Larry L. Hansen

National Semiconductor Corp. develops and manufactures analog intensive and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The firm’s product portfolio includes power management circuits, audio and operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog converters, communication interface circuits, lighting and display circuits, adaptive voltage scaling circuits, and radio frequency integrated circuits, as well as power references, regulators, and switches. The company was founded by Arie Brish on June 29, 1959 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Mavenir Private Holdings II Ltd. operates as an investment holding company, which engages in the provision of software applications for digital transformation of mobile networks. Its cloud-native software applications are embedded in wireless service provider networks that provide mobile services such as voice, messaging, video, and connectivity. The company was founded on May 3, 2016 and is headquartered in Richardson, TX.

Peerless Network, Inc. provides carrier and enterprise interconnection solutions. It focuses on simplifying the interconnection process for telecommunication companies, service providers and enterprises via innovative end office, tandem, and advanced routing services. The firm provides originating and terminating calling services to telecom providers via its all IP network. The company was founded by John R. Barnicle and Douglass B. Lee in 2008 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

MetaMedia Inc. provides a cloud-based entertainment platform that delivers movies, content, and live events to cinemas and other venues. The private company is based in Pasadena, CA. The company was founded by Jason Brenek, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

ER-Telecom Holding CJSC provides telecommunication services. Its services include Internet access, multiservice network, remote workplaces, video surveillance, video conferencing, transfer of technological data, telephony, and cable television. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russian Federation.

Tekelec Global, Inc. provides mobile broadband solutions. The company was founded by Jean-Claude Asscher in December 1971 and was headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

TNS, Inc. provides networking and data services. It offers payment, financial and telecom solutions. The company was founded by John J. McDonnell Jr. in 1990 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Prestige-Internet LLC provides telecommunication services. It offers Internet access, telephony, cloud solutions, video surveillance, and deployment of multiservice corporate networks. The company was founded by Lee Sparkman, Theodore Schell, and Viktor Ratnikov on October 9, 2003 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.

Associated Partners LP invests in companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of infrastructure, telecommunications, internet, media and related technologies. It provides financing for early stage capital requirements.

Education Networks of America, Inc. provides network and communication services to the education, library and government sectors. It offers managed network and communications services, connectivity and voice (VoIP), E-mail and E-mail archiving, web hosting, and video teleconferencing solutions, as well as instructional, administrative, and productivity applications. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Clearwire Corp. provided fourth generation wireless broadband services. It built and operated next generation mobile broadband networks that provided mobile internet and residential Internet access services. The company was founded by Craig O. McCaw in October 2003 and was headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Founded in 1976, Apax Partners, Inc. is a venture capital/private equity firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of London-based Apax Partners LLP

Transaction Network Services, Inc. provides payments, financial services, and telecommunications solutions. It offers managed processing services, security, global connectivity, identity and protection, and market data. The firm provides services to many organizations in the global payments and financial communities, as well as a provider of extensive telecommunications network solutions to service providers The company was founded by John J. McDonnell, Jr. in 1990 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

SIRIS Capital Group LLC (SIRIS Capital Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2011 by Frank Baker, Peter Berger and Jeffrey Hendren. The firm is headquartered in New York, the United States.

AllianceBernstein LP (AB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). AB provides investment advice to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations and other business entities.

Part of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Monolithic Memories, Inc. is a company that manufactures integrated circuits. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. The company was founded by Ze'ev Drori.

Part of STMicroelectronics NV, Waferscale Integration, Inc. develops programmable system devices. The company is based in Fremont, CA. Waferscale Integration was acquired by STMicroelectronics NV on July 28, 2000 for $68 million.

Virtual Silicon Technology, Inc. supplies semiconductor intellectual property solutions. Its solutions include cell libraries, basic I/O's, applications, memory compilers and programmable phase locked loops. The company was founded in 1997 by Michael G. Kliment and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Corp. is a company based in New York, NY.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.