Sylvia Kamenski

Williams Controls, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells electronic throttle, pneumatic controls and electronic sensors for heavy trucks, transit buses, off-road equipment and military applications. Its electronic throttle controls send a signal proportional to throttle position to adjust the speed of electronically controlled engines. The company's pneumatic products are used for vehicle control system applications such as power take-offs and air-control applications. Its electronic sensors are a significant component of its electronic throttle controls. The firm also designs and manufactures a line of adjustable foot pedals and arm rests and sells its products globally. Williams Controls was founded by Norman C. Williams in 1937 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

SMART Worldwide Holdings, Inc. designs, manufactures and supplies memory and embedded storage products. It offers flash memory cards, solid-state drives (SSDs), and DRAM modules for OEMs in the computer, defense, gaming, networking, and telecommunication sectors. The company was founded by Ajay B. Shah and Mukesh D. Patel on March 26, 2004 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

SM&A, Inc. provides management consulting services. It provides strategy, proposal management, program management, systems engineering, expert support, program planning and other technical support to industrial customers. The firm serves in the area of defense, homeland security, aerospace, information technology, architect and engineering sectors. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Portal Software, Inc. provides accounting services. The firm offers billing and revenue management solutions for the communications and media companies. The company provides platform for the end-to-end management of customer revenue across offerings, channels, and geographies. The company was founded by John E. Little in 1985 and is located in Cupertino, CA.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Defiance Metal Products Co. operates as a precision manufacturer of engineered components and assemblies. It offers assemblies for the military vehicle, commercial vehicle, construction equipment and agricultural equipment. The firm’s services include laser cutting, CNC forming, metal stamping, metal fabrication, resistance and robot welding, quality cellular manufacturing, powder coating, epoxy coating and technical assistance. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Defiance, OH.

Wildlife Conservation Society operates as a non-governmental organization aiming to save wildlife. The firm saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, global conservation, education, and the management of the urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. It protects animals like gorillas in Congo, tigers in India, wolverines in the Yellowstone Rockies, and ocean giants. The company was founded on April 26, 1895 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

Bergstrom, Inc. designs and manufactures mobile climate systems. The firm serves heavy duty trucking, construction, agriculture, bus and specialty, military, mining, foundry, offshore drilling, logging, shipyard and sport fishing sectors. The company was founded by Adolph Bergstrom in 1949 and is headquartered in Rockford, IL.

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

Part of The Needham Group, Inc., Needham Holdings LLC provides securities brokerage services. The company is based in New York, NY. The CEO of the company is George Austin Needham.

Sunfilm AG is one of the world's largest manufacturers of silicon-based thin-film modules with a combined capacity of 85 megawatts peak (MWp) at its two German production sites in Grossroehrsdorf and Bitterfeld-Wolfen. The company has an additional 60 MWp of capacity under construction as well. Thin-film is one of the fastest growing segments of the solar PV industry. Sunfilm's innovative technology for tandem junction thin-film silicon solar modules allows a larger part of the solar spectrum to be harvested as compared to amorphous silicon thin-film solar modules, leading to higher module efficiencies. Additionally, the amount of silicon needed to produce these modules is significantly less than for crystalline silicon modules.

FEI EFA, Inc. designs and manufactures electronic semiconductors. The firm develops and sells circuit analysis and edit tool for wafer and package semiconductor products. It provides Meridian WaferScan for backside wafer-level analysis. The company was founded by Israel Niv in 2008 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Part of Eastman Chemical Co., Southwall Insulating Glass LLC provides glass package services. The company is based in Chicago, IL. Southwall Insulating Glass was acquired by Southwall Technologies, Inc., part of Eastman Chemical Co. from November 28, 2011 on June 10, 2010 for $0.20 million.

Part of SLB NV, Schlumberger KK is a Japanese company that wholesales oil well equipment. The company is located in Japan.

Dolphin Mgmt Services, Inc. provides management services. It offers financial management, investment and brokerage services. The company is headquartered in Fernandina Beach, FL.

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.