John W. Barnett

Sorrento Networks International, Inc. provides metro optical access solutions. It offers GigaMux 1600, an advanced CWDM and DWDM that offers optical transport from customer premises to regional backbone; GigaMux 3200, GigaMux 3234, and GigaMux 3217, which are advanced CWDM and DWDM products that offer optical transport from customer premises to regional backbone; GigaMux 6400, a metro and regional DWDM transport system for scalable architectures; and GigaMux 6440, a DWDM solution that quadruples bandwidth capacity. The firm also offers installation services, including project planning and management, site surveys, deployment activities, reporting, and follow up; training; and support services. The company was founded by James W. Nevelle and Timothy Anderson in 1993 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Tekelec Global, Inc. provides mobile broadband solutions. The company was founded by Jean-Claude Asscher in December 1971 and was headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Verilink Corp. operates as an exploration stage company. The firm engages in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties. The company was founded by Steven C. Taylor and Leigh S. Belden and is headquartered in Bartlesville, OK.

Forest Investments, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the investment and acquisition of businesses, securities and assets that has significant long-term value creation. It operates through the following segments: Durable Medical Equipment, Investment Management, Real Estate, and General Corporate. The company was founded on December 16, 1994 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Telstra Corp. Ltd. engages in the provision of telecommunications and information services for domestic and international customers. It operates through the following segments: Telstra Consumer and Small Business, Telstra Enterprise, Networks and IT, Telstra InfraCo, and All Others. The Telstra Consumer and Small Business segment comprises of telecommunication products, services, and solutions across mobiles, fixed and mobile broadband, telephony and play TV/IPTV, and digital content to consumer and small business customers in Australia. The Telstra Enterprise segment sells and contracts management for medium to large businesses, and government customers globally. The Networks and IT segment is responsible for the overall planning, design, engineering architecture, and construction of Telstra networks, technology, and information technology solutions. The Telstra InfraCo segment provides a range of telecommunication products and services delivered over Telstra networks and associated support systems to other carriers, carriage service providers, and internet service providers. The All Other segments include certain items of income and expense relating to multiple reportable segments that are recorded by its corporate areas. The company was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

RightNow Technologies, Inc. provides customer relationship management software and services. The company offers RightNow CX, a customer experience suite for consumer-centric organizations to enable interactions across Web, social, and contact center touch points. Its RightNow CX suite includes RightNow Web Experience, which integrates into an existing Web infrastructure to provide an online customer experience providing customer access to Web self-service; RightNow Social Experience that enables organizations to listen and respond to conversations with their consumers on the social Web and to build branded communities to cultivate their own conversations; RightNow Contact Center Experience, which enables organizations to deliver consistent customer experiences across multi-channel interactions; RightNow Engage, which provides horizontal service, sales, and marketing business processes that support, span, and inter-connect the Web, social, and contact center experiences; RightNow CX Cloud Platform that provides a platform for scalability, performance, flexibility, and security; RightNow Mission Critical Operations, a cloud delivery platform; and RightNow CX Commitment, which describes the way to deliver a customer experience. The company also provides professional services, including project management and consulting services. It serves various industries, such as technology, public sector, retail/consumer packaged goods, entertainment, financial services, telecommunication, and travel and hospitality industries. The company was founded in September 1997 by Greg R. Gianforte and is headquartered in Bozeman, MT.

Force10 Networks, Inc. is a technology company, which engages in the provision of infrastructure solutions to build and secure intelligent services networks. The company was founded by Prabhat K. Dubey, Steve Sinclair, and Bruce Miller on September 30, 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Bubbly, Inc. develops voice messaging and social communication solutions for mobile phones. Its product include Bubbly, which is a social messaging service where people share SMS and voice updates with friends, family, fans and followers and is like Twitter with a voice and brings social networking to mobile phones. The company was founded in 2003 by Sunil Coushik and Venu Sriperumal and is headquartered in Panchkula, India.

Wireless MedCARE LLC develops healthcare applications. The private company is based in Roanoke, VA.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Part of Peraton Corp., EDS Customer Relationship Management, Inc. is a relationship marketing agency specializing in loyalty marketing. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN.

Voyant Technologies, Inc. was provided voice application solutions. The company was founded in August 1999 and was headquartered in Westminster, CO.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Millennia Systems, Inc. provides consulting services. It offers network architecture and design, WAN optimization, IPv6 transition, program and project management services. The company was founded by Daniel M. Campbell in 1998 and is headquartered in Potomac, MD.

Part of Northrop Grumman Corp., FiberCom, Inc. is a company that specializes in electric intercommunication systems. The company is based in Roanoke, VA. FiberCom was acquired by Litton Industries, Inc. on July 26, 1994.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Aepona Ltd. provides cloud-computing services. It offers products and services to Telcos globally, enabling them to adopt the emerging Network as a Service (NaaS) business model and unleash the full power of network assets. The company was founded by Gilbert Little on September 9, 1999 and is headquartered in Belfast, the United Kingdom.

CenturyLink Communications LLC provides communications services and products. It offers local and long distance voice, data and Internet services. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The Association of Corporate Counsel is a bar association that promotes the common professional and business interests of in-house counsel through information, education, networking, and advocacy. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. Joining ACC provides access to valuable, supportive resources for every stage of your career. Veta T. Richardson has been the CEO of the American company since 2011.

The Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants operates as a membership association and provides advocacy, community, and education services. The private company is based in Rocky Hill, CT.