Christopher Pick

Apptio, Inc. enagages in the provision of technology business management solutions. It offers software-as-a-sevice applications including cost transparency, information technology planning and benchmarking, business insights, and bill of information technology. It operates through the following geographic areas: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and Asia-Pacific (APAC). The company was founded by Sunny Gupta, Kurt Shintaffer and Paul McLachlan on October 2, 2007 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

The Technology Business Management Council Ltd. was founded in 2012 by members of Apptio's CIO advisory board. It is a non-profit organization governed by a board of business and technology leaders from innovative companies such as Aflac, State Farm, Tyson, Intuit, First American, and more. The council is dedicated to advancing the discipline of TBM and driving standards for analyzing, planning, optimizing, controlling, and collaborating about the investments that will transform the IT operating model. Apptio, the industry's leading provider of TBM software solutions, serves as the TBM Council's technical advisor. Membership is open to qualified IT, finance, or business leaders and practitioners who meet applicable membership standards.

NetIQ Corp. offers software solutions. It provides identity and access management, security management, IT operation management, disaster recovery, workload migration, and unified communications and VoIP. The company was founded on February 11, 1998 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

AVP Management Services, Inc. (AVP Management Services) is a private equity/venture capital firm firm founded in 1979 by Joseph Charles Aragona, Ken Paul DeAngelis and Jeff C. Garvey. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.