Peter Hirshberg

ActiveVideo Networks, Inc. provides a web-based programming platform. It offers CloudTV, a cloud-based software platform that enables service providers, and content aggregators to virtualize CPE functions in the cloud for the purposes of delivering next-generation user interfaces, online content, and interactive advertising for television to set-tops and connected devices. The company was founded by Leo W. Hoarty in 1988 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Technorati, Inc. operates as a blog search engine and directory. It provides an advertising network, a social rich media technology platform and web properties. The firm serves to the publishers and marketers. The company was founded in 2002 by David L. Sifry and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., Gloss.com, Inc. retails beauty products online. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded by Richard L. Dickson. Gloss.com was acquired by The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. on November 15, 2000.

Chanel, Inc. manufactures and supplies fragrance and beauty products for women. It offers skincare products, makeup products, eyewear, watches, fine jewelry, and fashion products. The company sells its products through department stores and specialty stores; its boutiques; and online. Chanel was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Goodmail Systems is the creator of CertifiedEmail™, the industry's standard class of email. CertifiedEmail provides a safe and reliable means for consumers to easily identify authentic email messages from legitimate commercial and nonprofit email senders. Each CertifiedEmail is sent with a cryptographically secure token that assures authenticity and is marked in the inbox with a unique blue ribbon envelope icon, enabling consumers to visually distinguish email messages which are real and sent from email senders with whom they have a pre-existing relationship. Available to email senders meeting strict standards for best practices and low complaint rates, it is the only class of e-mail available that assures delivery of all opt-in e-mail messages to the inbox, with links and images automatically rendered intact, and embedded multi-dimensional applications like CertifiedVideo™ for streaming video, yielding measurable improvements in e-mail effectiveness. CertifiedEmail has been adopted by seven of the nation's top 10 email mailbox providers and is in use by 500 commercial, government and non-profit senders. It is supported in North America and Europe by a wide network of email platforms and service providers.

The Computer History Museum is a leading museum that explores the computing past, digital present, and future impact of technology on humanity. The museum is based in Mountain View, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The non-profit company's mission is to decode technology and share insights gleaned from their research, events, and collection of computing artifacts and oral histories to convene, inform, and empower people to build a better world. The CEO of the company is Dan'l Lewin.

The Aspen Institute operates an institution that fosters leadership skills and open-minded dialogue. It conducts seminars, policy programs, conferences and leadership development initiatives, the Institute and its international partners seek to promote nonpartisan inquiry. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.