S. Jay Park

WaveSplitter Technologies, Inc. is an independent provider of high-performance optical components and modules for system manufacturers worldwide seeking flexible, scalable technology platforms, advanced design capabilities, and extensive production capacity. The company develops, manufactures, and distributes fused fiber and planar lightguide circuit products, including pump laser combiners, optical channel interleavers, arrayed waveguide gratings, couplers, WDMs, and add/drop thin-film filters. Its technology platforms are designed to enable optical systems manufacturers and service providers to increase the capacity and reliability of their optical networks, extend the reach of optical signals in core networks and build flexible, scalable, and cost-effective metropolitan area networks. WaveSplitter was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Fremont, California with offices and manufacturing facilities in Taipei, Taiwan, and Shenzhen, China.

The Kavli Foundation engages in the provision of support for the advancement of science, increase of public understanding, and support for scientists. The company was founded by Fred Kavli in December 2000 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Gridtential Energy, Inc. develops energy storage technology for renewable energy and electric vehicle applications. Its proprietary technology for an advanced lead-acid battery replaces the metal grid in current lead-acid battery designs with a silicon substrate. The company was founded by Peter G. Borden and Michele Klein in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Part of Flex Ltd., Wave Optics, Inc. designs and manufactures services for the optical component industry. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. Wave Optics was acquired by Flex Ltd. on February 09, 2001.

ASM NEXX, Inc. manufactures and develops processing equipment for wafer level packaging applications. The company was founded by Richard S. Post on August 7, 2001 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

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.

Tarari, Inc. operates as a fabless semiconductor company. Its products include silicon chips, boards, and software acceleration components. The company was founded by Randy Smerik, David Finlay, Rick Johnson, and Jeff Carmichael in 2002 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

3leaf Systems, Inc. offers server virtualization solutions to the enterprise data centers. It provides virtualization architecture that enables mainframe-class capabilities for commodity servers. The company was founded by Isam Akkawi, Bob Quinn and Scott Linda in June 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

STATS ChipPAC, Inc. provides semiconductor packaging, test and distribution services. Its clients include the computing, communications, consumer, automotive and industrial markets. STATS ChipPAC also provides customers with semiconductor test services for various device types, including mixed-signal, digital logic, memory, power, and radio frequency devices. The company is a subsidiary of STATS ChipPAC Ltd. and is located in Tempe, AZ.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

Flextronics Corp. provides fiberoptics and electronics manufacturing services. The company is located in Westford, MA.

Broadband Forum is a non-profit organization that focuses on accelerating broadband innovation, standards, and ecosystem development. The private company is based in Fremont, CA. Its members include leading broadband operators, vendors, and thought leaders who are shaping the future of broadband. Broadband Forum's projects span across 5G, connected home, cloud, and access. Its working groups collaborate to define best practices for networks, enable new revenue-generating service and content delivery, establish technology migration strategies, and engineer critical device, service & development management tools in the home and business IP networking infrastructure. Ken Ko has been the CEO of the company since 2017.