Merle A. McClendon

Transmeta Corp. develops and licenses innovative computing, microprocessor and semiconductor technologies and related intellectual property. Its advanced power management technologies control leakages and increase power efficiency in semiconductor devices. The company was founded in 1995 by Boris Abad Guerra and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Mellanox Technologies Ltd. engages in the development, manufacturing, marketing, and sales of interconnect products. Its products facilitate data transmission between servers, storage systems, communications infrastructure equipment, and other embedded systems. The company was founded by Eyal Waldman, Roni Ashuri, Shai Cohen, Michael Kagan, Evelyn Landsman, Shimon Rotenberg, Eitan Zehavi, Udi Katz, and Alon Webman on March 30, 1999 and is headquartered in Yokeneam, Israel.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

MiaSolé, Inc. manufactures copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels. Its products include flexible solar cell, FLEX-02N & FLEX-09NL and FLEX-02W. The company was founded by Dennis R. Hollars and David B. Pearce in 2001 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

Oxford Semiconductor Ltd. provides silicon and software solutions for personal storage and consumer connectivity. The company offers USB host, peripheral and on-the-go controller ICs and provides consumer electronics manufacturers with the complete solutions for implementing USB into their embedded systems. Oxford Semiconductor was founded by Jalil Oraee in 1992 and is headquartered in Abingdon, UK.