Michael J. DiFranza

Mentor Graphics Corp. provides electronic design automation systems-advanced computer software and emulation hardware systems, which are used to automate the design, analysis, and testing of electronic hardware and embedded systems software in electronic systems and components. It markets products and services primarily to large companies in the military/aerospace, communications, computer, consumer electronics, semiconductor, networking, multimedia, and transportation industries. The firm operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Europe, Japan, Pacific Rim, and Others. The company was founded on February 4, 1981 and is headquartered in Wilsonville, OR.

Linkable Networks, Inc. operates as a shopper marketing and loyalty platform. The firm’s technology allows consumers to link store-level and item-level offers directly to their credit or debit card of choice with no point-of-sale integration, no mail-in rebates, no paper coupons, and the discounts appear directly on the consumer's bank statement. The company was founded by Thomas J. Burgess, Douglas M. Spear, Jr. and Chip Correra in September 2010 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Captivate LLC operates a news and entertainment network. The company was founded by Michael DiFranza, Todd Newville and Raymond Pineau in 1997 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Barco NV, Metheus Corp. manufactures reliable graphic controllers for medical imaging and air traffic management. The company is based in Beaverton, OR. Metheus was acquired by Barco NV on January 01, 1999.

Outdoor Advertising Association of America, Inc. operates as an association of the outdoor advertising industry. It provides government relations, marketing communications, membership, and outdoor advertising operations services. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

GCA Corp. manufactures and wholesales memory chips. The company is based in Bedford, MA.

Thinking Screen Media, Inc. is the leader in content and tools for wireless digital picture frames and connected devices. Both its flagship product, FrameChannel, and its new commercial product, SignChannel, can be branded and customized to work with any Wi-Fi enabled photo frame or connected devices, transforming these devices into dynamic information appliances. With SignChannel or FrameChannel, a frame owner can program a unique stream of content that is updated dynamically, marrying their own photos or product/service information with advertising and fresh content from a library of hundreds of channels including news, sports, weather, traffic, stock quotes, horoscopes and imagery from leading photographic collections. The user selects the channels they are interested in, sets the rules for each channel and the frame updates continually with entertaining and informative content fed directly to their wireless frame or Internet connected media player