Melissa E. Evers-Hood

Micro Focus (US), Inc. develops implements and supports proprietary, mixed source and open source software. Its solutions include visual cobol, terminal emulation, borland, corba and mainframe solutions. The firm helps to organizations securely deliver and manage computing services across physical, virtual and cloud computing environments. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Provo, UT.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

PhoneSpots, Inc. designs and develops software for mobile communication services. It provides SMS, MMS, WAP and voice-based services. The firm's customers include mobile travel, entertainment, property and classifieds industries. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Sychron Advanced Technologies, Inc. provides data center software solutions. It serves enterprises, hospitals, schools, and libraries. The company was founded in June 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Redseal, Inc. provides proactive security management solutions. The firm’s solutions include compliance, incident response, vulnerability management and cyber insurance. The company was founded by Scot Malloy, Alain J. Mayer and Brian Laing in 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Oakwood Worldwide, Inc. provides housing solutions. It offers relocation, government, business travel and consulting, insurance, entertainment, industry sight, apartments, and extended-stay lodging. The company was founded by Howard Ruby in 1960 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Redpoint Ventures (Redpoint Ventures) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Jeffrey Brody, Tom Dyal, Tim Haley, Brad Jones, John Walecka and Geoff Yang. The firm is headquartered in Woodside, California.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Part of Corporate Resource Services, Inc., Tecmar Technologies, Inc. develops tape data storage technologies. Tecmar Technologies was acquired by Humana Trans Services Holdings Corp. from Tecmar Technologies International, Inc. on January 22, 1998 for $10 million.

Part of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd., Chekiang First Bank Ltd. is an international commercial bank. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Chekiang First Bank was acquired by OCBC Wing Hang Bank Ltd., a subsidiary of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. from Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. on September 30, 2003 for $615.45 million.

Arbor Networks, Inc. provides prepackaged software services. It offers Pravail, a cloud-based solution that delivers the situational awareness and security intelligence for enterprise and government networks to detect and mitigate internal and external threats. The company was founded by Farnam Jahanian, Ted Julian, and Robert G. Malan in 2000 and is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA.

Tripwire, Inc. engages in the provision of risk-based security and compliance management solutions for enterprises, government agencies, and service providers who need to protect sensitive data on critical infrastructure from breaches, vulnerabilities, and threats. It offers a set of foundational security controls including security configuration management, vulnerability management, file integrity monitoring, log, and event management. The firm's products provide organizations control over physical and virtual information technology infrastructure. The company was founded by Wyatt Starnes, Gene Kim, and Eugene H. Spafford in 1997 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

The Apache Software Foundation provides support for the apache community of open-source software projects. The firm's projects are characterized by a collaborative, consensus based development process, an open and pragmatic software license. The company founded by Brian Behlendorf in June, 1999 and is headquartered in Forest Hill, MD.

AT&T Laboratories is the research & development division. The company was founded by Graham B. Alexander and is headquartered in Murray Hill, NJ.

GitHub, Inc. is a software development company. The company was founded by Michael Hartl, P. J. Hyett, Tom Preston-Werner, Christopher Wanstrath, Scott Chacon and Long Nguyen in October 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

BitRock SL provides management software solutions. Its software platform includes Bitnami, Bitnami Cloud Hosting, and InstallBuilder. The company was founded by Daniel Lopez Ridruejo and is headquartered in Sevilla, Spain.

bitnami develops and provides server applications and automation for software supply chain. The company was founded by Daniel Lopez and Erica Brescia in 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Pioneer Fund/NY/ is a venture capital firm founded by Jason Gray. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

XFactor Ventures (XFactor Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Exeter Venture Management Company LLC founded in 2017 by Anna B. Palmer and Chip M. Hazard. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Part of Soc Prime, Inc., this American company provides cyber security analytics services.

Xatabase, Inc. is a cloud service that provides an abstraction layer on top of multiple data stores to simplify application development and operations. The company is based in Middletown, DE. The company offers a serverless data platform that is branchable and includes a serverless database, analytics engine, and free-text search engine with a spreadsheet-like UI and an indefinitely scalable data API. The company was founded in 2021 by Monica Sarbu, who has been the CEO since 2021.

Dagger, Inc. is a marketing agency founded in 2014 that helps brands stay relevant in today's fast-paced consumer market. The agency believes that brands should behave like media companies by creating valuable content and distributing it across various media platforms. The American company has their own media brand called Butter, which has become a popular culture channel since its launch in 2018. Dagger offers a range of services, including brand and content strategy, storytelling, campaign thinking, and media connections. The company's clients include Aflac, Intercontinental Hotels Group, The Coca-Cola Company, The American Cancer Society, and Boys and Girls Club. The company was founded in 2014 by Samuel Alba and Andrea Luzzardi.

Railway Corp. is a platform that provides infrastructure for development purposes. Users can provision infrastructure, develop locally, and then deploy to the cloud. The American company was founded in 2020 by Jake Cooper, who has been the CEO since 2020.

Poolside, Inc. is a company that provides pool and spa installation services. The company is based in Traverse City, MI. The company was founded in 2000.

BitRock, Inc. develops multiplatform installation and management tools. Its products include InstallBuilder and InstallBuilder for Qt. The company was founded by Daniel Lopez Ridruejo and Erica Brescia in 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

UBER, Inc. retails outdoor sports products. The company was founded on February 2, 2007 and is headquartered in Fountain Valley, CA.