Ralph Clark

Adaptec, Inc. provides innovative data storage hardware and software solutions. It supplies technologies and applications supported by major storage and system OEMs, system integrators, system builders, and value-added resellers that deliver enabling technology and products to address many of the most critical applications in data storage. It delivers ASICs, host-bus adapters, value-oriented and high-performance SATA/SAS and SCSI RAID controllers, and storage software for IP storage area networks. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. provided wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. Merrill Lynch was a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a range of asset classes and serve as a strategic advisor to governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Snap Appliance, Inc. manufactures and distributes network attached storage servers. It provides network storage solutions for the distributed enterprises. The firm sells its products through distributors, value-added and catalog resellers. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

Playboox, Inc. provides management software solutions. The firm offers sales process design, sales playbook development, sales playbook integration and sales playbook training. The company was founded by Daniel Zamudio and Edwin Castillo in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Glowforge, Inc. manufactures three dimensional laser printers. The firm's products include Glowforge Pro, Glowforge Plus and Glowforge Basic. Its products are used to shape leather, sculpt wood, slice acrylic, cut paper, form foam, trim fabric, engrave glass, and etch metal. The company was founded by Dan Shapiro, Mark Gosselin and Anthony Wright in 2014 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.