Charles Padgett

Part of Northrop Grumman Corp., Comptek Research, Inc. is a software development company based in Buffalo, NY. Comptek has expertise in windows applications programming services and dlls, dynamic link library file format, for communication protocol programming and control of existing electronic devices. The company has provided unique and experienced windows software programming services to a variety of industries for decades. Comptek also offers outsourced product design for electrical, electronic, consumer, and industrial products and applications. Comptek Research was acquired by Northrop Grumman Corp. on August 24, 2000 for $130.12 million.

RDA Corp. provides custom application and software development services. It offers business intelligence, communication and collaboration, enterprise application integration, and custom development services. The company was founded by Don Awalt in 1988 and is headquartered in Hunt Valley, MD.

Telelogic AB develops software tools for the telecommunication industry. The firm offers software to optimize, align, and automate its customers' lifecycles. Telelogic's products include Telelogic Focal Point and Telelogic DOORS. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Malmö, Sweden.

American Innovations Ltd. provides oil, gas, agricultural, water and wastewater industries products and services. Its products include Bullhorn, MicroMax, Allegro, PCS Compliance, and RIPL Risk Intelligence. It also offers services including Application Services, Hardware Services, Training, and Integrity Management Services. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Spigit, Inc. provides innovation management software for the enterprise. It serves banks and insurers, manufacturing, and healthcare, and pharmaceutical industries. The company was founded by Paul Pluschkell and Padmanabh Dabke in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Part of Open Text Corp., Bluebird Systems is a company that develops and markets server components used to capture, index, secure, archive, distribute, and manage digital data. The company is based in Carlsbad, CA. Bluebird Systems was acquired by Open Text Corp. on October 25, 2000.

USProtect Corp. provides security services. It offers personnel protection, fixed security posts & mobile patrols, access control incident response & reporting, control center, and closed circuit television operation. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Silver Spring, MD.

Kineticom, Inc. provides telecommunications and information technology staffing services. Its services include construction management, onsite management solutions, site acquisition and lease negotiations, network audits and assessments, logistics management, application deployment and management, and information technology support. The company was founded by Paul Roebuck, Simon Billsberry and Steve Orr in 2000 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Rochester Institute of Technology is a privately endowed, coeducational university with ten colleges emphasizing career education and experiential learning. It was founded in 1829 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

Khosla Ventures LLC (Khosla Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Young Presidents' Organization, Inc. is a global leadership community of over 30,000 chief executives from 142 countries. The non-profit company is based in Irving, TX and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. The company's mission is to help its members become better leaders and better people. The company was founded in 1950 by Ray Hickok, Khalid Mohamed Jassem Kanoo. Thayer Smith has been the CEO of the company since 2007.

The Aerospace Industries Association has been advocating for the aerospace industry for over 100 years. The private company is based in Arlington, VA. Eric K. Fanning has been the CEO of the company since 2018. With over 300 member companies, the organization is led by CEO-level officers who work to strengthen the industry's ability to support America's national security and economy. The association advocates for effective federal investments, innovative technologies, policies that enhance competitiveness, and a diverse workforce. AIA also helps its nearly 340 members improve the safety of air transportation, make it more secure, and drive exploration and innovation.

National Defense Industrial Association engages in the defense and national security education. It offers courses such as configuration and data management certification program, defense systems acquisitions management, mastering business development, and certified modeling and simulation professional certification program. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Arlington, VI.

Barranca Software Ltd. provides software services. The private company is based in Austin, TX.

Catholic Relief Services, Inc. operates as a non-profit organization that provides social services. It offers programs and services to emergency response and recovery, agriculture, health, education, microfinance, water and sanitation, justice and teambuilding, and partnership and capacity. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

OMNIPLEX World Services Corp. provides professional intelligence support, investigative and physical security services. Its solutions include protective services, investigative services, social intelligence government solutions and fingerprinting. The company was founded by Julien G. Patterson in 1990 and is headquartered in Chantilly, VA.

Cubic Defense Applications, Inc. provides live air and ground combat training systems. It supplies virtual training systems, communications, and electronics. The company is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Shopmium SAS offers mobile and online shopping services. The firm also offers coupons through smart phones. The company was founded by Eli Curetti, Quentin de Chivré, and Philip Cantet on May 18, 2011 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

MariaDB Corp. Ab provides open source database products. It is a database company that supports the adoption of MariaDB - an open source database. The firm's product is available in the software repositories of Linux distributions including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Centos, Debian, and Ubuntu. It also provides MariaDB Enterprise and MySQL subscription services; a range of services from architecture planning to database migration and performance tuning; training focusing on MariaDB and MySQL; and remote database administration services. The company was founded by David Axmark, Michael Widenius, Patrik Olof Backman, Max Mether, and Kaj Sigurd Ademar Arn? in 2010 and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

Urban Life is a Canadian company that specializes in hot tubs and swim spas. The private company is based in Steinbach, Canada. The company offers Canadian-made hot tubs with Self-Cleaning technology and Bullfrog hot tubs with the best warranty available. In addition, they provide affordable all-season swim spas.

FIDO Alliance, Inc. provides online authentication services. It engages in developing technical specifications that define an open, scalable, interoperable set of mechanisms that reduce the reliance on passwords to authenticate users, operating industry programs to help ensure successful worldwide adoption of the specifications and submitting mature technical specifications to recognized standards development organizations for formal standardization. The company was founded by Brett McDowell and Ramesh V. Kesanupalli in July 2012 and is headquartered in Beaverton, OR.

Forbes Technology Council operates as a community for senior technology executives. The private company is based in Boston, MA. The company was founded by Scott Gerber.

CRS Temporary Housing, Inc. provides relocation and temporary housing solutions. Its services include emergency hotel stays, short and long term housing, furniture and housewares, catastrophe services, commercial and adjuster relocation services. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

PartX, Inc. engages in payments business. Its technology is a proprietary platform that enables contactless payment capabilities, allowing its customers, which include manufacturers of smart devices, to add payment capabilities to their products with very little start-up time and minimal investment in software development. The firm also connects customers to payment card networks, including Visa, Mastercard and Discover, and to credit card issuing banks. It is a third-party payment network token service provider with the launch of the Garmin Pay, which is company’s technology, platform. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

P Higg Co. LLC develops the technology that delivers the Higg Index. The firm focuses on building the tools that power sustainability measurement. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Kensington, CA.

Everysight Ltd. engages in the development of AR systems. The company was founded by Asaf Ashkenazi, Hanan Shamir and Yoram Shmuely in 2014 and is headquartered in Haifa, Israel.