Filipe Tappenbeck Machaz

GuestCentric Systems SA develops and provides web services for travellers and the travel industry. Its platform creates guest profiles to identify the profitable guests and target them for special offers, promotions or loyalty programs. The company was founded by Filipe Tappenbeck Machaz and Pedro Colaco in October 2006 and is headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal.

Expand Networks is a technology company that helped pioneer the Wide Area Network (WAN) Optimization market. Founded in 1998, Expand Networks has grown to be the leading provider of 'Virtual Proximity' solutions over the Wide Area Network. Virtual Proximity' is the experience Expand delivers to users of business critical applications and services across enterprise Wide Area Networks. Expand bridges the 'Proximity Gap' by delivering a 'virtual proximity' experience to users. Whether it be server virtualization at the datacenter, server consolidation at the branch office or desktop virtualization for remote users, Expand effectively bridges the 'Proximity Gap' by putting the user in virtual proximity to the application and data centre services. Expand Networks 'Virtual Proximity' Experience is available globally via its Network of Expand Certified Resellers, System Integrators, MSPs & OEM Partners.

B. Braun Medical Lda. provides products and solutions to medical and veterinary sectors. Its solutions include surgery, diabetes, orthopedics surgery, neurosurgery, pain therapy, dental, anesthesia, accessories, and others. The company is headquartered in Oeiras, Portugal.

Corvil Ltd. provides electronic trading and market data latency management services. It offers Corvil Appliances, a network data analytics appliance that passively taps into network data, and discovers, decodes, and reconstructs various details of application and business data flows; and Corvil Plug-ins that identify and track messages, transactions and performance in real-time across various trading, middleware and enterprise data protocols. The company was founded by Raymond Russell and Ferhgal Toomey in April 2000 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.