Stephen Hope

Genentech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for life-threatening medical conditions. It studies various areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmic diseases, microbial pathogenesis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and opportunistic areas. The company was founded by Herb W. Boyer and Robert A. Swanson in 1976 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides network computing infrastructure solutions. It offers its solutions under the Java technology platform, Solaris Operating System, MySQL database management system, Sun StorageTek storage solutions, and UltraSPARC processor brands. The company also develops networking computing products and technologies which include servers, storage, open source software, tools, and training. The company provides solutions to the social networking, entertainment, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, news, energy, and engineering companies. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Molecular Devices LLC engages in the provision of bioanalytical solutions for protein and cell biology in life science research, pharmaceutical, and bio-therapeutic development. Its product portfolio includes platforms for screening, genomic and cellular analysis, colony selection, and microplate detection. The company was founded by Harden M. McConnell in July, 1983 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Actuate Corp. provides analytics and reporting platform. It offers BIRT iHub, a deployment platform that significantly improves the productivity of developers working on customer-facing applications. The company was founded by Nicolas C. Nierenberg in November 1993 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Zinio Systems, Inc. provides digital publishing products and services. The company provides production services that convert print magazines into digital and interactive versions. It allows readers to access titles such as BusinessWeek, PC Magazine, and Seventeen on the computer desktop via the Internet. Zinio Systems was founded by John Kelleher and Richard A. Maggiotto in March 2000 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA

Part of Grupo Start People, Quantum provides quantum technology, software, and services to help organizations make their unstructured data smarter. With over 40 years of innovation, Quantum's platform can orchestrate, protect, and enrich data across its lifecycle, providing enhanced intelligence and actionable insights. Quantum is trusted by leading organizations in cloud services, entertainment, government, research, education, transportation, and enterprise IT. Quantum was acquired by Grupo Start People on April 03, 2001.

Founded in 1984, Autodesk Ltd. is a British company that designs and develops multimedia software products. Part of Autodesk, Inc., the company is based in Farnborough, UK.