Nigel Farrar

Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. (OCLI) used to make optical thin film coatings and components for reflection, refraction, absorption and wavelength separation. It was located in San Jose, CA.

Xionics Document Technologies Inc., is a developer of innovative software and silicon for printing, scanning, copying, processing and transmitting documents among computer peripherals

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

kSARIA Corp. manufactures and installs fiber-optic cables, connectors, and cable assemblies. It offers shipboard, aerospace, tactical, RF and microwave assemblies, expanded beam fiber optic cable assemblies, electro-mechanical manufacturing, electrical cable assemblies and harnesses, and fiber optic kits and supplies. The firm also offers field, cable, research and development design services. The company was founded by Andre Sharon in 2000 and is headquartered in Methuen, MA.

Segue Manufacturing Services LLC provides cable design, fabrication and contractual manufacturing services. Its products and services include contract manufacturing, engineering services, domestic stocking and replenishment and quality systems. The company was founded on December 7, 2007 and is headquartered in Lowell, MA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of ASML Holding NV, Active Control Experts, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets hardware, software, and firmware solutions for vibration and motion control. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company was founded by Kenneth B. Lazarus, Mark E. Lundstrom, Edward F. Crawley. Active Control Experts was acquired by Cymer, Inc., part of ASML Holding NV from May 30, 2013 on February 14, 2001 for $25.50 million.

Neoconix, Inc. is a holding company which supplies miniaturized electrical connectors for mobile, enterprise information technology, and industrial markets. It offers mobile or consumer standard products, high speed standard products, custom products, and fpconnected family connector and fpc assemblies. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

TimeTrade Systems, Inc. provides web-based appointment scheduling and event registration software. Its products include purchase path appointments, concierge, and analytics. The company was founded by Carl Lambert, Kenneth Coleman, John E. Loring and Marco D. Peterson in 1999 and is headquartered in Tewksbury, MA.

Sutter Health engages in the provision of healthcare services. It offers allergy care, asthma care, gastroenterology, imaging, liver care, occupational health, pediatric, bioethics, dermatology, emergency, back and spine, heart and vascular, cancer, and fertility services. The company was founded in January 1996 and is headquartered in Sacramento, CA.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

American Prairie Reserve operates as a non-profit organization. It helps protect the natural wonders and nature reserve services. The company was founded by Sean Gerrity and is headquartered in Bozeman, MT.

Community Foundation Sonoma County provides investment funding for local community. The firm provides needs and opportunities offering grants to community benefit organizations. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Santa Rosa, CA.

Axia Capital Partners LLC (Axia Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by James Pelusi and Peter Hunter. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Cymer LLC develops light sources used by chipmakers worldwide to pattern advanced semiconductor chips, and is pioneering development of next generation EUV sources. It technology includes chip design, wafer preparation and cleaning, exposure and light source, etching and process completion and packaging. The company was founded by Bob Akins and Richard Sandstrom in 1986 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

UC San Diego Foundation specializes in obtaining private gifts in support of research, teaching, and public service, as well as engages in management of gift assets. The company is was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Jds Uniphase Corp. provides integrated fiber testing, fiber inspection, and optical power measurement solutions. VIAVI is based in San Jose, CA. The private company offers high-performance handheld instruments that cut fiber testing and certification time in half. The company works with over 400 channel partners to sell a broad portfolio of solutions to network, communications, and electronics technology leaders worldwide. VIAVI empowers service providers and IT organizations to manage the network lifecycle for complex 5G and networks with intuitive instruments, systems, and technologies. The company also specializes in light management and optical coatings that help protect the world's banknotes from counterfeiters, enhance colors, and enable advanced technology such as 3D sensing. The company serves government, aerospace, and defense customers with solutions that drive efficiency and reliability for the entire lifecycle of service deployment.