Maureen Blando

Aptix Corp. develops, manufactures and markets software & hardware solutions for designing and verifying complex electronic systems and SoC designs. Its software products include programs for mapping SoC designs onto multi-FPGA PSP's. The company was founded by Amr Mohsen in 1989 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Eastern National is a non-profit organization that engages in supporting the interpretive, educational, and scientific programs and services of the national park service and other public trust partners. It provides museum stores, interpretive services, and product development. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Fort Washington, PA.

Rio Design Automation, Inc. provides electronic design automation services. It also provides chip designers package software that enables input and output optimization tradeoffs to take place in the context of the package and printed circuit board. The company was founded by Kaushik I. Sheth and Egino Sarto in 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Prysm Systems, Inc. engages in the provision of digital display solutions. The firm designs and manufactures Laser Phosphor Displays for large format video applications. The company was founded by Amit Jain and Roger J. Hajjar in 2005 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Arradiance LLC develops maskless, massively parallel and direct-write e-beam source products. It combines material science, charged particle physics, equipment design, modeling, simulation and vacuum technology. The company was founded by Harry F. Lockwood, Kenneth Stenton and David R. Beaulieu in 2003 and is headquartered in Sudbury, MA.

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.

SiBEAM is a privately-held fabless semiconductor company and founding member of the WirelessHD™ Consortium. A pioneer in developing intelligent millimeter wave technologies for wireless communications, SiBEAM is the first to build 60GHz chipsets using standard CMOS technology. The first applications for the company's innovative technology are based on the WirelessHD™ specification for home multimedia content delivery and A/V connectivity. SiBEAM is a global leader in driving the architecture and semiconductor implementation for the distribution and presentation of high-definition content in the consumer electronics and personal computing markets. Solutions for wireless personal area networks (WPAN) and WLAN automotive will follow. The company is actively involved in organizations leading the next-generation of digital home connectivity, including IEEE, CEA and MPAA The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in San Diego, Seoul and Tokyo.

SRI International provides contract research and development services. It is an independent, nonprofit research institute conducting client-sponsored research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses, foundations, and other organizations. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Actuate Innovation, Inc. is a private company that addresses societal challenges such as climate change mitigation, good health, trustworthy data and information, and opportunity for every person. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA and was founded by Wade Shen and Arati Prabhakar. The company uses a method called "solutions R & D" which weaves together research insights and lessons from the real world to demonstrate new capabilities that change what's possible. In May 2023, Actuate the 501(c)3 will cease its operations, but the work of Actuate will continue through other vehicles. Actuate Climate has joined forces with the Prime Coalition, a nonprofit that steers and influences capital to support scalable solutions to climate change. The team has become Prime's Early Catalytic Infrastructure (ECI) program. Arati Prabhakar has been the CEO since incorporation.

Mayfield Fund LLC (Mayfield Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 1969 by Mark Jay Levin. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

CARE USA operates charitable organizations. It provides charitable services to help communities in areas such as health, education, economic development, emergency relief and agriculture. The company also has a Small Economic Activity Development (SEAD) unit that supports money-making activities. CARE USA was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Anita Borg Institute for Women & Technology operates as a social enterprise that aims to recruit, retain, and advance women in technology. It offers awards for individuals, community voices, events for organizations, career toolbox, and scholarships for GHC. The company was founded by Anita Borg and Telle Whitney in 1997 and is headquartered in Belmont, CA.

Lorentz Solution, Inc. provides electronic design automation products. It products include EM synthesis and analysis, EM extraction and modeling, EM interconnect design analysis, and package and board-level analysis. The firm solutions include PCircuit EM Device Synthesis, Physics-Based Modeling, Hierarchical Electromagnetics, and Full-wave 3D Electromagnetic Structure Simulator. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.