Newton F. Hamlin

Westlake Group LLC provides investment banking and corporate management services. The company provides venture development, corporate finance, and business management services to entrepreneurial companies. It offers services to the technology, communications, and life sciences industries. It also offers consulting services that include mergers and acquisitions advice, financial and strategic consulting, and business plan development. Westlake Group is headquartered in Austin, TX

Texas Multicore Technologies, Inc. develops multicore solutions for processor intensive applications. It offers SequenceL, a declarative functional language that delivers a parallel program for multi core processors. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX.

SignaCert, Inc. provides partner-based information technology compliance solutions for organizations and government agencies in the United States. Its products include signacert integrity and global trust repository. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Georgetown, TX.

Optimal Electronics Corp. provides software solutions for the control and optimization of the electronics assembly process. It provides software system for managing the PCB manufacturing process. The firm's services include automated production scheduling, materials management, component traceability and complete manufacturing-floor control. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.