Douglas Stovall

Acuity Mobile, Inc. provided mobile marketing solutions. The company was founded in 2000 and was headquartered in Potomac, MD.

Telecommunications Systems, Inc. provides communications services. It specializes in satellite bandwidth, deployable communications, field service support, IT services, wireless, navigation, LBS, text messaging, and public safety solutions. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Annapolis, MD.

NexCen Brands, Inc. is a strategic brand management company that owns and manages a portfolio of seven franchised brands, operating in a single business segment: Franchising. Five of the brands are in the quick service restaurant industry. These include: Great American Cookies, Marble Slab Creamery, MaggieMoo's, Pretzel Time and Pretzelmaker. The other two brands, The Athlete's Food and Shoebox New York, are in the retail footwear and accessories industry. The franchise network, across all brands, consists of approximately 1,700 retail stores in 38 countries. They earn revenue primarily from the franchising, royalty, licensing and other contractual fees that third parties pay for the right to use the intellectual property associated with the brands. The company was founded by George M. Davis in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Xpedior, Inc. engaged in the provision of comprehensive solutions to Global 2000 companies and emerging Internet companies that conduct eBusiness. The company uses its Xpedior process and reusable solutions to deliver services. Xpedior was founded by Stacy Reed on December 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Hipcricket Inc. is the one-stop mobile marketing and advertising company that empowers brands, agencies and media properties to engage customers, drive loyalty and increase sales. Hipcricket's customers connect with consumers across every mobile channel, including SMS, 2D/QR codes, mobile Web sites, advertising networks, social media and branded apps. Hipcricket's proven technology, strategic and marketing services and experienced account management teams have provided measurable successes through an industry-leading 90,000 campaigns for clients such as Macy's, MillerCoors, Nestle, KFC, and Clear Channel. The company has also created the first comprehensive permission-based mobile ad network that taps into the buying power of the mass market with industry-leading capabilities to target customers via location and highly-specific demographic information across SMS, display, rich media and video. Hipcricket is a privately held corporation based near Seattle, Washington, with operations in New York, Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles and Mexico City.

Merkle, Inc. operates as a customer relationship marketing agency services. It offers consulting, marketing technology, data and analytics and digital agency services. The firm serves the financial, travel, retail, media, health, and insurance industries. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.

Hipcricket, Inc. provided mobile marketing technology and services that enabled brands, advertising agencies, and media companies to integrate promotions, video and other digital content through the Internet and mobile devices. The firm's offerings allowed marketers, brands, and agencies to plan, create, test, deploy, and track mobile marketing programs across every mobile channel, including SMS, MMS, 2D/QR codes, mobile websites, advertising networks, social media and branded apps. Its AD LIFE platform facilitated consumer brand interaction and the ability to track and analyze campaign results. The AD LIFE platform solved the mobile marketing industry problem of disparate operating systems, device types, and on-screen mobile content rendering. The company also provided business-to-consumer solutions, including national mobile couponing campaigns, strategic mobile healthcare tools, custom mobile application development, and consumer data tracking and analytics. Hipcricket was founded by Mark D. Severini in 1999 and was headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Ossia, Inc. develops prepackaged computer software. Its product, Cota, keeps multiple devices charged without any user intervention, enabling wire-free, powered-up world. The company was founded by Hatem Zeine in 2008 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.