Darrin F. Whitney

General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), one of the world's largest automakers, was founded in 1908, and today manufactures cars and trucks in 34 countries. With its global headquarters in Detroit, GM employs 244,500 people in every major region of the world, and sells and services vehicles in some 140 countries. The company brands are Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, HUMMER, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, Vauxhall and Wuling. GM's largest national market is the United States, followed by China, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada, Russia and Germany. GM's OnStar subsidiary is the industry leader in vehicle safety, security and information services. GM is the majority shareholder in GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. of South Korea, and has product, power train and purchasing collaborations with Suzuki Motor Corp. and Isuzu Motors Ltd. of Japan. GM also has advanced technology collaborations with Chrysler LLC, Daimler AG, BMW AG and Toyota Motor Corp. and vehicle manufacturing ventures with several automakers around the world, including Toyota, Suzuki, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. of China, AVTOVAZ of Russia and Renault SA of France. Genuine GM Parts and accessories are sold under the GM, GM Performance Parts, GM Good wrench and ACDelco brands through GM Service and Parts Operations, which supplies GM dealerships and distributors worldwide. GM engines and transmissions are marketed through GM Power train.

Dresser LLC provides products and services used for developing energy and natural resources. The company offers control products (relief valves, actuators, meters, fittings, and the like for oil and gas exploration), measurement systems (gas pumps and point of sale terminals made by business unit Dresser Wayne), power and compression systems (Waukesha engines, fuel testing systems), and other infrastructure technologies (Roots blowers and compressors, piping, and pumps). Dresser was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Addison, TX.

GENBAND, Inc. provides smart networking solutions for service providers and enterprises. Its products include application and client platforms, session border controllers, call controllers, media gateways, wireless access gateways, cloud services and management. The company also provide customer support, EDGE training, education, FLEX deployment services. GENBAND was founded by Anthony John Paul Carew, Brendon W. Mills, Ronald D. Lutz and Steven Raich in 1999 and is headquartered in Frisco, TX.

VarTec Telecom, Inc. provides local and long-distance telecommunications services to business and residential customers in the US, Canada and Europe. It has its own switching and network infrastructure in the U.S. and Europe. The company was founded by A. Joe Mitchell Jr. in February, 1989 and is located in Carrollton, TX.

Nokia, Inc. distributed and marketed mobile phones and telecommunication devices. It provided equipment, solutions, and services for network operators and corporations. The company was founded on March 19, 1999 and was headquartered in Irving, TX.