Michael Porter

Inforte Corp. provides consulting services in the United States, Europe, and India. The company's services include customer relationship management, strategy, business intelligence, and analytics and managed services. It also provides marketing mix modeling, customer transaction analysis, direct marketing, database management, and database hosting. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered Chicago, IL.

Endeca Technologies, Inc. provides search and information access software solutions. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA.

The Council on Competitiveness is a nonpartisan organization that has been advocating for a competitiveness agenda for over three decades. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The organization aims to attract investment and talent, spur the commercialization of new ideas, and enhance productivity to raise the standard of living for all Americans. The council's members include CEOs, university presidents, labor leaders, and national lab directors who provide real-world perspective to policymakers. The council believes that with the right policies, the strengths and potential of the economy far outweigh the current challenges the nation faces on the path to higher growth and greater opportunity for all Americans. Deborah L. Wince-Smith has been the CEO of the American company since 1993.

Unity Aluminum, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of rolled metal products. It provides to the automotive, transportation, and distribution markets. The company was founded by Craig T. Bouchard and is headquartered in Ashland, KY.

Instituto Vasco de Competitividad engages in the provision of competitiveness and regional development research studies. It specializes in the public policy and institutions, enterprise, well-being, digital economy, and energy. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Gipuzkoa, Spain.

ExThera Medical Corp. develops medical devices that address unmet clinical needs in the treatment of bloodstream infections and pathogen-reduction in blood banking. The company develops Seraph Microbind Affinity Blood Filter (Seraph), which captures and removes normal and drug-resistant bacteria, viruses, toxins, and pro-inflammatory cytokines from human blood; and offers solution for use in a dialysis, such as extracorporeal circuit for treating existing bloodstream infections. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Martinez, CA.

Social Finance, Inc. operates as a nonprofit organization, offers pay for success financing services by partnering with governments, nonprofits, foundations, impact investors, and financial institutions to create financing solutions to improve social outcomes. The company was founded by Tracy Palandjian and Ronald Cohen in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.