Yumiko Damashek

Eaton Corp. engages in the provision of energy-efficient solutions. The company was founded by Viggo V. Torbensen and Joseph O. Eaton on August 28, 1916 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Export Development Canada engages in the provision of insurance and financial services. It offers bond products, financing, insurance, and risk management solutions to help Canadian exporters and investors expand their international business. The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Global Equipment Services & Manufacturing, Inc. provides outsourced service solutions to the high tech equipment markets. The firm’s services include design engineering, contract manufacturing, field service, software, and after market service. It also offers worldwide design, engineering field support, and manufacturing services to the semiconductor, solar, FPD production equipment, and semiconductor manufacturing industries. The company was founded by Don V. Tran in 2006 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Cbrite, Inc. develops and researches diode switches for display applications. Its technology includes amoled backplane challenges, transistor technology, flexible displays, hemispherical array and detector for imaging. It is a flat panel backplane technology and has developed a remarkable new transistor technology for driving high performance LCDs and amoled displays. The firm has locations in Goleta, Hsinchu and Santa Barbara. The company was founded by Gang Yu, Boo Jorgen-Lars Nilsson and Alan J. Heeger in 2000 and is headquartered in Goleta, CA.

STTG, Inc. provides information and advisory services firm. Its product FrontView combines all of the critical inputs that power executive decision-making in emerging markets into an integrated suite of resources. The firm services offers market prioritization, channel management, demand planning, market opportunity assessment, and risk management. The company was founded by Alex Turkeltaub and Alex Gorbansky in 2005 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Persimmon Technologies Corp. provides vacuum robotics and hybrid-field motor technology. The firm offers its products, modules and automation systems to the semiconductor, data storage, LED, OLED, solar and flat panel display equipment markets. The company was founded by Michael W. Pippins and Martin Hosek in 2010 and is headquartered in Wakefield, MA.

Reno Sub-Systems, Inc. provides advanced RF sub-system technologies to the semiconductor industry. The company was founded by Imran A. Bhutta, Christopher Davis, David Ferran, Robert Ferran, Daniel Mudd, and Jeff Spencer in 2013 and is headquartered in Reno, NV.

Whitehead Mann Group Plc provides executive search consulting services. It offers executive placement, recruitment, staffing and human resource consulting services to the consumer, industrial, telecommunications, media, and health care industries. The company was founded on May 20, 1983 and is headquartered in London, UK.

National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc. provides risk management consulting services. It provides the workers compensation industry with such information and services as claims management, data reporting and underwriting tools, market evaluation, cost trend analysis and monitoring workers compensation, and employee injury legislation and regulations. The organization was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL

Business Finance Corp. provides asset-based financing. Its services include accounts receivable factoring, asset-based financing, sale-leaseback transactions, and sales of non-producing assets. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

The Pillsbury Co. manufactures and distributes food products. Its products include baked goods, biscuits, breads, cookies, crescents, pie crusts, pizza crusts and snacks. The company was founded in 1869 is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

BDC Venture Capital (BDC Venture Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1975. The firm is headquartered in Québec, Canada.

California Institute of Technology provides education focusing on science, engineering, academia, business, and public service. The company was founded in 1891 and it is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

CDW Government LLC provides information technology products to educational institutions and government agencies. It offers cables, computers, computer accessories, data storage products, memory, networking, print supplies, servers, printers, scanners, monitors and projectors. The company focuses on the federal, state, local government, and educational sectors. CDW Government was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Vernon Hills, IL.

Chicago Finance Exchange offers professional and networking events on critically relevant members. Its community of women leaders in finance dedicated to exchanging ideas, experiences and expertise. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The Chicago Network provides a forum to support and counsel for member careers and to raise awareness of professional, political and social issues faced by women. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Tax Assistance Program engages in the provision of tax preparation services. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The Illinois Certified Public Accountants Society operates a professional association of certified public accountants. The private company is based in Illinois. Todd Shapiro has been the CEO of the American company since 1998.

Junior Achievement of Nova Scotia provides hands-on experiential learning in the classroom and through extra-curricular activities. Its programs focuses on three educational pillars financial literacy, workplace readiness, and entrepreneurship. The company is headquartered in Bedford, Canada.

Ladder Up provides financial consultancy services. Its services include preparation of federal and illinois income tax returns, preparation of prior-year tax returns and preparation of amended returns. The company was founded by Robert Burke in 1994 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Bennet Communications, Inc. provides telecommunications systems. It offers in-house cabling, design, installation, and management of voice, data, and video solutions, and video networking. The company was founded on March 9, 2001 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

Equals6, Inc. provides career development and social networking services for students. It is the online community where students compete for exclusive scholarships, make connections, discover exciting career possibilities and also serves as a social meeting place where students form groups, share ideas and hold lively discussions. The company was founded by Andy Osburn, Mark Boyle, and Michael Sanderson in 2011 and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.

Livelenz, Inc. develops platform for restaurant owners. It helps in improving key performance metrics like food costs, labor costs and dollars per order. Its products include LiveAnalytics, LiveHR, LiveScore, LiveCashOut and LiveInventory. The firm offers sales, food cost, labor cost and cash management & reconciliation, employee, franchise and franchisee performance solutions. The company was founded by Joel Doherty and Daryl Fraser in 2010 and is headquartered in Bedford, Canada.

Chebucto Family Centre provides free services and supports to families and community members. It offers advocacy and support, health and wellness programs, prenatal and parenting classes, volunteer doula program, youth programming and operating as a family home day care agency. The company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.

NCCI Holdings, Inc. provides workers compensation insurance services. Its services include data reporting, underwriting and industry information. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.

Innovacorp is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1995. The firm is headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.