William J. Merritt

Shared Spectrum Co. develops cognitive radio technologies. The firm offers DSA licensing, research and development, spectrum sensing toolbox and software solutions. It caters commercial, defense, public safety and civilian government markets. The firm's Dynamic Spectrum Access technology enables radio devices to dramatically improve spectrum utilization, communications reliability and network deployment time. The company was founded by Mark A. McHenry in 2000 and is headquartered in Vienna, VA.

AmberWave Systems Corporation was founded in 1998 to answer the market demand for a technology development organization that could commercialize Silicon Germanium-graded buffer technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since the beginning, AmberWave Systems has been focused on building bridges between advanced materials science developed at leading universities and industrial applications. AmberWave Systems continues to develop industry partnerships to explore applications of its innovations. These relationships have led, for instance, to the development of Strained Silicon, a technology that is now used at the heart of advanced microchips to improve performance and decrease power consumption. AmberWave Systems has expanded the number of both its university partnerships and its industry partners. The company's current materials platforms encompass applications as diverse as next-generation semiconductor memory, solar energy and advanced battery technologies. From the success of the commercialization of Strained Silicon in the CMOS semiconductor industry, to current work on advanced materials for the 21st Century, AmberWave Systems is leading the way in materials science and applications. At AmberWave Systems, using an intellectual property business model of innovation, patenting, licensing and tech transfer was recognized early on as the best way to achieve efficiency in bringing new materials to users. This IP model has been successful at bringing the company's first technology platform SiGe for strained silicon to the consumer; it is dedicated to the continued effective use of this model.

Long Island Lighting Co. is a public utility company that generates, distributes, and sells electric energy, as well as purchases, distributes, and sells natural gas. The company is based in Hicksville, NY. The company is ultimately controlled by the Long Island Power Authority.