Herb Axilrod

IBM Tivoli Systems, Inc. provides service management software. It offers cloud and virtualization management solutions, such as cloud management, cloud storage, virtualization management, systems automation, IT service management solutions, including application performance management, network management, business service management, storage management, and IT service management and assets and facilities management solutions, which include enterprise asset management and facilities management. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. engages in the business of designing, developing, and selling a family of proxy and other appliances, and related software and services that secure, accelerate, and optimize the delivery of business applications, web content, and other information to distributed users over a wide area network or across an enterprise’s gateway to the public internet. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and Asia and Pacific. The Americas segment includes North America, Central America, and Latin America. The company was founded on March 13, 1996 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

SailPoint Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of on-premises service-based access management solutions. The firm offers access certification, access insights, access modeling, access requests, cloud governance, file access manager, pass management, provisioning, and separation-of-duties. The company was founded by Mark McClain and Kevin Cunningham in December 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Wisegate LLC provides IT network and information services. It helps security professionals collaborate on security issues using crowdsourced IT research. The company was founded by Sara K. Gates and Daniel Dinhoble in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Bloomfire, Inc. develops social learning management system software for business. The firm’s solutions include entire company, sales, marketing, human resources, customer support, Information Technology OPERATIONS and customer insights. The company was founded by Craig B. Malloy, David McCann and Josh Little in 2010 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Goldman Sachs Capital Partners is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area founded in 1986. Goldman Sachs Capital Partners is headquartered in New York.

IDERA, Inc. operates as a B2B (business to business) software company. its products include DESIGN Models and Databases; MONITOR Database Performance; PROTECT Database Integrity; and MANAGE IT Performance. The company was founded by Richard Jan Pleczko, Michael J. Clark, and Roderick Endo in 2000 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

TCMI, Inc.(TCV) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Jay Crandall Hoag and Richard Herrick Kimball. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Individuals Venture Fund (IVF) is a private venture capital firm founded in 1994. The firm is headquartered in California.

AVP Management Services, Inc. (AVP Management Services) is a private equity/venture capital firm firm founded in 1979 by Joseph Charles Aragona, Ken Paul DeAngelis and Jeff C. Garvey. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Serent Capital Management Co. LLC (Serent Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by David Kennedy and Kevin Frick. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Technology Entrepreneurs' eXchange (texchange) is an organization that fosters an entrepreneurial environment and develops the next generation of executives for technology, bitcoin, and life sciences companies. The private company is based in Austin, TX. The company brings together subject matter experts, industry thought leaders, and proven entrepreneurs for informative and educational discussions on current business topics. The company's monthly events feature nationally known business leaders, such as Steve McKay, the creator of the bitcoin trading robot called Bitcoin Code, and Tim Sanders, the former Chief Solutions Officer at Yahoo, who share insights and lessons that can be applied to businesses today. Texchange currently has chapters in various locations.

AlienVault, Inc. provides security management solutions. It offers open source tools for asset discovery, vulnerability assessment, threat detection, behavioral monitoring, security intelligence, security information and event management. The company was founded by Julio Casal and Dominique Karg on May 1, 2012 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

The Austin Technology Council is the largest tech industry organization in central Texas. The private company is based in Austin, TX. The company serves as a collaborative platform for innovation and technology, supporting the growth goals of its member businesses. The company provides knowledge and access in the areas of capital, talent, business mentoring, and networking. The company was founded by Fred Phillips.

CopperEgg Corp. provides software for monitoring cloud-computing performance. The company was founded by Scott Johnson and Eric Anderson in 2010 and is headquartered Austin, TX.

Vyopta, Inc. develops business intelligence and process automation applications for video collaboration. The firm's products include vAnalytics, vControl, vSchedule, vPublish and vAccess. Its solutions unleash the potential of business video investments, resulting in improved educator and student performance and outcomes, enhanced customer satisfaction and retention, increased sales and cost savings and greater agility in meeting continually changing business demands. The company was founded by Alfredo Rene Ramirez, Lapkong Rick Leung and Mike Andrew Chen in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Airbrake Technologies, Inc. engages in the development of error tracking applications. It offers products and services to streaming entertainment services, digital home security monitoring, and customer service and engagement platforms. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Access Layers, also known as Portnox, provides network access control, security, and visibility solutions that are simple to deploy, operate, and maintain. The company has offices in the US and Israel. The company is based in Walnut, CA. The company's software can be deployed on-premises, as a cloud-delivered service, or in hybrid mode. The company is vendor-agnostic, allowing organizations to maximize their existing network and cybersecurity investments. Portnox has been recognized for its innovations by several awards. Portnox's cloud-delivered network access control (NAC) solution has been designed with simplicity, multi-tenancy, and geo-availability top-of-mind. The company was founded in 2007 by Nir Aran, Ofer Amitai, Idan Kuperman. The CEO is Denny LeCompte.

AAA Internet Publishing, Inc. provides data network solutions. The firm offers a client/server IaaS solution that optimizes the middle mile for real-time online communications via its global server network. The firm focuses on the optimization of online traffic for gamers. The company was founded by Robert Michael Norman Bartlett in 1997 and is headquartered in Kelowna, BC.

ForgePoint Capital Management LLC (ForgePoint Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Donald R. Dixon, William Lin and Juan Alberto Yépez. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Foresite MSP LLC provides information security and network solutions for businesses. It offers managed services, such as security monitoring and alerting, security device management, incident response, and help desk and turnkey IT management; and desktop and server management, which include policy management, software deployment and updates, desktop migration, and imaging and deployment. The firm's customers include the legal, insurance, financial, healthcare and education industries. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in East Windsor, CT.

Itential LLC designs and develops network software solutions. Its solutions include configure management, MOP Automation, service management and pronghorn applications. The company was founded by Ian Bresnahan and Wade A. Christopher in 2014 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Elsewhere Partners LLC (Elsewhere Partners) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2016 by Christopher A. Pacitti and John Douglas Thornton. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Explore Austin engages in developing children through training, mentoring, and outdoor adventure. The non-profit company is based in Austin.

ERP Maestro, Inc. operates as access security and compliance software solution for companies running SAP and their external auditors. The company was founded by Jody Paterson and Shayne Paterson in 2013 and is headquartered in Plantation, FL.

OpsCompass, Inc. develops software which drives operational control, visibility and security. The company was founded by John Grange and Manny Quevedo in 2015 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

BackBox Software Ltd. is a network and security device automation platform that supports over 180 vendors, with thousands of pre-built automations and a scripting-free way to build new ones. The company is based in Dallas, TX and was founded by Arik Elias, Rafi Zvi. The company is dedicated to empowering its customers to continuously enhance the health, performance, and security of their network infrastructure through intelligent, security-minded automation. BackBox helps enterprises and managed service providers worldwide to automate and audit anything an admin could do manually, with reliable automations that are flexible, scalable, and contextually aware. The CEO is Andrew Kahl.

Litlingo Technologies, Inc. provides artificial intelligence powered monitoring, prevention, and training solutions. The company was founded by Kevin Brinig and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Part of SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc., SailPoint Technologies UK Ltd. is a company that provides enterprise identity governance solutions. SailPoint Technologies UK Ltd. is based in Cheltenham, UK. Founded in 2008.

Evo Security, Inc. is an identity and access management cybersecurity company that builds enterprise-grade products for MSPs. The company is based in Austin, TX and was founded by Michael Roth, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The company offers two products, Evo Secure Login and Evo Identity, that provide multi-factor authentication and single sign-on for various endpoints, web applications, and network devices.