Jim Kessel Timmer

Birch Telecom, Inc. offers telecommunication and internet access services. It owns and operates an integrated voice and data network that serves markets in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. The firm also offers voice and internet products in markets in more than eight states across the southeastern United States. The company was founded in 1997 and is located in Kansas City, MO.

Ambit Energy LP provides electricity and natural gas services. It specializes in Electricity, Natural Gas, Energy, Network Marketing, Direct Sales and Business Opportunities. The company was founded by Jere W. Thompson Jr. and Chris Chambless in 2006 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Airband Communications Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company with interest in providing secure, scalable, internet and data services. The company operates through its subsidiary Airband Communications, Inc. It delivers a comprehensive portfolio of high-bandwidth Internet access, point-to-point private line services and managed solutions over one of the industry's most scalable last-mile networks. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Verizon New England, Inc. provides telecommunications services. It offers fiber optics Internet, TV, and digital voice services, Internet and wireless 4G LTE services. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Sipera Systems is the worldwide market leader in communications security solutions that simplify and accelerate the adoption of VoIP and Unified Communications (UC). Sipera's award-winning UC-Sec security appliances protect up to 1 million UC devices in enterprises around the world. As the only Common Criteria certified security appliance for UC, the UC-Sec is the choice of enterprises and service providers who want to migrate to the new generation of communications with lower risk and higher return on investment. Founded in 2003, Sipera has operations and an extensive network of distributors and resellers across the world. Sipera is a top tier partner to leading UC vendors including Avaya, Cisco and many others. Certified as interoperable with leading UC configurations, the UC-Sec provides comprehensive application-layer security for UC applications such as VoIP, video, collaboration tools and messaging solutions. Sipera's research arm, the VIPER Lab, is the industry's premier professional services and research team devoted to UC security. The VIPER team has collectively conducted more than 100 vulnerability assessments and security consultations, including projects to secure VoIP and video at Fortune 100 enterprises.

iSIGHT Security LLC provides cyber threat intelligence services. The company was founded by Jonathan Couch and John P. Watters in 2007 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.