Alain Defrenne

ARIO Data Networks, Inc. provides external serial input and output storage solutions. The firm solutions are being deployed in SAN, NAS, and DAS environments, with applications from information lifecycle management, near line storage, and disk-to-disk back up. The company was founded by Johnny Tseng in July 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

InterMune, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that researches, develops and commercializes therapies in pulmonology and orphan fibrotic diseases. It focuses on therapies for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive and fatal lung disease. The firms research programs are focused on the discovery of targeted, small-molecule therapeutics and biomarkers to treat and monitor serious pulmonary and fibrotic diseases. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Lantern Communications, Inc. was a provider of packet-based transport ethernet connection products. Founded in 1999, the firm was located in Sunnyvale, CA.

BEA Systems, Inc. provides business software solutions. The firm provides transaction processing systems, telecommunication billing applications, and enterprise financial systems. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

First Franklin Corp. provides savings, loan operations, mortgage banking and other related financial activities. The company was founded on December 1, 1987 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.