Marcus W. Shute

Shute Enterprises, Inc. provides research and development, scientific, technical and business consulting services. It specializes in wireless communications, optical communications and optical networking, materials science, physics, polarization phenomena, polymer and physical chemistry, engineering and design, quality assurance, business management consulting, educational programs, and software development. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Lithonia, GA.

Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc. (SURA) operates as an association of colleges and universities. It is the consortium of universities and colleges in the southern and eastern United States. It sponsors research projects in engineering, biology, physical and natural sciences. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Luxcore Networks, Inc. develops optical internetworking systems. It provides ethernet switch/routers and optical internetworking solutions for broadband access and metro networks. The company was founded by Gerald P. Ramdeen in 1999 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

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

Bell Laboratories provides research and development services. It provides communications technologies including transistors, digital networking, signal processing, lasers and fiber-optic communications systems, communication satellites, cellular telephony, electronic switching of calls, touch-tone dialing and modems. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Murray Hill, NJ.