Amanda Ford

Nuveen Investments, Inc. provides investment management and related services to retail and institutional investors. It offers investment management capabilities across a diversified set of asset classes and investment strategies through its investment management affiliates, including municipal bond, investment grade, global and high-yield bond, floating-rate bank loan, preferred securities, growth equity, value equity, global and international equity, equity income, core equity, equity index, quantitative and enhanced equity, asset allocation, balanced strategies, real asset and commodity. The company was founded by John Nuveen in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Sybase, Inc. engages in the development and provision of mobile and wireless software solutions for data integration. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

Visual Edge Technology, Inc. owns and operates imaging solution and Information Technology services companies. It office solutions include the sale and service of automated multifunction products, manage print services, document management software, network management services and Information Technology solutions. The company is headquartered in North Canton, OH.

Western & Southern Financial Group, Inc. provides life insurance, financial investment and real estate investment management services. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

University of the Pacific is a nationally ranked university with a long tradition of dedicated teaching, small class sizes, practical experience and vibrant residential life. The breathtaking main campus in Stockton, California is home to seven schools and colleges, with more than 80 majors and programs of study. Pacific also has the McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento and the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco. Total university enrollment is nearly 7,000, with 3,757 undergraduates in an average class size of 19 and a student/faculty ratio of 14:1. It is located in Stockton, California.

Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum Operates and maintains planetarium and museum. It provides astronomy education for students, adults and families through variety of lectures and special events. The company was founded by Max Adler in 1930 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Cenzic, Inc. provides software, managed service and cloud security products. It focuses on Web application security, automating the process of identifying security defects at the Web application level where more than 75% of attacks occur, help customers in remediating those defects, manage risk and get compliance with regulations such as PCI. The company was founded by Penny C. Leavy and Gregory M. Hoglund in June 2000 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The Big Shoulders Fund provides financial services. The company was founded by James J. O'Connor, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin and Fred O'Connor in 1986 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

AlienVault, Inc. provides security management solutions. It offers open source tools for asset discovery, vulnerability assessment, threat detection, behavioral monitoring, security intelligence, security information and event management. The company was founded by Julio Casal and Dominique Karg on May 1, 2012 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

AH Capital Management LLC (AH Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Lowell Andreessen and Ben A. Horowitz. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Money Management Institute provides advice and professionally-managed investment solutions to individual and institutional investors. It provides advisory solutions through advocacy, educational initiatives, regulatory affairs, publications, data reporting and professional networking. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

CipherCloud, Inc. provides cloud data security and compliance solutions. The firm’s technology protects sensitive information in real time, before it is sent to the cloud, while preserving application usability and functionality. The company was founded by Pravin Kothari in 2010 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

ClearSlide, Inc. provides a cloud-based sales communications platform. It offers content management, email tracking, web conferencing, guided selling and sales force integrations products. The firm serves the media, online, software, education, travel, insurance, finance, health care, consumer and industrial goods, and sports and entertainment industries. The company was founded by Al Lieb and James L. Benton in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of Zambeef Products Plc, Zam Chick Ltd. is a Zambian company that processes and distributes poultry products.

Illumio, Inc. engages in the provision of virtualization and cloud security solutions. It offers micro-segmentation, visibility, migration, and compliance and risk solutions. The company was founded by Andrew E. Rubin, P. J. Kirner and Alan Stokol in 2013 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

FTV Capital NV is engaged in providing financial services. It offers enterprise technology, and payments and transaction processing services. The company is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Contrast Security, Inc. provides security technology. It enables software applications to protect themselves against cyber attacks. The company was founded by Jeff Williams and Arshan Dabirsiaghi in 2014 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Shield Capital LLC (Shield Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. The firm headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Respond Software, Inc. develops enterprise-scale security software. The firm offers Respond Analyst, a self-driving security operations center SOC that automatically diagnoses and escalates incidents in the areas of an expert system. The company was founded by Mike Armistead, Chris Calvert and Robert Hipps in 2016 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.