Gary Lang

IMS Global Learning Consortium is a non-profit organization that focuses on advancing technology to improve educational participation and attainment affordably. The private company is based in Lake Mary, FL. The company collaborates with leading suppliers, higher education institutions, K-12 districts and schools, and government organizations to enable better teaching and learning through interoperability and adoption initiatives. IMS sponsors an annual program that recognizes the impact of innovative technology on educational access, affordability, and quality while developing leadership and ideas to help shape the future of educational technology. The CEO of the company is Rob Abel.

Blackboard, Inc. provides software applications and related services to the education industry. The firm offers recruitment, student success, and consulting services. Its services are utilized by academic institutions around the globe, including colleges, and universities. The company was founded by Michael L. Chasen, Daniel E. Cane, Stephen Gilfus and Matthew L. Pittinsky in 1997 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation provides financial, organizational, and legal support to the open source geospatial community. The non-profit company is based in Vancouver, Canada. The foundation is an independent legal entity that allows community members to contribute code, funding, and other resources.

Appvance, Inc. develops mobile web applications performance solutions. It offers training and support, application performance certification, integration development, and on-site and online training services to large enterprises worldwide. The firm's solutions include performance & load testing, app pen testing and IoT services testing. The company was founded by Frank Cohen in 2013 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Lohika Systems, Inc. provides software engineering services to technology companies. It specializes in web and enterprise applications, cloud technology, mobile applications and quality assurance engineering services. The company was founded by Nataliya Riabokon, Volodymyr Riabokon and Lonhyn Jasinskyj in 2001 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

MarkLogic Corp. provides enterprise NoSQL database platform. Its services include architecture validation and evaluation service, center of excellence service, marklogic deployment accelerator for hadoop and marklogic mentorship services. The company was founded by Paul Carsten Pedersen and Christopher Lindblad in 2001 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.