William A. Lanfri

SynOptisc Communications, Inc. used to design, manufacture, market and supports diverse, high performance local area network systems in the United States. The company's products include was connectivity, internetworking and network management options for Ethernet, Token Ring and FDDI. The company was headquartered in Santa Clara, CA

Xerox Corp. engages in the integration of paper and digital products. The firm offers home, office, office laser, multifunction and all in one printer, digital sheet-fed printing presses and scanner. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

Redback Networks, Inc. designs, develops, and builds routers. It offers services like VoIP, IPTV, on-demand video, and online gaming. The firm's products enable carriers & service providers to deploy broadband Internet access. The company was founded is headquartered in Dover, DE.

Avanex Corporation is a leading global provider of Intelligent Photonic Solutions(TM) to meet the needs of fiber optic communications networks for greater capacity, longer distance transmissions, improved connectivity, higher speeds and lower costs. These solutions enable or enhance optical wavelength multiplexing, dispersion compensation, switching and routing, transmission, amplification, and include network-managed subsystems. Avanex was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Fremont, California. Avanex also maintains facilities in Erwin Park, N.Y.; Nozay, France; and San Donato, Italy. The facilities also are home to Avanex's Centers of Excellence for specialized research and manufacturing.

Big Bear Networks, Inc. was engaged into the business of designing and manufacturing highly integrated, opto-electronic interface solutions for next generation networks operating at rates of 10 Gb/s and higher. The firm was located in Sunnyvale, CA.

Accel Partners LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 1987 by Jim Swartz and Arthur Patterson. The firm is headquartered in California, the US.

Network Alchemy, Inc. provided Internet protocol clustering solutions. The company was headquartered in Santa Cruz, CA.

Corvus Systems, Inc. manufactures instruments for measuring and testing of electricity. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.