David Heard

Part of Zyvex Corp., Zyvex Performance Materials, Inc. develops and manufactures nano-engineered materials. The private company is based in Columbus, OH.

WiChorus LLC provides 4G packet core infrastructure products. Its purpose built smartcore platform's content and network intelligence enables operators to deploy High Speed Packet Access (HSPA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), and WiMAX packet core networks. The company was founded by Rehan Jalil on December 16, 2013 and is headquartered in Naperville, IL.

Jds Uniphase Corp. provides integrated fiber testing, fiber inspection, and optical power measurement solutions. VIAVI is based in San Jose, CA. The private company offers high-performance handheld instruments that cut fiber testing and certification time in half. The company works with over 400 channel partners to sell a broad portfolio of solutions to network, communications, and electronics technology leaders worldwide. VIAVI empowers service providers and IT organizations to manage the network lifecycle for complex 5G and networks with intuitive instruments, systems, and technologies. The company also specializes in light management and optical coatings that help protect the world's banknotes from counterfeiters, enhance colors, and enable advanced technology such as 3D sensing. The company serves government, aerospace, and defense customers with solutions that drive efficiency and reliability for the entire lifecycle of service deployment.

BigBand Networks, Inc. provides broadband services. It develops, markets and sells network-based platforms, that enable cable multiple system operators (MSOs) and telecommunications companies (collectively, service providers) to offer video services over coaxial, fiber and copper networks. It offers its customers Broadcast Video, TelcoTV, Switched Digital Video and IPTV (Personalized Video) solutions that are comprised of a combination of software and programmable hardware platforms. The company was founded by Amir Bassan-Eskenazi and Ran Oz on December 3, 1998 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Somera Communications, Inc. used to provide telecommunications equipment and services. It was a telecom asset management firm that assisted service providers in generating greater value from their network assets. It also offered outsourced network operations, logistics and technical service as well as repair services for wireless, wireline and data products. The company was founded in July 1995 by Varon Gil. It was headquartered in Coppell, TX.

Tekelec Global, Inc. provides mobile broadband solutions. The company was founded by Jean-Claude Asscher in December 1971 and was headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Santera Systems, Inc. develops and manufactures switching equipments. The firm also provides solutions for telecommunications network. Its products include switches, signaling gateways, application servers and media gateway controllers. The company was founded in 1998 and is located in Plano, TX