John Z. Yu

Securify, inc. provides identity-based monitoring and verification solutions. Its clients include Banco Santander, Deutsche Bank, Guardian Life, VISA - America and EU, Defense Exchange Commissary Agency and Defense Finance and Accounting Service. The company was founded in 1998 by Geoffrey Cooper, Dan Kolkowitz, and Taher A. Elgama and is headquartered in Cupertino, CA.

StrionAir, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets air filtration systems. It also manufactures and markets patented, breakthrough air-filtration technology that renders existing air-filtration solutions technically inferior. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Louisville, CO.

Summit Microelectronics, Inc. designs, develops, and manufactures Designs and manufactures programmable power integrated circuits. It provides integrated power management solutions combining precision power regulation with sophisticated digital control in a single chip. The firm's fast charging solutions are found in a variety of leading mobile phones, tablets, and e-readers. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Aktino, Inc. manufactures networking and broadband management equipment. The company was founded by Hossam Salib, Ben Itri, Ray Nagele and Michail Tsatsanis in 2003 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

The Kavli Foundation engages in the provision of support for the advancement of science, increase of public understanding, and support for scientists. The company was founded by Fred Kavli in December 2000 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in the year 1990 by William E. Conway, Jr. and Daniel A. D'Aniello. The firm is headquartered in Washington DC.

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.

FirstMark Capital LLC (FirstMark Capital) is venture capital firm founded by Rick Heitzmann and Amish Jani in 1996. The firm is headquartered in New York.

ASM NEXX, Inc. manufactures and develops processing equipment for wafer level packaging applications. The company was founded by Richard S. Post on August 7, 2001 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Novera Optics, Inc. manufactures fiber optics and optical access solutions. Its PON optical solutions enable equipment vendors and service providers to address fiber-to-the-building, multi-dwelling, remote terminals, multi-tenant units, and central office markets. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

California Institute of Technology provides education focusing on science, engineering, academia, business, and public service. The company was founded in 1891 and it is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

GCT Semiconductor, Inc. provides wireless communication solutions. The firm designs and supplies advanced 4G LTE and 5G semiconductor solutions. GCT’s market-proven LTE solutions, commercially available since 2010, have enabled fast and reliable LTE connectivity to numerous commercial devices such as smartphones, tablets, hotspots, CPEs, USB dongles, routers, M2M applications, and more, to the world’s top LTE carriers. It's system-on-chip solutions integrate radio frequency, baseband modem and digital signal processing functions into a single die, therefore offering complete 4G platform solutions with small form factors, low power consumption, high performance, high reliability and cost effectiveness. The company was founded by Kyeong-Ho H. Lee and Ki-Sub Lee in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Mantaro Networks, Inc. provides custom engineering design and product development services. It offers turnkey product development, analog hardware, digital hardware, DSP design services, software development, FPGA design, wireless design, and wireless power design. The firm caters consumer, product, medical, telecommunications and transportation sectors. The company was founded by Gabriel Mayo and Jeremy Parsons in 2010 and is headquartered in Germantown, MD.

Tarari, Inc. operates as a fabless semiconductor company. Its products include silicon chips, boards, and software acceleration components. The company was founded by Randy Smerik, David Finlay, Rick Johnson, and Jeff Carmichael in 2002 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

3leaf Systems, Inc. offers server virtualization solutions to the enterprise data centers. It provides virtualization architecture that enables mainframe-class capabilities for commodity servers. The company was founded by Isam Akkawi, Bob Quinn and Scott Linda in June 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Lucasfilm Animation Ltd. produces digital animation feature films and as well as content for television programs and games. It offers services in different parts of the Untied States. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in San Rafael, CA.

STATS ChipPAC, Inc. provides semiconductor packaging, test and distribution services. Its clients include the computing, communications, consumer, automotive and industrial markets. STATS ChipPAC also provides customers with semiconductor test services for various device types, including mixed-signal, digital logic, memory, power, and radio frequency devices. The company is a subsidiary of STATS ChipPAC Ltd. and is located in Tempe, AZ.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

Part of Home&Furnitures SAS, Home Network SAS wholesales office furniture. The company is based in La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin, France. Founded in 2014.

EnerAllies, Inc. provides a software centric HVAC management and optimization solution for multi-site restaurant chains and small-box retail operators. Its solutions include HVAC energy savings, reduced repair costs, customer comfort, and remote management and monitoring services. The company was founded by Robert Keil and Steve Maruyama on August 1, 2012 and is headquartered in Aptos, CA.