Barry E. Walker

Dell, Inc. engages in the manufacture of electronic devices. Its products include laptops, desktops, tablets, thin clients, printers, monitors, software, workstations and accessories. The company was founded by Michael Saul Dell on February 1, 1984 and is headquartered in Round Rock, TX.

IBM Tivoli Systems, Inc. provides service management software. It offers cloud and virtualization management solutions, such as cloud management, cloud storage, virtualization management, systems automation, IT service management solutions, including application performance management, network management, business service management, storage management, and IT service management and assets and facilities management solutions, which include enterprise asset management and facilities management. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Wave7 Optics, Inc. develops and manufactures optical fiber access systems. It offers an optical line terminal with support for multiple optical access and optical network terminals for IP-based services support. The company was founded by Mark Pigott, Thomas A. Tighe and Hatch Graham and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Wavestream sets the standard in the design and manufacture of next generation high power solid state amplifiers for integration into mission-critical defense, homeland security, broadcast, mobile news gathering, teleport, and public safety satellite communication systems. Wavestream's innovative technology and engineering expertise has fueled the company's rapid growth and product expansion to address the increasing demand for more efficient and reliable solid state amplifiers. Its patented Spatial Power Advantage technology allows to deliver both outdoor and indoor products that offer high power output in smaller, lighter weight packages than traditional tube and other solid state amplifier solutions available today. Through constant innovation and research, Wavestream provides customers with unique solutions that use less energy, reduce lifecycle costs, and offer a clear technology insertion path to replace aging, less efficient amplifiers deployed in satellite communication systems. Its team of research and design engineers, technicians and support personnel take great pride in designing products that meet its customers' specific requirements. Wavestream's state-of-the-art manufacturing and production facilities, comprehensive quality and testing procedures, and 24/7 support services ensure customers receive the highest quality, most reliable products on time, every time.

TrustID, Inc. provides secure telephony transaction platforms with telephone firewall solutions. It offers valid credential for callers as part of a multi-factor authentication strategy to combat with telephone originated social engineering security breaches, including voice phishing, social engineering attacks, line takeover, fraudulent card activation, and account break-out. The company was founded by Patrick Cox in 2007 and is headquartered in Lake Oswego, OR.

Schoox, Inc. engages in the provision of a talent development platform offering learning and talent management to companies and small enterprises. It focuses on learning engagement, content curation, social collaboration, performance and succession, carrer development, and bussines impact. The company was founded by Lefteris Ntouanoglou,Costas Vasiliou, Apostolis Agrafiotis, and Vasilis Lolos and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Gridmates, Inc. develops cloud based platform and network for the smart grid. The company was founded by Dimitris Koliadimas, Georgios Koutitas, and Constantinos Tzaras in 2014 and is based in Austin, Texas.

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.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Oak Investment Partners (Oak Investment Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1978 by Ed F Glassmeyer and Stewart H Greenfield. The firm is headquartered in Wilton, Connecticut.

CoreTek, Inc. is dedicated to dramatically improving optical communication system performance, reliability, and manageability. They also provides microelectromechanical (MEMS) devices for fiberoptic communication systems. It is located in Wilmington, WA

ViaVideo Communications, Inc. makes video conferencing products. The company is based in Austin, TX. The company was founded by Michael Kenoyer, Craig B. Malloy. ViaVideo Communications was acquired by Polycom, Inc., part of HP, Inc. from July 02, 2018 on January 01, 1998 for $54 million.

SeaPoint Ventures LLC (SeaPoint Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Thomas Huseby and Susan Sigl. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Presidio Networked Solutions LLC provides information technology solutions, professional and managed services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Vodafone Ventures Ltd (Vodafone Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Newbury.

LumaSense Technologies, Inc. provides temperature and gas sensing devices. It serves customers in energy markets including electricity generation, oil and gas refining and industrial materials processing markets. The firm’s temperature measurement solutions include infrared thermometers and switches, E2T-petrochemical and fiber optic temperature sensors. The company founded by Vivek Joshi in 2005 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Bridgescale LLC (Bridgescale Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Robert Chaplinsky and Matthew Cowan. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Part of Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., Zayo Group LLC is a company that provides tailored connectivity and edge solutions. The company is based in Boulder, CO. Zayo Group was founded in 2007 by John Louis Scarano, Matthew Erickson, Daniel Philip Caruso, and Sandi Mays. The company's future-ready network spans over 17.5 million fiber miles and 142,500 route miles, enabling carriers, cloud providers, data centers, schools, and enterprises to deliver exceptional experiences from core to cloud to edge. Stephen Michael Smith has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

NeoNova Network Services LLC engages in provision of managed internet protocol services. Its services include Google applications for business, Microsoft office solutions for businesses, cloud files solutions, cloud hosting, cloud server solutions, and disaster recovery. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Part of CVS Health Corp., Superior Care Pharmacy LLC provides health and allied services not elsewhere classified.

The Austin Chamber of Commerce is an organization that helps people in the region achieve greater prosperity by working with businesses looking to create or expand their presence in the Austin region and help them create more jobs. The non-profit company is based in Austin, TX. The company has helped bring more than 400,000 jobs to the region since 2004 and take on the biggest challenges so businesses can focus on growing. Laura Huffman has been the CEO of the company since 2020.