Gary Oliver

ASM NEXX, Inc. manufactures and develops processing equipment for wafer level packaging applications. The company was founded by Richard S. Post on August 7, 2001 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Powerset, Inc. provides online search engine services. It helps to search in normal language. The company was founded by Barney Pell, Ryan Ferrier, Steve Newcomb and Lorenzo Thione in 2005 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Siri, Inc. engages in the development of mobile phone applications. It offers virtual personal assistant application. The company was founded by Dag Kittlaus, Tom Gruber, Adam Cheyer and Norman D. Winarsky in 2007 and is headquartered in DE.

Blazent, Inc. provides information technology business intelligence software solutions. Its products include softrac, glove, opselare and data explorer. The company also offers data quality management, data governance, operational validations and software inventory analysis solutions. Blazent was founded by Pamela Day in 2000 and is headquartered in Livonia, MI.

DecisionView, Inc. develops Web-based clinical trial software solutions. It provides enrollment planning, tracking, diagnosis and optimization services. The company was founded by Sham Chotai, John A. Norris and Jack Porter in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. operates as a non-profit organization. It mobilizes business, government, and civic leaders to maximize the region’s economic prosperity and global competitiveness. The company is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Onto Innovation, Inc., Counterpoint Solutions, Inc. develops and provides wafer inspection, review and failure analysis systems and software solutions. The company is based in Thornwood, NY. The company was founded by Michael P. Plisinski. Counterpoint Solutions was acquired by August Technology Corp. on July 08, 2003 for $1.41 million.

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and support of defect inspection, lithography, process control metrology, and process control software. Its products include semiconductor, light emitting diodes (LED), flat panel display, data storage, and compound semi. The company was founded by Otto Curt Rudolph in 1940 and is headquartered in Budd Lake, NJ.

Applied Science & Technology, Inc. provides solutions for plasma, power, reactive gases and process systems. The company's precision reactive gas processing is used in semiconductor, medical and industrial production applications. The products manufactured are plasma systems, microwave power, control systems and ozone supply systems. The customers of the company include Applied Materials, GaSonics International, Lam Research, FSI International, Semitool, Silicon Vally Group and Ulvac. Applied Science & Technology is located in Wilmington, MA.

nPoint, Inc. engages in the provision of nanopositioning solutions for applications. Its products include piezo stages & scanners, nanopositioner electronics and nanopositioner software. It also provides applications such as life science microscopy, semiconductor data storage, optics and photonics paclaging. The company was founded by Jim F. Mackay, Erwin W. Mueller, Max G. Lagally and Todd Carper 1997 and is headquartered in Middleton, WI.

Argoid Analytics, Inc. develops autonomous consumer insights platform. Its products are media and e-commerce. The company was founded by Gokul Muralidharan and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.