Rick Rudman

Vocus, Inc. provides cloud-based marketing and public relations software that enables companies to acquire and retain customers. It offers products and services to help customers attract and engage prospects, capture and keep customers and measure and improve marketing effectiveness. The company's cloud solutions address key areas of digital marketing and public relations, including social media marketing, search marketing and news distribution, email marketing and publicity. Its software is designed for marketers to attract customers through search engines, increase and engage their followers on social networks such as facebook, linkedin and twitter, communicate with prospects and customers via email and generate and track visibility in traditional and online media. The company's buyers primarily consist of marketing and public relations professionals that share a common goal of marketing. Vocus was founded by Richard E. Rudman and Robert William Lentz in 1988 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Parature, Inc. provides web-based social and customer service software. Its services include customer retention, reporting, and integration services. The firm focuses on enabling organizations to serve, support, engage and retain their customers using social media communication channels such as Facebook, Twitter, and Lithium communities, as well as traditional modes of communication, such as the web, email, and chat. The company was founded by Casey V. Golden, Duke M. Chung and Ching-Ho Fung in 2000 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra operates as an American symphony orchestra. It also operates an online store which offers gift certificate, baltiimore symphony orchestra recordings and centeninial. The compay was founed in 1912 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Part of Barlow Acquisition Corp., Barlow Corp. is a legal services company based in Washington. The American company provides legal representation for importers in the court of international trade and appeals to the court of appeals for the federal circuit. The company has worked on a variety of cases in the past and have received awards for their services. The company has also served as legal counsel for various corporations, including Fresh Produce Inc., Plexus Corporation, Kenda Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd., ZTE USA Inc., Qorvo Inc., and Bland Farms LLC. Barlow was acquired by Barlow Acquisition Corp. on July 15, 2005 for $81 million.

Web.com Group, Inc. engages in the provision of Internet services and online marketing solutions for small to medium-sized businesses. The firm's solutions include domains, hosting, website design and management, search engine optimization, online marketing campaigns, local sales leads, social media, mobile products, and eCommerce solutions. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL.

Tracx US, Inc. engages in the development of social enterprise platform that enables brands and agencies to manage, analyse, and monetize its businesses. The company was founded by Ofer Fort, Noam Singer, Niv Singer, Eran Gilad, Yaniv Ben-Arie and Asaf Shtekler in 2008 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

iQ Media Group, Inc. provides technology services. It helps to track, identify, conquer, measure and optimize the brands. The company was founded by Lakshmi Venkataswamy, John Patrick Derham, and Kye Strance in 2010 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, PA.

Part of Cision Ltd., BDL Media Ltd. provides public relation software and services. The company is based in Beijing, China. BDL Media was acquired by Vocus, Inc. on April 16, 2010 for $1.37 million.