W. Skip Porter

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. supplies laser-based manufacturing solutions for the microtechnology industry. Its products include Flexvia Drlling, WaperMaking, Water Trimming and Stent. The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Beaverton, OR.

Lumentum Technology UK Ltd. designs and manufactures optical components, modules, and subsystems for fiber optic communication. The firm offers transceivers, transmitters and network lasers, receivers, amplifiers, pumps, LED, and laser illumination products. It offers services to the telecommunications, aerospace, industrial, semiconductor, and defense markets. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Towcester, the United Kingdom.

Bookham, Inc. is a developer, manufacturer and provider of optical solutions for telecommunication optical networks. It designs, manufactures and markets optical components, modules and subsystems such as transmitters, network lasers and transceivers and has facilities in United Kingdom, two in the United States, one in Canada and a manufacturing facility in Shenzhen, China. The company was founded in 1988 and is located in San Jose, CA.

Houston Advanced Research Center provides independent analysis of air, energy, and water. The private company is based in The Woodlands, TX and has subsidiaries in United States.

Stewart Title Guaranty Co. provides title insurance and related information services. It offers post-closing lender services, mortgage default management solutions, automated county clerk land records, property ownership mapping, geographic information systems, property information reports, flood certificates, document preparation, background checks and expertise in tax-deferred exchanges. The company was founded by Maco Stewart in 1893 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

SouthWest Nanotechnologies, Inc. produces single-wall carbon nanotubes. Its products include Single, few and multi-wall Carbon Nanotubes, Printable and Coatable CNT Inks and AgeNT transparent conductor system, a low-cost system for producing patterned transparent conductors for displays and touch sensor applications. The company was founded by Daniel E. Resasco in 2001 and is headquartered in Norman, OK.

Virgo Associates LLC (Virgo Associates) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Hemanth Parasuram and Guhan Swaminathan. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station conducts research on engineering. It offers energy systems and services, healthcare, information system & sensors, materials, manufacturing, national security and safety solutions. The company was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in College Station, TX.