Kenneth R. Klein

Mercury Interactive Corporation (MIC), used to develop and market a suite of automated software testing solutions and services to the business technology optimization (BTO) marketplace. Its BTO offerings, were known as Mercury Optimization Centers, which consisted of integrated software, services and practices that enable companies to use a center of approach to govern the priorities, processes and people of information technology (IT), deliver & manage applications & integrate IT strategy and execution. MIC offered products and services in three product lines: IT governance, application delivery and application management. It was founded in 1989 and was located in Mountain View, CA.

Tumbleweed Communications Corp. provides security solutions for email protection, file transfers, and identity validation that allow organizations to safely conduct business over the Internet. The firm's products include secure transactions with identity validation, email, and file transfer. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Integrated Systems provides software, tools and engineering services for the embedded systems market. Its popular real-time operating system, pSOS+®, is currently deployed in over 38 million devices worldwide, primarily in telecommunications, consumer electronics, automotive, aerospace and Internet services. The company was located in Alameda, CA.

Navis LLC provides software solutions for the maritime transportation and logistics industry. It offers Navis N4, terminal operations, business intelligence, maritime business network, carrier and vessel solutions, MACS3, Stowman and Bluetracker. The firm's services include implementations and upgrades, optimization, IT system performance. N4 support locations, carrier and vessel support and Navis training. The company was founded by Jonathan Shields and Erick Tiemroth in 1988 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Amberpoint, Inc. was founded in 2001 with significant venture backing from Norwest and Sutter Hill, it is a fast-growing company with a vision for market requirements and significant customer traction. Its prominent executives and experienced developers bring impressive records of success from such leading software companies as Sun, Forte, IBM, webMethods, Oracle, Ingres and Sybase. Its team has a great deal of experience at pioneering new technologies for distributed systems, databases, development tools and management frameworks. It is now applying that experience to deliver solutions that ensure the health and well-being of composite applications. It has grown quickly to become the industry-leading provider of visibility, management and security software for distributed applications. AmberPoint leads the market in the number of software licenses, paid customers and customers in production. AmberPoint software is used in 63 countries spanning six continents around the globe. And it is closely aligned with the leading platform providers and systems integrators to help organizations worldwide realize the benefits of loosely-coupled applications.

G2 Holdings Corp. provides information technology asset disposition services. Thomas A. Lacey has been the CEO of the American company since 2011.

Meltwater News US, Inc. develops online business management software solutions. Its products include meltwater news, buzz and press. The company was founded by Jorn Lyseggen in 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.