Brian P. Balut

Southwall Technologies, Inc. operates as a global energy technology company which provides energy conservation and climate management thin-film glass solutions. The firm manufactures and develops films and glass products that improve energy efficiency in architectural and automotive glass applications. It manufactures windows & glass sun-proof, heat-proof & cold-proof - enabling their customers to fine-tune the insulating and solar control performance of glass, reducing the energy consumption for cooling and heating for a comfortable indoor climate. Southwall Technologies was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in St. Louisiana, MO.

Oakley, Inc. designs and manufactures sunglasses and accessories. Its optics brand portfolio includes Eye Safety Systems, Fox Racing, Mosley Tribes, Oakley, Oliver Peoples and Paul Smith Spectacles. The company was founded by James H. Jannard in 1975 and is headquartered in Foothill Ranch, CA.

Volterra Semiconductor Corp. designs, develops and markets proprietary analog and mixed-signal power management semiconductors for the computing, storage, networking and consumer markets. Its products includes integrated voltage regulator semiconductors, integrated power protection and distribution semiconductors and scalable voltage regulator semiconductor chipsets that transform, regulate, deliver and monitor the power consumed by electronic systems. The company sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, contract equipment manufacturers and merchant power supply manufacturers. Volterra Semiconductor was founded by Craig Teuscher, David B. Lidsky, Anthony Stratakos and Marco Zuniga in August 1996 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

AVX Antenna, Inc. provides embedded antennas and radio frequency system solutions. The firm's products include active antenna systems, RFIC's, Bluetooth, cellular, industrial handsets, tablets, laptops, net books, portable television, routers, healthcare devices, GPS, WiFi, WiMAX, WLAN, mobile entertainment and unique applications. The company was founded by Laurent Desclos, Sebastian Rowson and Eli Yablonovitch in 2000 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

GreatCall, Inc. provides active aging and independent living solutions. It products include splash, jitterbug5, and touch3. The firm also offers health, safety and medical applications such as urgent care, med coach, and 5star. The company was founded by Martin Cooper and Arlene Harris in 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

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.

BDO USA LLP operates as an accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping firm. It offers advisory; audit and assurance; digital; and tax services. The company was founded by Maximillian L. Seidman in 1910 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Part of Synopsys, Inc., Silicon Architects, Inc. is a software design company. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. Sharp, Faysal A. Sohail, Abbas El Gamal. The company was founded by Steven J. Silicon Architects was acquired by Synopsys, Inc. on May 11, 1995.

ArrayComm LLC provides portfolio of baseband processing software for wireless infrastructure and client device application. Its software solutions include full turnkey BasePort PHY packages for LTE and LTE-A, and A-MA S for LTE and LTE-E. The company was founded by Martin Cooper and Marc Goldburg in 1992 and is headquartered in Grand Forks, ND.

Beganto, Inc. operates as an information technology company. It provides electronics engineering services to the global electronics industry. The firm provides a web-based system that gets industry participants needed information for selecting, sampling, sourcing and tracking products through the supply chain. The company was founded by Masami Yamamoto and Sunil Grover in 2003 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

California Institute of Technology provides education focusing on science, engineering, academia, business, and public service. The company was founded in 1891 and it is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Eurovia USA, Inc. provides construction services. It provides road and highway, bridge, airport, golf course, asphalt paving and site development construction projects in Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina. The company was founded by Nancy Nrewster Hubbard and is headquartered in Winter Park, FL.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

Part of HS3 Technologies, Inc., TechAmerica, Inc. provides technology solutions for the quick service restaurant industry. The company is based in Greenwood Village, CO. TechAmerica was acquired by HS3 Technologies, Inc. on April 19, 2007. Shawn K. Osborne has been the CEO of the company since 2012.

Part of The Needham Group, Inc., Needham Holdings LLC provides securities brokerage services. The company is based in New York, NY. The CEO of the company is George Austin Needham.