Karen E. Hanson-Flowers

Ezee Fiber Texas LLC is a fiber telecommunications company that offers affordable and reliable multi-gig internet service to residential, business, and government customers through its 100% fiber-optic network. The private company is based in Houston, TX, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company operates a carrier-grade network throughout Texas, where its customers are supported by local teams that live and work in the communities they serve. The company serves an expansive service area with 100 percent fiber assets in the triad between Galveston, Huntsville, and College Station. Matt Marino has been the CEO of the company since 2023. Ezee Fiber, which acquired ICTX Wavemedia in 2021, operates a carrier-grade 2,000-mile route fiber network in the greater metroplex.

Alcon Laboratories, Inc. develops and manufactures ophthalmic pharmaceutical products. The firm offers over-the-counter eye care products, medical devices, equipment, ophthalmic drugs, surgical instruments, needles, and sutures for microsurgery and disposable drapes. The company was founded by Robert Alexander and William Conner in 1945 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.

OriGen Biomedical, Inc. engages in the manufacture of medical devices. Its ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) products are intended for supplementary oxygen support using a custom perfusion circuit instead of a respirator. It also manufactures specialty bags for cell culture and stem cell freezing in EVA, EVO, FEP, and Kapton/FEP compounds. The company was founded by Richard Martin in February 1996 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Part of Velankani Group, Velankani Communications Technologies, Inc. provides information technology, communications technology, infrastructure and financial resources. The company is based in Somerset, NJ.

GigNet, Inc. is an international digital infrastructure company that provides fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) services to enterprise customers, including hotels, resorts, retailers, offices, large commercial operations, governmental offices, and medical and educational facilities. The company is based in Lake Bluff, IL, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company also offers fiber-optic transport services for mobile phone operators in the Mexican Caribbean region. GigNet is actively expanding its regional broadband network in the Mexican Caribbean, which is one of the largest and fastest-growing tourism and new residential development destinations in the world. The company was founded by Paul A. Moore, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

MTV Networks, Inc. operates as a creator of entertainment content that connects diverse audiences across TV, online, mobile, games, and consumer products. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Neverfail, Inc. provides data center solutions and services. Its solutions include vCenter high availability, backup, recovery and archive, cloud migration, continuous application availability, disaster recovery-as-a-service, and cloud backup. The firm offers business continuity, application delivery, and migration related products. The company was founded by Brian Hierholzer in 1993 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Alpheus Communications LLC engages in the provision of telecommunications and data center services for enterprises and carriers. It delivers advanced services and solutions including connectivity, collocation, and disaster recovery. The firm serves enterprise customers in the healthcare, energy, banking, information technology, and legal fields. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Broadwing Communications LLC provides telecommunications solutions to enterprises, carriers and government entities. Its optical network enables the delivery of data, voice, video and high-capacity bandwidth services with unparalleled customer focus and speed. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Priva Technologies, Inc. develops hardware and software products. It serves the consumer, enterprise, financial services and health care markets. The company has offices in California, Illinois and Virginia. Priva Technologies was founded by Jeff Minushkin in 1999 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks provides television broadcasting, information and musical online content services. Its services encompass films, television shows, video streaming and music videos. The company was founded in 1984 is headquartered in New York, NY.

CoreComm Ltd. provides telephone, Internet, voice mail, paging, and cellular services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.