John Olson

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.

Nook Digital LLC engages in the operation as an internet site that sells books and information related products. It offers books, eBooks, textbooks, newsstand, magazines, toys and games, movies, music, and related products and services. The company was founded on January 14, 1997 and is headquartered in Albany, NY.

Steelwedge Software, Inc. provides integrated business planning solutions. Its cloud-based sales and operations planning software connects people, process and technology to power a single view of a company’s business, powering reliable scenario modeling that pinpoints the financial impact of supply-demand trade-off decisions. The company also provides executive decision support, and demand and supply management solutions. The company was founded by Glen Margolis in 2000 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

IPVALUE Management, Inc. provides strategic intellectual property consultation services. It specializes in IP rights licensing, technology transfer and enablement, spin-outs, and new venture formation. The company was founded by Peter Wheeler and Joseph J. Cote in 2001 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Eveo, Inc. operates as a digital healthcare agency. Its services include insights and planning, include competitive mining, customer research, behavioral and trend analytics and brand planning, imaginativeness, include branding, conceptualizing, visual design and data visualization, social listening, point of care and sales aids, technology and innovation, include platform development, emerging media and system integration. It clients include Abbott, abbvie, Actavis, Amgen, Celgene, tpi and genzyme. The company was founded by Olivier Zitoun and Shadi Mahassel in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.