Irina Lanin

Headed by Gov. Pat Quinn, the State of Illinois gained statehood in December 1818. The state's capital is Springfield. The State of Illinois' government programs round in the fields of agriculture, community development, economy, energy and utilities, environment and natural resources, education, history and culture, data and statistics, transportation, and science and technology.

RRE Advisors LLC is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1994 by Stuart Jay Ellman, James D. Robinson and Jim D. Robinson. RRE Advisors LLC is headquartered in New York.

Renew Financial Consulting, Inc. provides investment advice. The private company is based in Vernon Hills, IL.

Hedera Hashgraph LLC develops distributed ledger platform and network which enables users to develop decentralized applications. The company was founded by Leemon Baird and Mance Harmon in 2017 and is headquartered in Richardson, TX.

Invenergy LLC develops, owns, and operates power generation facilities. It offers financing, construction, ownership and operations, environment, and community engagement services. The firm develops and operates wind, solar, natural gas, combined heat and power generation, and energy storage projects. The company was founded by Michael Polsky in 2001 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Union of Concerned Scientists, Inc. operates as a science advocacy organization. It conducts researches for environmental solutions. The company was founded by Kurt Gottfried and Henry W. Kendall in 1969 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Yave, Inc. is an American mobile commerce company that provides online ordering apps for small businesses such as coffee shops and breweries. The app is designed to seamlessly integrate with the business's existing Square POS system, improving customer engagement and customizing the brand experience. The company was founded by Xavier Martinez, Nicola Claxton, Scott Tupper, Dan Carlson, and Alfredo Vara Alonso, with Scott Tupper serving as CEO since incorporation.

Pinnacle Consulting provides business consulting services. The private company is based in Toronto, Canada.

Throughput, Inc. operates as a data consultant automationTM company. It provides step-by-step plans to improve business throuhgput. The company was founded by Ali H. Raza and Khizer Hayat and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Part of Cunico Resources NV, Mayaniquel SA mines for nickel. The company is based in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The Guatemalan company was founded in 1996. Mayaniquel was acquired by Cunico Resources NV from Anfield Gold Corp. on June 17, 2014 for $43 million.

Baker Tilly International Ltd. provides accounting and investment consulting services. It offers audit and assurance, tax services, and specialist advisory services. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

BNP Paribas operates as an investment advisor. It provides capital markets, securities services, financing, treasury and advisory solutions. The firm’s services are provided via four core business lines: Global Markets, Securities Services, Financing Solutions and Advisory. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Publicis Groupe SA, Publicis Sapient is a consulting company that provides insight and solutions for grocers to prioritize shoppers. The company is based in Boston, MA. The company offers consulting services to keep the retail industry relevant amidst evolving competition and customers. The company also helps travel and hospitality brands embrace the future to find new opportunities and build lasting customer relationships. The company streams dynamic content through their "How" channel, which offers compelling series and topical episodes that tackle the how of digital transformation on demand. Nigel Gregory Vaz has been the CEO of the company since 2015.

Choose Energy, Inc. provides online energy platform. It provides comparison shopping for consumers and business owners on its monthly energy bill. The firm finds cheaper energy for homes and businesses, compare electricity rates between supplier and switch energy suppliers. The company was founded by Jerry C. Dyess in 2008 and is headquartered in Fort Mill, SC.

GE Healthcare, Inc. manufactures and distributes diagnostic imaging agents and radiopharmaceuticals for imaging modalities that are used in medical imaging procedures. It offers dyes that are used in magnetic-resonance-imaging procedures. The firm also manufactures medical diagnostic equipment including CT image machines. It develops healthcare technological solutions for medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, disease research, drug discovery and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Truist, Inc. provides technology solutions. It offers campaign management solution for companies and organizations and funds distribution system for delivering funds. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

X-Therma, Inc. is a biotech company that pioneers cold chain technology to advance regenerative medicine. The company is based in Richmond, CA, with research centers in other locations. X-Therma's technology aims to make safe and on-demand organs, engineered tissues, cell & gene therapies, vaccines, and more available to patients in need. The company has been a selected industrial user at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and has received over $10m in contracts and grant support from various organizations. The company recently closed an oversubscribed series A of $13m. X-Therma was founded in 2014 by Mark Kline, Mark Kline, Xiaoxi Wei, Xiaoxi Wei, and Xiaoxi Wei has been the CEO since then.

Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. owns and operates hospitals. It manages the provision of physician services through Medical Groups that consist of physician networks of primary care and specialty physicians. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Jibe Consulting, Inc. provides enterprise application solutions. The firm’s services include cloud application, on premise applications, reporting and analytics, technical services and managed services. The company was founded by Greg Schmitzer and Greg Tyner in 2004 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Hexa Global Ventures LLC (Hexa Global Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in Richardson, Texas.

TechGenies LLC engages in the provision of software development and international support services. Its services include digital transformation, IT (information technology) staff augmentation, and project delivery. The company was founded by Ahmad Al-Amine and Mark S. Hamdan and is headquartered in Richardson, TX.

Bigvand Technology LLC is an American software company that specializes in machine learning, data, and social network applications.

SapientNitro seamlessly and consistently combines communications, brand and transactional expertise to conceive, build and execute integrated, multi-channel brand experiences that lead to tangible business results. They spark and nurture the relationship between consumers and brands, ensuring that they are both long lasting and mutually beneficial. But, with today’s consumer, that’s no easy task. They're complicated. Highly emotional. They won't sit still. They want to feel valued. They want to be in a relationship, provided they get to call all of the shots. And enabling and empowering every moment of their complicated, emotional, impulsive lives is technology. Meet client's next customer. Maybe. Making this introduction requires a delicate interplay of medium, message and moment, crafted in a culture imbued with multi-disciplinary innovation, and driven by a technology-centric mindset. It is a new kind of conversation spoken in a language of unique skills across a collaborative platform. SapientNitro is strategically, creatively and technologically fluent in that language.

BrightHive, Inc. operates as a data trust and sharing platform. It specializes in data science, data architecture, ipaas, government, non-profit and data governance. The company was founded by Matthew Gee, Tom Plagge, Andrew Means and Natalie Evans Harris and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.