James Kirsner

Ask Jeeves, Inc. provides consumers and advertisers with information retrieval products across a diverse portfolio of Web sites, portals and desktop search applications. Ask Jeeves' search and search-based portal brands include: Ask Jeeves (Ask.com and Ask.co.uk); Ask Jeeves Japan (Ask.jp, a joint venture); Ask Jeeves for Kids (AJKids.com); Bloglines (Bloglines.com); Excite (excite.com); iWon (iwon.com); My Search (mysearch.com); My Way (myway.com); My Web Search (mywebsearch.com) and Teoma (teoma.com). Ask Jeeves also owns the search technology Teoma, proprietary natural language processing technology, as well as portal and ad serving technologies.

Bank of Marin engages in the provision of banking and financial services. It serves commercial and residential customers. The company was founded in August 1989 and is headquartered in Novato, CA.

Advent Software, Inc. offers software and services that automate work flows and data across investment management organizations. It develops, markets, and sells software products, Software-as-a-Service, hosting services, and data interfaces. The company was founded by Stephanie G. DiMarco in 1983 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

CoolSystems, Inc. manufactures sports medicine and orthopedic medical devices. It offers GRPro 2.1 control unit, dual-action wraps, and accessories, such as post-op knee braces, cool post-op knee braces, single and dual connector hoses, carry bags, wrap bags, and rechargeable battery packs. The firm operates under the brand name Game Ready. The company was founded by William Elkins in 1997 and is headquartered in Concord, CA.

Founded in 1980, Tukman Grossman Capital Management, Inc. is a registered investment advisor located in Larkspur, California. The firm was formerly known as formerly Tukman Capital Management, Inc. The firm provides investment advisory services for a variety of clients including pension funds, foundations, private funds, other types of “institutional clients,” and high net-worth individuals.

Barra LLC provides investment analytics, trading solutions and software to investment professions. The company provides risk management technology for investment professionals. Barra was founded by Barr Rosenberg and Andrew Rudd in 1975 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.