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Grupo Alfa is an investment holding Venezuelan company with diverse interests in hotels, civil construction material retailing, radio broadcasting, and investment banking activities. The private company is based in Caracas, Venezuela, and has subsidiaries in Brazil.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

VIDITalk Corp. provides integrated online video publishing solutions for small and large enterprises, non-profits, government agencies, and consumers. The company operates a video publishing and distribution platform that enables its users to create, manage, and distribute video in online environments, including Websites, newsletters, blogs, and e-mail campaigns. The company was founded by Fred J. Mueller and John G. Hayes in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Gloto Corp. provides cloud-based storage services. The private company is based in Fulton, MD.

Uppidy, Inc. provides mobile application services. Its service enables end-users to store, manage, share and search individual text and SMS messages. The firm stores, archives, searches and publishes text messages to social media outlets without toggling between applications. The firm's service combines popular features from Google, Twitter and Facebook by integrating publishing, geolocation, search and cloud-based storage capabilities to present a seamless experience for the user. The company was founded by Joshua M. Konowe, Francis Knott and Gregg Smith in 2011 and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.

KoolSpan, Inc. develops hardware-based encryption and security applications. It protects data and voice communications over network-connected devices and the foundation for KoolSpan encryption is TrustChip, a hardware-based security platform delivered through a secure microSD processor. The company was founded by Jeffrey Mose, Rick Gutowski and Anthony C. Fascenda in 2003 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc. offers healthcare services. It provides and coordinates comprehensive health care services for Medicare Advantage and Medicaid. The company was founded by Noel J. Guillama in January 1996 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.