services. The firm serves healthcare, education, entertainment, government and finance industries. It offers solutions through Polycom RealPresence platform. The company was founded by Brian L. Hinman and Jeffrey Rodman in December 1990 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

PeopleSoft, Inc. provides enterprise software that ties together back-office applications and databases. Its software addresses such tasks as accounting, human resources management and supply chain management. PeopleSoft has expanded its product lines to include vertical applications for manufacturing firms and government agencies. In late 2003 Oracle launched a hostile attempt to purchase PeopleSoft, which ultimately agreed to be purchased for $10.3 billion in December 2004. Oracle completed the acquisition of the company in January 2005. PeopleSoft is located in Redwood Shores, CA.

Taleo Corp. provides on-demand talent management software solutions. It offers recruiting, on boarding, performance management, compensation, succession planning, leadership development, learning and analytics software solutions. The company operates through two operating segments: subscription and support, and professional services. The Subscription and Support segment is engaged in the development, marketing, hosting, and support of the company's software subscriptions. The Professional Services segment offers implementation, business process, reengineering, change management, and education and training services. The company was founded by Martin Ouellet and Louis Têtu in 1996 and is headquartered in Dublin, CA.

Eloqua, Inc. provided cloud-based marketing automation and revenue performance management software solutions. The company was founded by Abe Wagner, Mark Organ, Paul Teshima, and Steven K. Woods in 1999 and was headquartered in Vienna, VA.

Plex Systems, Inc. provides enterprise resource protocol and cloud services. It offers software-as-a-service that uses cloud computing to deliver solutions to production, inventory, quality, human capital, and financial management. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Troy, MI.

BIOVIA, Inc. develops and commercializes scientific informatics software products and services for industries and organizations that rely on scientific innovation. Its enterprise platform provides a broad, flexible scientific solution optimized to integrate the diversity of science, experimental processes and information requirements across the research, development, process scale-up and early manufacturing phases of product development. The company by incorporating its capabilities in applications for modeling and simulation, enterprise lab management, workflow and automation, and data management and informatics, it enables scientific innovators to access, organize, analyze and share data in various ways. BIOVIA was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Workfront, Inc. provides cloud-based enterprise work management solutions. The firm’s solutions include marketing, IT, agencies, professional service and product development. It offers workfront, workfront fusion, workfront DAM and integrations products. The company was founded by Scott C. Johnson, Nate Bowler, Abraham Knell and Jason Fletcher in 2001 and is headquartered in Lehi, UT.

SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. is engaged in the provision of enterprise identity security solutions. It automates the management and control of access, delivering only the required access to the right identities and technology resources at the right time. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.