Gregory W. Sheets

BitWave was formed in 2004 to solve a complex problem facing cell phone manufacturers: how to obtain anytime, anywhere connectivity without sacrificing cost, performance or power consumption. Since its inception, BitWave has been dedicated to the development of a universal programmable transceiver, the Softransceiver RFIC to meet this industry problem. The patent pending technology embodied in the product is unique and will allow wireless carriers and cell phone manufacturers to deploy more services and devices in less time with additional functionality. Beyond the predicted one billion handset per year market in 2007, the firm's product will also be key to such markets as micro-infrastructure, laptops, PDAs, multimedia players and portable consumer electronic devices.

LSI Corp. designs, develops, and markets high-performance storage and networking semiconductors. Its products include custom and standard product integrated circuits that are used in disk drives, solid state drives, high-speed communications systems, computer servers, storage systems, and personal computers. The company was founded on November 6, 1980 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Seagate Technology LLC engages in the development and manufacture of data storage solutions. It products include network-attached storage hard drive, solid state drives, hybrid cloud backup solutions, and express recovery appliances. The company was founded by Alan F. Shugart and Finis Conner in 1978 and is headquartered in Cupertino, CA.

VTC, Inc. was a supplier of semiconductor components to computer hard disk drive manufacturers. The company was acquired by Lucent Technologies. The company was located in Bloomington, MN.