Kenneth S. Kannappan

Integrated Device Technology, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of semiconductor solutions for the communications, computing, consumer, automotive, and industrial end-markets. The company was founded by Chun Pang Chiu and Tsu-Wei Lee in 1980 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Plantronics, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of headsets, voice, video, and content sharing solutions. It operates through the Products and Services segments. The Products segment includes the firm's headsets, voice, and video product lines. The Services segment includes maintenance support on hardware devices, as well as professional, managed, and cloud services and solutions. The company was founded by Courtney Graham and Keith Larkin in 1961 and is headquartered in Santa Cruz, CA.

Mattson Technology, Inc. designs, manufactures, markets, and supports semiconductor wafer processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits (ICs) worldwide. The firm supplies dry strip and rapid thermal processing equipment to the global semiconductor industry. The company was founded by Brad Mattson in 1988 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Silicon Valley Leadership Group operates as an advocacy organization to influence public policy relating to the valley. The non-profit company is based in San Jose, CA.

Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. The private company is based in Buffalo, NY and has subsidiaries in Switzerland. The company was founded by Thomas W. Ostrander.

Plantronics Ltd. operates as an electronics firm. It offers business and personal headsets and audio solutions. The Company was founded on November 29, 1983 and is headquartered in Royal Wootton Bassett, the United Kingdom.