Terry Hulett

HGST, a Western Digital company (NASDAQ: WDC), develops innovative, advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, external storage solutions and services used to store, preserve and manage the world’s most valued data. HGST addresses customers’ rapidly changing storage needs by delivering intelligent storage devices that tightly integrate hardware and software to maximize solution performance. Founded by the pioneers of hard drives, HGST provides high-value storage for a broad range of market segments, including Enterprise, Cloud, Data Center, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and Personal Storage. HGST was established in 2003 and maintains its U.S. headquarters in San Jose, California.

Part of Waste Connections, Inc., Amd, Inc. provides waste management services.

archwave AG engages in the acquisition, holding, and management of participations in domestic and foreign companies. The firm focuses on the development, manufacture, and sale of hardware and software, as well as related network components. It also provides advice and support services in the field of computerized information and communication systems. The company was founded on February 28, 2000 and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Eviteck Consulting LLC provides marketing consulting services. The private company is based in Plano, TX.

Alta Devices, Inc. develops and manufactures mobile power technology solutions. The firm specializes in the development of a technology that extends the energy source of a system, with focus on cell and module single junction conversion efficiency. It offers single and dual junction solar cells, bringing flexible and portable power that can be embedded into any other material. The company was founded by Eli Yablonovitch, Nasreen Chopra and Harry A. Atwater in 2007 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Kenet, Inc. designs semiconductor devices. The company was founded by Michael P. Anthony, John C.C. Fan, Paul J. Mitchellin and Gerhard Sollner in April 2002 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Knupath, Inc. provides hardware architecture services for neural computing. The private company is based in Austin.

Cumbre Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers, develops, and markets anti-infective products for the treatment of serious and life-threatening infections, particularly caused by antibiotic resistant pathogens. Cumbre Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. manufactures and designs micro controllers, processors and semiconductors. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Applied Brain Research, Inc. is a Canadian AI design company that creates low-power embedded AI systems for various devices such as smartphones, drones, robots, cars, cameras, clothing, wearables, and sensors. The private company is based in Waterloo, Canada and was founded by Peter Suma, Xuan Choo, Terry Stewart, Travis DeWolf, Daniel Rasmussen, Trevor Bekolay, Chris Eliasmith. The company discovered an AI time-series processing algorithm called the Legendre Memory Unit (LMU) which outperforms LSTMs and transformers on time-series applications by a factor of 10x. ABR's AI chips and software are inspired by the efficiency of brain circuits and backed by neuroscientists and AI engineers. ABR has used the LMU to create an ultra-efficient time series processor chip which will be available in 2023. ABR is a leading company in edge artificial intelligence (AI) with proprietary hardware and software for AI-enabled products. Kevin Conley has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Corsair Components, Inc. develops and manufactures high-performance gear and technology for gamers, content creators, and PC enthusiasts. It offers DDR3 memory upgrades, USB flash drives and power supply units. The company was founded by Andrew J. Paul, John S. Beekley and Donald A. Lieberman in 1994 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Seven Rocks LLC is a private company based in Los Gatos, CA. Seven Rocks LLC was founded by Kevin Conley. The CEO is Tanya Chuang Conley.

NanoLock Security Ltd. develops technology to protect currently unprotected IoT devices. The company was founded by Eran Fine, Amir Sadeh, Erez Kreiner and Oren Shlomo and is headquartered in Nitzanei Oz, Israel.

Tanvas, Inc. provides technology services. It specializes in haptic touchscreen, surface haptics, touch experience and haptic technologies. The comapny was founded by Michael A. Peshkin and Edward J. Colgate in 2011 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Part of Open Text Corp., Micro Focus Software, Inc. is a software company. The company is based in Provo, UT. The company's description states that Novell software is now a part of OpenText and all products and information previously on novell.com is now on opentext.com.

Jds Uniphase Corp. provides integrated fiber testing, fiber inspection, and optical power measurement solutions. VIAVI is based in San Jose, CA. The private company offers high-performance handheld instruments that cut fiber testing and certification time in half. The company works with over 400 channel partners to sell a broad portfolio of solutions to network, communications, and electronics technology leaders worldwide. VIAVI empowers service providers and IT organizations to manage the network lifecycle for complex 5G and networks with intuitive instruments, systems, and technologies. The company also specializes in light management and optical coatings that help protect the world's banknotes from counterfeiters, enhance colors, and enable advanced technology such as 3D sensing. The company serves government, aerospace, and defense customers with solutions that drive efficiency and reliability for the entire lifecycle of service deployment.

Matterport Operating, Inc. operates as a spatial data company that focuses on digitizing and indexing the built world. Its products include 3D content platform, pro2 3D camera, 360 cameras, virtual reality and mobile apps. The firm serves residential real estate, engineering and construction, travel and hospitality and commercial real estate sectors. The company was founded by Michael Beebe, Matthew Bell and David Gausebeck in 2011 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.