Joel S. Bustos

Solectron Corp. was a provider of electronics manufacturing and supply-chain management services. It offerings included new-product design and introduction services, materials management, high-tech product manufacturing, and product warranty and end-of-life support. The firm was acquired by Flextronics International Ltd. The company was founded in 1977 and was headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

RightNow Technologies, Inc. provides customer relationship management software and services. The company offers RightNow CX, a customer experience suite for consumer-centric organizations to enable interactions across Web, social, and contact center touch points. Its RightNow CX suite includes RightNow Web Experience, which integrates into an existing Web infrastructure to provide an online customer experience providing customer access to Web self-service; RightNow Social Experience that enables organizations to listen and respond to conversations with their consumers on the social Web and to build branded communities to cultivate their own conversations; RightNow Contact Center Experience, which enables organizations to deliver consistent customer experiences across multi-channel interactions; RightNow Engage, which provides horizontal service, sales, and marketing business processes that support, span, and inter-connect the Web, social, and contact center experiences; RightNow CX Cloud Platform that provides a platform for scalability, performance, flexibility, and security; RightNow Mission Critical Operations, a cloud delivery platform; and RightNow CX Commitment, which describes the way to deliver a customer experience. The company also provides professional services, including project management and consulting services. It serves various industries, such as technology, public sector, retail/consumer packaged goods, entertainment, financial services, telecommunication, and travel and hospitality industries. The company was founded in September 1997 by Greg R. Gianforte and is headquartered in Bozeman, MT.

Tessera Technologies, Inc. develops and licenses innovative semiconductor, interconnect and imaging technologies. The company offers mobile computing and communications, memory and data storage and 3-D Integrated Circuit technologies. Tessera Technologies was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Taleo Corp. provides on-demand talent management software solutions. It offers recruiting, on boarding, performance management, compensation, succession planning, leadership development, learning and analytics software solutions. The company operates through two operating segments: subscription and support, and professional services. The Subscription and Support segment is engaged in the development, marketing, hosting, and support of the company's software subscriptions. The Professional Services segment offers implementation, business process, reengineering, change management, and education and training services. The company was founded by Martin Ouellet and Louis Têtu in 1996 and is headquartered in Dublin, CA.

Answers.com Corp. operates as a free, ad-supported Internet search services that supply users with editorial content covering different topics. The firm's platform leverages the sizable reach of the top-20 comScore site Answers.com, along with its cloud-based solutions from ForeSee, Webcollage, and ResellerRatings to enable businesses and organizations to engage with customers at every interaction point, drive investment decisions from customer insights, and deliver content that powers the customer experience. The company was founded by Christopher J. Sims, David Karandish, Mark A. Tebbe, and Robert S. Rosenschein in 1999 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Acme Packet, Inc. manufactures communications equipment designed to route voice and data over internet protocol networks. The company was founded by Patrick J. MeLampy on September 11, 2000 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

Kyriba Corp. engages in the provision of cash and treasury management software solutions. The firm specializes in the design of automated online systems to control clients cash management tasks. Its solution areas encompass cash and liquidity, payments, bank relationships, financial transactions, risk management, and supply chain finance. The company was founded by Jean-Luc Robert and Nathaniel Fraiberger in 2000 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Honeywell International, Inc., Clean Link, Inc. is a company that manufactures and sells mini environments for wafer and substrate handling to the semiconductor industry. The company is based in San Jose, CA. Clean Link was acquired by AlliedSignal, Inc. on October 22, 1998.

The University of St. Thomas is an institution that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. The private company is based in St. Paul, MN. It offers over 150 undergraduate majors and minors, as well as graduate programs in various fields such as business, engineering, law, education, social work, and arts and humanities. The University of St. Thomas was founded in 1885 by John Ireland.

Sand Hill Financial Co. engages in the provision of financial services. The company was founded on December 03, 1990 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Oracle America, Inc. provides network computing infrastructure solutions. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Impact Venture Capital LLC (Impact Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Eric Ball. The firm is headquartered in Sacramento, California.

Part of Flex Ltd., Flextronics International Ltd. is a supply chain and manufacturing solutions provider that helps businesses design and build data center storage and computing solutions for optimal performance and scalability. The company is based in San Jose, CA. Flex also offers communications solutions to help businesses innovate, grow, and lead in the emerging 5G environment. With a unique set of design, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions and services, Flextronics International optimizes and streamlines products across their lifecycle to make the world a better place.

Socati Corp. engages in the development of hemp genetics, cannabinoid science, and disruptive extraction and purification technology. The firm produces spectrum hemp extracts. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Woodburn, OR.

CapConnectPlus, Inc. provides banking and financial services. The company is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Geeq Corp. provides blockchain technology. The company is based in Waterloo, Canada. The Canadian company was founded by Lun-Shin Yuen, Ric Asselstine, Stephanie So, John P. Conley. Ric Asselstine has been the CEO since incorporation.

Part of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd., Volvo Car Holding Germany GmbH is a car manufacturer. The company is based in Cologne, Germany. The German company was founded in 1927. The CEO is James Rowan.