Kristina Paulos

TechSoup Global operates as a non-profit international network of non-governmental organizations that provides technical support and technological tools to other non-profits. The firm offers help desk, tech implementation, managed IT, website and development, digital marketing and techSoup courses services. The company was founded by Daniel Ben-Horin in 1987 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Ask.com, Excite, Inc. operates internet portals. The company is based in Redwood City, CA. The company was founded by Mark Haren, Martin Reinfried, Ryan A. McIntyre.

Hotwire, Inc. provides travel services. It offers various types of travel services, including travel agencies, tour operators, cruise lines and Internet vacation reservations services. The firm also offers discounts on airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, cruises and vacation packages. The company was founded by Karl Ivar Peterson, Eric Grosse, Gregg Brockway and Spencer M. Rascoff in 2000 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

FitnessKeeper, Inc. develops GPS-based mobile applications. It provides application and operates an online community for tracking fitness activities. The firm provides RunKeeper, application that enables its users to use the built-in GPS in their phone to track outdoor fitness activities, including duration, distance, pace, speed, elevation, calories burned, and path traveled on a map. The company was founded by Jason Jacobs and Joe Bondi in 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

NexTag, Inc. engages in the development and distribution of online monetization and traffic acquisition technologies. The company was founded by Mark A. Bradley, Purnendu Ojha and Rafael Ortiz in May 1999 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.