Edward R. McCracken

National Semiconductor Corp. develops and manufactures analog intensive and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The firm’s product portfolio includes power management circuits, audio and operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog converters, communication interface circuits, lighting and display circuits, adaptive voltage scaling circuits, and radio frequency integrated circuits, as well as power references, regulators, and switches. The company was founded by Arie Brish on June 29, 1959 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Tularik, Inc. is engaged in the discovery and development of a broad range of novel and superior orally available medicines that act through the regulation of gene expression. Tularik's scientific platform is focused on three therapeutic areas: cancer, inflammation and metabolic disease. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Silicon Graphics, Inc., is a leader in high-performance computing, visualization and storage. SGI's vision is to provide technology that enables the most significant scientific and creative breakthroughs of the 21st century. Whether it's sharing images to aid in brain surgery, finding oil more efficiently, studying global climate, providing technologies for homeland security and defense or enabling the transition from analog to digital broadcasting, SGI is dedicated to addressing the next class of challenges for scientific, engineering and creative users

Iowa State University Foundation operates as a non-profit organization dedicated to securing and stewarding private gifts and grants that benefit Iowa State University. The company is headquartered in Ames, IA.

Silicon Valley Networks, Inc. provides test management software that enable corporations to build automated test environments. The company was founded by Eyal Cohen in December 1996 and is located in Santa Clara, CA.

Satmetrix Systems, Inc. provides cloud-based customer experience software solutions.The firm offers enterprise programs, such as net promoter that enables to create an enterprise view of the customer experience by monitoring interaction points and evaluating the overall health of customer relationships; and business-to-business solutions that provide alerts and triggers, role-specific reporting, integration, and relationship analysis, as well as segmentation, role-based survey design, and wave management. The company was founded by Andre O. Schwager, Roselie Buonauro, David Renaud and Kathryn S. Hanson in February 1997 and is headquartered in Redwood, CA.