Robert J. Doris

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.

DivX LLC operates as a global digital media company. It offers digital video technologies from content preparation, protected delivery, and multi-screen playback of video across consumer electronics devices and mobile platforms. The company was founded by R. Jordan Greenhall, Edward J. Bezdek, Darrius N. Thompson and Tay Nguyen in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Ingenu, Inc. develops wireless solutions for energy automation. Its Ultra-Link Processing system enables low-power monitoring and control applications within Smart Grid, water efficiency, industrial sensing, and location tracking. The firm’s signal processing innovation finds weak signals even in high noise environments, yielding extreme coverage, immunity to high interference, and significantly lowering cost. The company was founded by Joaquin Fernandez Silva, Robert W. Boesel and Theodore Myers in 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Lucasfilm Ltd. produces film, television, and other entertainment programs. It provides visual effects, sound, video games, licensing, and online activities. The company was founded by George Lucas in 1971 and is headquartered in Nicasio, CA.

Pacific Stock Exchange is a stock exchange. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA.

Flock Freight, Inc. engages in logistic services. It operates a platform that converts shipments into multi-stop truckload. The company was founded by Oren Zaslansky and James C. Brailean on March 3, 2015 and is headquartered in Vista, CA.

PacketVideo Corp. develops software for mobile telephones and other wireless handheld devices. The firm offers software that transmits video and digital media over wireless networks to devices such as handheld computers, mobile phones and laptops. The company was founded by James C. Brailean and James Z. Carol on August 10, 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Macromedia, Inc. provided software technologies and internet solutions such as websites, rich media content & internet applications across multiple platforms. The company was founded in 1992 and was located in San Francisco, CA

Karmel Capital LLC (Karmel Capital) is a private equity firm founded by James C. Brailean and Scott Neuberger in 2013. The firm is headquartered in san Diego, California.

Infocore, Inc. is engaged in the provision of direct marketing, campaign strategy, and market data sourcing services. It specializes in data brokerage, data management, and strategic consulting. The company was founded by Peter Jupp and Beth Jupp in 1992 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Greenwave Reality, Inc. engages in the provision of internet of things (IoT) software and services. It offers its products through the AXON platform, which is categorized into the following: AXON IoT, AXON Media, AXON Mobile, and AXON Networking. AXON IoT includes the implementation of control and interoperability of devices in a common network. AXON Media covers embedded software solution used to manage data for streaming. AXON Mobile refers to the cloud management platform for connecting devices to cellular networks. AXON Networking features the provision of in-home IoT networks. The company was founded by Martin Manniche, Dan Lejerskar, and Peter Wilmar Christensen in 2008 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Burl Concepts, Inc. provides medical solutions. It offers SONAS portable, a battery-powered ultrasound device designed for the non-invasive, transcranial diagnosis of major strokes. The company was founded by James Brailean and Thilo Hoelscher in 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Highland Capital Partners LLC (Highland Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm is founded in 1987 by Paul A. Maeder and Bob F. Higgins. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, US.

NDS Group Holdings is a leading global provider of end-to-end software solutions to the pay-television industry. They supply pay-TV operators with core software systems that enable them to deliver a differentiated viewing experience to their subscribers anytime, anywhere and on any device while ensuring that only paying viewers receive content. Based on market share information derived from 2011 Screen Digest data, over one-third of the world's digital pay-TV households rely on its technologies to discover, navigate or interact with content. They believe their business is benefiting from the rapid technological and consumer shifts in the video content ecosystem. The increased availability and variety of digital content, together with the enhanced mobility and proliferation of internet-connectable devices such as connected-TVs, tablets and smart phones and progressively lower consumer electronic equipment costs, are transforming consumer demand for digital content. In the evolving digitally-connected world, the fundamental requirements of content security, as well as improved functionality and convenience, are critical to the growth of the pay-TV industry. They believe these factors present significant opportunities for them in both developed and emerging markets. They further believe they are well positioned to benefit from these trends given its sophisticated software solutions, end-to-end capabilities, proven security track record and its ability to deliver complex system integration services.

LiquidPiston, Inc. develops rotary internal combustion engines. The firm's technology has applicability in various markets and applications, and can be designed to run on various fuel types, including ethanol, bio-diesel, and hydrogen. The company was founded by Alexander C. Shkolnik and Nikolay Shkolnik in 2003 and is headquartered in Bloomfield, CT.

QuickPlay Media, Inc. engages in the provision of managed solutions for the distribution of video content to Internet protocol-connected devices. It specializes in multiscreen managed services. The firm’s end-to-end services provide the technology and resources needed to deliver video on demand, live TV, and TV everywhere. It also offers media transformation and TVX solutions. The company was founded by Wayne Purboo and Raja Khanna in 2004 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE) is a professional society of media professionals, technologists, and engineers working in the digital entertainment industry. The private company is based in White Plains, NY. The society fosters a diverse and engaged membership from both the technology and creative communities, delivering vast educational offerings, technical conferences and exhibitions, the SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal, and access to a rich network of colleagues essential to career success. SMPTE people form a professional society of individuals and corporations collaborating for the advancement of all things technical in the motion picture, television, and digital media industries.