Dean J. Westman

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Kinara, Inc. manufactures power programmable processors and vision processing units. It offers units for computer vision and image processing applications in mobile systems, data centers and automotive markets. The company was founded by Rehan Hameed and Wajahat Qadeer in 2013 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. manufactures semiconductors. It markets Samsung semiconductor product lines including its DRAM and SRAM memory chips, flash memory components, thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels and screens and system LSI products. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Part of QUALCOMM, Inc., Doradus Technologies, Inc. develops advanced signal processing products. The company is based in San Jose, CA. Doradus Technologies was acquired by Ikanos Communications, Inc., part of QUALCOMM, Inc. from September 30, 2015 on August 01, 2006.

Eliyan Corp. is an American semiconductor manufacturing company. The company was founded by Ramin Farjadrad, Patrick Soheili, Syrus Ziai. Ramin Farjadrad has been the CEO since incorporation.

Encharge AI, Inc. is a leader in advanced AI hardware and software systems for edge computing. The company is based in Santa Clara, CA. The company's robust and scalable next-generation in-memory computing technology provides orders-of-magnitude higher compute efficiency and density compared to today's solutions. Encharge AI launched in 2022 and is led by veteran technologists with backgrounds in semiconductor design and AI systems. Encharge AI's high-performance solutions will enable the immense potential of AI to be accessible at scale, in power, energy, and space constrained applications. The company was founded by Kailash Gopalakrishnan, Echere Iroaga, Naveen Verma. Naveen Verma has been the CEO since incorporation.

Bigstream Solutions, Inc. provides data processing and preparation services. It offers apache spark, machine learning, big data, spark SQL and big data acceleration. The company was founded by Balavinayagam Samynathan, Maysam Lavasani and Behnam Robatmili in 2015 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Lumotive, Inc. is a company based in the United States that specializes in solid-state, 3D-sensing systems. Lumotive's patented light control metasurface (LCM™) beam steering chips enable advanced sensing and perception capabilities in next-generation consumer, mobility, and industrial automation products such as mobile devices, autonomous vehicles, and robots. The American company has received industry acclaim, including awards such as the Fierce Electronics 2021 Startup of the Year Award, CES Innovation Awards in 2022 and 2024, Fast Company's Next Big Thing in Tech 2023, a 2022 SPIE Prism Award, and a prestigious Edison Award. Investors in the company include Gates Frontier, MetaVC Partners, Quan Funds, Samsung Ventures, and Unique. The company was founded in 2018 by Gleb Akselrod, and Sam Heidari has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Cota Capital Management LLC (Cota Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Babak Poushanchi and Bobby Yazdani. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Greenwave Reality, Inc. engages in the provision of internet of things (IoT) software and services. It offers its products through the AXON platform, which is categorized into the following: AXON IoT, AXON Media, AXON Mobile, and AXON Networking. AXON IoT includes the implementation of control and interoperability of devices in a common network. AXON Media covers embedded software solution used to manage data for streaming. AXON Mobile refers to the cloud management platform for connecting devices to cellular networks. AXON Networking features the provision of in-home IoT networks. The company was founded by Martin Manniche, Dan Lejerskar, and Peter Wilmar Christensen in 2008 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Haila Technologies, Inc. is engaged in the development of the next generation wireless connectivity platform. Its ultra low power and multi-protocol independent technology enables deployment of internet of things sensors into existing network infrastructures. The firm focuses on reducing power consumption in smart cities, healthcare and agriculture sectors. The company was founded by Charlotte Savage and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Aerial Technologies, Inc. engages in a software company. It operates as home automation systems that provide a cloud-based, user-oriented, ambient intelligent platform that recognizes and learns people’s activities. The company was founded by David Grant, Michel Allegue, Jevin Maltais, and Francois Morel in 2015 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Global Semiconductor Alliance provides information on and organizes events for the semiconductor industry in order to ensure growth and profitability of the industry. The private company is based in Dallas, TX. The company was founded by Jodi L. Shelton. Jodi L. Shelton has been the CEO since incorporation.