Roger Merel

Scintera Networks LLC delivers high performance, compact and very low-power system-on-chip solutions to measure, modify and monitor radio frequency signals and systems. Its products are used in cellular infrastructure, microwave point-to-point backhaul, microwave radio, broadcast infrastructure, and general purpose power amplifier linearization applications; and various other applications, such as software defined radios, HMS mobile military communications and white space, public safety mobile and portable transmitters, and customer premises equipment. Scintera Networks was founded by Abhijit G. Shanbhag and Abhijit Phanse in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

GTE Airfone provides airline passenger communication systems. The company provides clear and reliable inflight telephone service for travelers on commercial and private aircraft. The company is a subsidiary of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ). The company is located in Aurora, IL.

Luxtera, Inc. engages in the development and delivery of silicon complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) photonics. Its CMOS technology provides bandwidth for applications ranging from local area network to chip-to-chip interconnect. The company was founded by Alex Dickinson, Axel Scherer, Eli Yablonovitch and Lawrence Cary Gunn III in 2001 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.