Vinod Chachra

VTLS Inc. is a leading global company that creates Visionary Technology in Library Solutions. It provides these solutions to a diverse customer base of more than 900 libraries in 37 countries. As providers of library solutions for more than 30 years, it has a deep and broad knowledge of the current needs of libraries and information centers. At the same time, the firm is also an innovative leader in developing cutting-edge products for libraries' future needs. With products such as Virtua (the first Unicode-compliant ILS and the first to incorporate FRBR functionality), VITAL (its digital repository software built on an open-source framework), and Fastrac (its versatile RFID solution), it has got what customer's library needs now and in the future.

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. handles, protects and licenses technologies developed by the faculty, staff and students. It facilitates the licensing of technology to companies, encourages new faculty startup ventures, works with publishers and distributors of software, and supports the transfer of research and knowledge to other universities, research institutes and companies. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Blacksburg, VA.

Cytorecovery, Inc. develops microfluidic technology intended to recover biological cells from samples. The company is headquartered in Blacksburg, VA.

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. handles, protects and licenses technologies developed by the faculty, staff and students. It facilitates the licensing of technology to companies, encourages new faculty startup ventures, works with publishers and distributors of software, and supports the transfer of research and knowledge to other universities, research institutes and companies. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Blacksburg, VA.

National Center for Higher Education Management Systems is a private nonprofit organization which offers education programs. Its activities include research, development, dissemination, evaluation, and technical services for post-educations for states, systems, institutions, and work-force development. It specializes in strategic planning, finance and resource allocation, outcomes assessment and quality assurance, institutional and state-level governance of higher education, alternative modes of educational delivery online, competency-bases and others; as well as higher education workforce alignment. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.