Steve Nordlund

Founded in 1976, Apax Partners, Inc. is a venture capital/private equity firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of London-based Apax Partners LLP

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Riverstone Holdings LLC operates as an energy focused investment manager. It conducts buyout and growth capital investments in the exploration and production, midstream, oilfield services, power, and renewable sectors of the energy industry. The company was founded by David Matthew Leuschen and Pierre Fernard Lapeyre, Jr. in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

ClearCube Technology, Inc. designs and manufactures centralized and virtualized desktop virtualization solutions. Its devices are used by intelligence agencies, military command centers, and high security agencies to consolidate access to multiple classified and unclassified networks in one desktop device. The firm provides installation, integration, training and certification services. The company was founded by Michael Frost, Barry Thornton and Heller Andrew in 1997 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

E8 Security, Inc. provides cyber security analytics solutions to help enterprises detect and manage malicious insider threats and targeted cyber attacks. It combines big security data, behavior modeling and multi-dimensional analysis for detecting threats active inside the enterprise security perimeter. The firm integrates all security relevant data into a single big data analytical platform, arming security professionals with new analytics and visualization tools to better identify patterns, trends and activities. The company was founded by Christophe Briguet, Markus Deshon, Ravi Kumar R. Devireddy, Srinivas Doddi and Rahul Kashyap in 2013 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

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.

The Brookings Institution provides research and policy solutions. The firm's activities are carried out through four research programs: economic studies, foreign policy studies, governance studies, and metropolitan policy. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Sternhill Partners (Sternhill Parntners) is an Venture Capital firm founded in 1999 by Bob W. Stearns and Marc Geller. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Dover Fueling Solutions UK Ltd. manufactures and supplies fuel dispensing equipment. The company also provides petrol pump services. It is located in Dundee, the United Kingdom.

The US-China Business Council is an organization that provides information, advisory, advocacy, and program services to its members. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The American company focuses on shaping the relationship between the United States and China. USCBC offers research and analyses on Chinese government personnel, member newsletters, and advisory services to answer sector-specific and general investment questions.

VDIworks, Inc. provides comprehensive software management platforms. It offers virtual desktop platform management system which combines connection brokering, VM management, health, alerting, inventory, physical management and support for a variety of remoting protocols, and all in a pre-integrated application. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Blume Global, Inc. develops software packages which connects asset owners and users. Its platform independent tools provide access to targeted information, allowing equipment stakeholders and customers. The firm?s services include asset management, business intelligence and reporting, billing and financial services, and customer service and training. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Wellesley, MA.

Asia Society is an educational organization that aims to promote mutual understanding and strengthen partnerships among people, leaders, and institutions. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in Hong Kong. The company was founded by Tom W. Su and Luis Juan L. Virata.

syncreon Global Holdings Ltd. engages in the design and operation of supply chain solutions for automotive and technology customers. It offers automotive and technology inbound to manufacturing; automotive export packing; automotive and technology aftermarket services; automotive and technology reverse and repair; technology fulfillment; automotive and technology warehouse management; and automotive and technology transport management. The company was founded in January 2007 and is headquartered in Auburn Hills, MI.

RedBird Capital Partners Management LLC (RedBird Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Gerry Cardinale. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Iotium, Inc. provides secure, scalable, cloud-managed network infrastructure for Internet of things applications. It offers security, bridges legacy non-Internet protocol and next generation IP networks, and multi-tenancy. The firm serves automation, oil and gas, and transportation industries. The company was founded by Ron Victor, Dhawal Tyagi, Sady Kanthadai and Dhruva Narasimhan on April 10, 2015 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

March Venture Capital Management Services LLC (March Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by James W. Montgomery, Sumant Mandal and James T. Armstrong. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

KMESH, Inc. develops a software that distributes data. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Part of Uniphore Software Systems Pvt Ltd., Uniphore Technologies, Inc. is a B2B AI-native company that drives business outcomes across multiple industry verticals. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA, and was founded in 2008 by Umesh Sachdev and Ravi Saraogi. The company infuses AI into every part of the enterprise that impacts the customer, delivering the only multimodal architecture centered on customers that combines generative AI, knowledge AI, emotion AI, workflow automation, and a co-pilot to guide you. Uniphore understands how to capture voice, video, text, and analyze all types of data. Uniphore's solutions enable enterprises to convert conversations into real ROI by combining real-time voice AI and automation. Umesh Sachdev has been the CEO since 2008.

syncreon.US, Inc. provides outsourced specialized logistics and supply chain solutions. Its solutions include inbound to manufacturing, export packing, fulfillment, aftermarket services, reverse and repair, warehouse management, and transport management. The company was founded in January 2007 and is headquartered in Auburn, MI.

Forbes Technology Council operates as a community for senior technology executives. The private company is based in Boston, MA. The company was founded by Scott Gerber.

SkyGrid LLC, a Boeing and SparkCognition company, is based in Austin, TX. SkyGrid is defining a future where highly automated aircraft operate without the need for onboard pilots. The company provides safety-of-life approved flight operations management services for such aircraft to ensure operations of all participants in the air transportation system are safe and secure. SkyGrid is enabling a wide variety of commercial drone operations from remote inspections to making autonomous flight a reality. The company is solving for the industry's biggest challenge of integrating unmanned aircraft into the airspace and scaling safe autonomous operations. With SkyGrid's AerialOS™, they also help manage small UAS by providing airspace awareness, flight planning, and fleet management services. Built on AI and blockchain, SkyGrid provides an end-to-end solution to monitor the airspace, execute optimal flight paths, and manage a drone fleet. The company was founded in 2018, and Jia Xu has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Part of YellowBrix, Inc., Kurion, Inc. (Texas) develops technology solutions to access, separate and stabilize nuclear and hazardous materials and to isolate them safely from the environment for a cleaner future. The company is based in Austin, TX. The company was founded in 1999 by Harrick Vin, James T. Keating, Jason Parrish, Amir Husain. Kurion, Inc. (Texas was acquired by iSyndicate, Inc. on February 28, 2001.

TGG Group provides management consulting services. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Andrew M. Rosenfield.

Part of Infosys Ltd., EdgeVerve Systems Ltd. is a leader in AI and automation. The company is based in Bangalore, India. The company offers a comprehensive product portfolio across AI (Infosys Nia), automation (AssistEdge), and AI-enabled business applications (TradeEdge, FinXEdge, ProcureEdge) that helps businesses develop deeper connections with stakeholders, power continuous innovation, and accelerate growth in the digital world. The company was founded in 2014 by Sandeep Dadlani. EdgeVerve's mission is to create a world where their technology augments human intelligence and creates possibilities for enterprises to thrive. Today, EdgeVerve's products are used by corporations across financial services, insurance, retail, consumer & packaged goods, life sciences, manufacturing, telecom, and utilities.

Cognitive Scale, Inc. provides cognitive cloud platform. It provides services from all types of social, public, private and device data, and context signals. The company was founded by Matt Sanchez on October 2, 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.