Indra Singhal

Bay Networks, Inc. is a leader in the worldwide networking market, providing a complete line of products that serve corporate enterprises, higher education institutions, service providers and telecommunications carriers. The company offers frame and ATM switches, routers, shared media, remote and Internet Accesssolutions, IP services and network management applications, all integrated by BayNetworks' Adaptive Networking strategy

Lucent Technologies designs and delivers the systems, services and software that drive next-generation communications networks.

PhyNexus, Inc. develops protein separation products for proteomic sample processing applications. Its products include proteins, custom resin packaging service, and gel filtration and buffer exchange columns. The company was founded by Douglas Gjerde in 2002 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Part of Silex Systems Ltd., Translucent Photonics, Inc. is a company that researches and develops silicon-based electronic and photonic technology. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company was founded by Larry R. Marshall, Robert Haddad.

Chakshu Research, Inc. develops therapeutic treatments for degenerative ocular diseases. It also provides self-administered eyedrop to reduce and repair oxidative damage which has been implicated in blinding degenerative diseases. The company was founded by Rajiv Bhushan and Amit Goswamy in November 2002 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA.

Acclarent, Inc. engages in manufacturing, designing, and commercializing medical devices that address conditions affecting the ear, nose, and throat. Its products include balloon sinuplasty, eustachian tube dilation, airway dilation system, and ethmoid punch. The company was founded by Joshua Makower and John Y. Chang in June 2004 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Avenda Systems, Inc. provides trust and identity policy solutions. It offers securely connecting users and their personal mobile devices to business networks. The company was founded by Santhosh Cheeniyil and Krishna Prabhakar in 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Lightbit Corp. made optical processors that use light to directly process light one million times faster than silicon. The company’s WaveXchange product processed multiple dense wave division multiplexing (DMDW) channels simultaneously, without electronic conversion. Lightbit was located in Mountain View, CA.