Dhiresh Jethwa

Solectron Corp. was a provider of electronics manufacturing and supply-chain management services. It offerings included new-product design and introduction services, materials management, high-tech product manufacturing, and product warranty and end-of-life support. The firm was acquired by Flextronics International Ltd. The company was founded in 1977 and was headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Part of Berry Global Group, Inc., Chicopee, Inc. is a company based in Benson, NC.

Medis Technologies Ltd. develops, manufactures, markets and distributes direct liquid fuel cell products for portable electronic devices. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Register.com, Inc. provides Internet domain registration services for businesses and consumers to have a branded identity on the Internet. The firm directly registers domain names across the generic top level domains like .com, .net, and .org. It offers its services to small and medium sized businesses, large corporations, and individual consumers. The company was founded by Peter A. Forman and Dan B. Levine in 1994 and is located in New York, NY.

Barington Companies Investors LLC (BCI) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1999 and is majority-owned by Barington Capital Group LP, which is owned by LNA Capital Corp. BCI is the general partner of, and provides discretionary investment advisory services to, Barington Companies Equity Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

InterDesign Group, Inc. provides architectural services. It offers master and space planning, residential and interior designing, site architecture and construction management services. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Riverside Partners LLC /New York/ (Riverside Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Bela Szigethy. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices across the globe.

Transtar Industries, Inc. manufactures and distributes driveline parts and services to the motor vehicle replacement parts industry. It offers allison transmission, coolers, transtar driveline, electrical, fluids and chemicals, and hard parts. The company was founded by Monte Ahuja in 1975 and is headquartered in Walton Hills, OH.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems develops and supplies active safety technologies. It offers air brake charging, and control systems and components under the Bendix brand name for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, tractors, trailers, document library, diagnostic tools, brake school, and product action centers. The company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Elyria, OH.

LQ Corp., Inc. markets physical security and critical strategic security solutions. It engages in the development, design, and distribution of open architecture access control software, programmable controllers, readers, and identity cards in the United States. The firm's products include pinnacle control and event management software solution and Threshold enterprise solutions. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Gerber Technology, Inc. delivers industry software and automation solutions. It provides computer software for production planning, design, pattern development, costing, cut planning, marker making, fabric spreading, cutting, and sewing floor automation. The company was founded by H. Joseph Gerber in 1967 and is headquartered in Tolland, CT.

Prodos Capital LLC (Prodos) is a private equity firm founded in 2003. The firm is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

TransAct, Inc. provides hands-on strategic online and offline direct marketing. Its services include website creation and refreshment, search engine optimization and search engine marketing, brand development, viral and social media integration, mobile device platforms, competitive market analyses, email, direct mail, collateral and customer loyalty programs. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in White Plains, NY.

Habitat for Humanity of Collier County, Inc. engages in builidng, repairing and renovating. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Naples, FL.

Flash Global Logistics, Inc. provides third-party logistics services. It offers mission critical, solutions engineering, flashtrac, flashview and account management. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Mountain Lakes, NJ.

Connecticut Business & Industry Association is a non-profit organization that provides commercial support services. The private company is based in Hartford, CT. Joseph F. Brennan has been the CEO of the company since 1988.

Barington Capital Group LP provides investment advisory services. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The firm manages limited partnerships for its clients. The company was founded in 1991 by James Anthony Mitarotonda and is headquartered in New York, NY.