Evan C. Sanders

Centrality Communications, Inc. provides semiconductor systems. It also provides navigation infotainment system services. Centrality Communications develops wireless communications, multimedia and processor architecture. The company was founded by Chi-Shin Wang is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

MEMSIC, Inc. supplies inertial sensors systems, sensor components and wireless sensors. It provides advanced semiconductor sensors and multi-sensor system solutions based on micro-electromechanical systems technology and sophisticated integration technologies in both the IC level and module level. The company was founded by Yang Zhao in 1999 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.

B456 Systems, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and install multi-megawatt battery systems with integrated power electronics and smart grid control systems that provides electric and ancillary services such as standby reserve capacity and regulation services. The company develops batteries and battery systems for hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles. It also provides energy storage solutions that improve the reliability and efficiency of the electric power grid and help to integrate renewable sources of power generation. The company's energy solutions group offers a variety of fully-packaged systems as well as sub-module building blocks for battery system development. It was founded by Yet-Ming Chiang, Gilbert N. Riley Jr. and Ric Fulop on October 19, 2001 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

CyOptics, Inc. designs, develops and markets optical chips and components. It designs, develops and markets a line of InP optical chips and components for integration into access, metro and long-haul communications systems. The firm also provides contract design, foundry and packaging services. The company was founded by Uzi Koren, Micah Zimmerman, Mansur Roni and Yair Halpren in January 1999 and is headquartered in Allentown, PA.

Part of Corning, Inc., Lasertron, Inc. is a company that makes optical components. The company is based in Burlington, MA. The company was founded by Jorge M. Fernandes. Lasertron was acquired by Oak Industries, Inc. on 1995-09-07 for $112.0 million.