Theodore A. Hull

Maxtor Corp. makes hard disk drives used in PCs used by manufacturers such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Fujitsu Siemens and IBM. Its drives are also used in servers and consumer electronics. The company is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Exodus Communications used to provide secure internet access services to business and private individuals. The company also offers internet management services and Internet solutions for business. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Fusion-io LLC developed solid-state architecture and input and output solutions. It provided next generation datacenter solutions that accelerate databases, virtualization, cloud computing, big data, and the applications to drive business from the smallest e-tailers to largest data centers and social media leaders. The company was founded on December 23, 2005 by David A. Flynn and Rick C. White and was headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Calysta, Inc. provides sustainable industrial products for food and energy security. The firm develops new Biological Gas-to-Liquids and Biological Gas-to-Chemicals technologies using methane, the primary component of natural gas. It’s technology allows conversion of a plentiful energy resource into high value chemicals and transportation fuels. The company was founded in 2012 by Joshua Silverman and Alan Shaw and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.