Shelly B. Schaffer

SupportSoft, Inc. provides solutions that ensure business processes and related technology critical to real-time enterprises — as well as the digital services consumers have come to rely upon — work as planned.

Mercury Interactive Corporation (MIC), used to develop and market a suite of automated software testing solutions and services to the business technology optimization (BTO) marketplace. Its BTO offerings, were known as Mercury Optimization Centers, which consisted of integrated software, services and practices that enable companies to use a center of approach to govern the priorities, processes and people of information technology (IT), deliver & manage applications & integrate IT strategy and execution. MIC offered products and services in three product lines: IT governance, application delivery and application management. It was founded in 1989 and was located in Mountain View, CA.

Yahoo!, Inc. is a guide to digital information discovery, focused on informing, connecting, and entertaining users through its search, communications, and digital content products. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and Asia Pacific. The company was founded by Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Support.com, Inc. provides customer and technical support solutions delivered by home-based employees. It provides cloud-based technology platforms to companies in multiple industry verticals, and offers outsourced support services for service providers, retailers, Internet of Things solution providers, and technology companies. The firm technology support services programs help consumers to create new revenue streams and deepen customer relationships. The company was founded by Cadir B. Lee and Mark Jonathan Pincus on December 3, 1997 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Simply Hired, Inc. operates an online job search engine. It provides job seekers access to different job openings across all job categories and industries, reaching job seekers on the web, mobile devices, email, and via partner sites. The firm enables employers to reach candidates searching for jobs through its full-service pay-per-click (PPC) and self-service pay-per-post job advertising solutions. The company was founded by Gautam Godhwani, Peter Weck and Anil Godhwani in 2003 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. ^ ^ ^

Part of Nestlé SA, Nestle Beverage Co. makes chocolate and confectionery products. The company is based in Jacksonville, IL.

CoSine Communications, Inc. engages in the marketing and sale of communications platform, which designed to enable network service providers to deliver computer applications and communications services from within their networks. The company was founded on April 14, 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA

Catalina Marketing Corp. provides consumer-driven marketing solutions to brand manufacturers, retailers and health providers. It offers in-store, mobile, and digital brand building solutions that enable consumer and retail brands to build its online, social media, and loyalty programs to acquire consumers for new and established brands. The company was founded by Tom Mindrum, Michael O'Brien, George W. Off, Mike Scroggie and Brian Yeatman in 1983 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.