Israel Lifshitz

LightSand Communications, Inc. develops storage area network connectivity products. It offers development and delivery of storage area network (SAN) connectivity products that can be used to interconnect multiple SANs regardless of physical proximity or vendor disparity. The firm's SAN extension gateways work within the data center and over MAN/WAN networks to interconnect SANs over distance using IP, SONET/SDH, DWDM, and fiber networks. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Plano, TX.

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

SolarWinds Service Desk provides SaaS-based IT asset and service management software. It specializes in multi-tenant, unified service desk and asset management cloud solutions. The firm’s software enables code-free customization, allowing customers to deploy IT service management solutions. The company was founded by Doron Gordon in April 2007 and is headquartered in Cary, NC.

Sisense, Inc. provides business intelligence and analytics software services. Its solutions include analytics for business users and embedded and OEM. The firm offers customer service, digital marketing, finance, government, healthcare, human resources, insurance, pharma and transportation services. The company was founded by Adi Azaria, Guy Boyangu, Eldad Farkash, Farkash Eli, Aviad Harell and Elad Israeli in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Firebolt Analytics, Inc. is a cloud data warehouse company that aims to build the world's fastest and most versatile cloud data warehouse. The company is based in San Francisco, CA and has subsidiaries in Israel. The company provides a cloud data warehouse that handles the scale needed with the performance desired. Firebolt Analytics offers a complete redesign of the cloud data warehouse for the era of cloud and data lakes. Firebolt Analytics was founded by Eldad Farkash and Saar Bitner, with Eldad Farkash serving as the CEO since incorporation.