Karl Salnoske

Schering Plough Corp. manufactures and sells pharmaceuticals, consumer and animal health care products. The firm discovers, develops, manufactures and markets advanced drug therapies. The company is headquartered in Kenilworth, NJ.

GXS, Inc. provides cloud-based software and services. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

GXS is a leading global provider of e-commerce solutions that facilitate the integration, synchronization and collaboration. The company operates a platform for global network services, highly reliable and secure, which enables more than 40 000 companies, including more than 75 percent of the 500 companies ranked by Fortune magazine, to transact business in real time. It offers a wide range of solutions that help businesses of all sizes connect with their international trading partners to synchronize product information and pricing, optimize inventory levels and demand forecasts and accelerate the performance of their global supply chains. GXS offers an extensive range of features and an unparalleled global platform to ensure that no partner is helpless. In June 2002, GXS was sold by General Electric Company (GE) to Francisco Partners and operates today as an independent company. GE retains a minority stake in GXS. With over $ 2.5 billion in committed capital, Francisco Partners is a private equity fund specializing in technology, the world's largest.

GXS Ltd. provides on-demand supply chain management and ecommerce solutions. Its services include managed, transact messaging, expert operations, direct integration, active applications, edge software and GXS freeway EDI software. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Sunbury-on-Thames, the United Kingdom.

GXS Worldwide, Inc. engages in providing business to business eCommerce integration solutions. It offers transaction management infrastructure products and services that enable companies to electronically exchange business documents. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.