Michael S. Christian

PLATINUM Technology International, Inc. develops and sells system management and database tools for client server systems. The company was founded by Andrew J. Filipowski in April 1987 and is headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, IL.

S1 Corp. provides customer interaction software solutions. It offers payments solutions for ATM and retail point-of-sale driving, card management and merchant acquiring, financial services solutions for consumer, small business and corporate online banking, trade finance, mobile banking, voice banking, branch and call center banking. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Norcross, GA.

BakBone Software, Inc. develops and distributes data backup, restoration and disaster recovery software. Its solutions encompass data protection, de-duplication, disk-based and tape back-up and application support. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

SmartDrive Systems, Inc. provides driving technology solutions. It specializes in video based safety program and transportation intelligence solutions. The firm serves to the commercial trucking, government, private fleet, distribution, transit bus and rail, utilities, construction, and waste and recycling industries. The company was founded by Gregory V. Mauro, Robert J. Hutter and James Plante in 2004 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Tealium, Inc. provides enterprise tag management and real-time unified marketing solutions. Its products include Tealium iQ, an enterprise tag management platform that puts marketers in control of their online solutions, and AudienceStream, a real-time audience discovery and digital data distribution platform, that allows marketers to define, correlate and target their actionable audiences across channels. The company was founded by Ali Behnam and Michael Anderson in March 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Beyondly, Inc. provides business support services. The firm is an online planning and organization platform that helps people create, store, and securely share all of the important plans and information. It also helps people create an estate plan that aggregates financial, health, personal, digital, and legacy information in one simple and accessible place. The company was founded by Abby Schneiderman and Adam Seifer in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

DefenseStorm, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud-based cyber security solutions. It offers cyber security, network security, SaaS, banking, financial industry, machine learning, anomaly detection ,and threat detection services. The company was founded by Edgardo Nazario, Jeffrey W. Lunsford, Harold Brewer, and Sean Cassidy in 2014 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, WA.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of The Walt Disney Co., Institutional Investor is a financial publication and event producer for institutional investors. The company is based in New York, NY. For over 50 years, Institutional Investor has been providing exclusive memberships, forums, industry benchmarks, award-winning content, and custom research to the world's financial decision-makers. The company's custom research lab works with clients in the asset management, professional services, and technology industries to develop insightful primary research on asset markets, portfolio management, and investment decision making. Institutional Investor also offers highly-respected proprietary benchmark research and rankings, as well as independent sell-side and corporate performance research and rankings, spanning across all-Asia, the Americas, and Europe.

Taco Bell Corp. operates a chain of restaurants. Its products include texas-mexican cuisine foods such as tacos, burritos, gorditas, quesadillas, nachos, chalupas, salads and food items. The company was founded by Glen William Bell, Jr. in 1962 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

The Pillsbury Co. manufactures and distributes food products. Its products include baked goods, biscuits, breads, cookies, crescents, pie crusts, pizza crusts and snacks. The company was founded in 1869 is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Truviso provides analytics software that gives its customers immediate insight into their businesses through continuous, advanced analysis of live production data. Truviso customers are network-driven businesses whose traditional data warehouse and business intelligence solutions cannot deliver actionable information from production systems quickly enough, or cannot scale efficiently with their rapidly increasing volumes of data. Truviso customers gain the flexibility to combine current and historical data in real time for accurate visibility and action for their marketing, sales, operations teams, as well as their partners and customers. The Internet has changed the fundamentals of business. The social web has created a real-time discussion across devices, geographies, applications and users. The flow of information between businesses and consumers has changed dramatically, but the business intelligence technology being used to understand and take action on these conversations is decades old, and was never meant to be used on live production systems. Marketers, advertisers and content providers need immediate insight to understand, optimize and make the most of their videos, ads, articles, downloads and interactions. Getting information about content use and conversations 24 hours after they happen is simply too late for network-driven companies. The conventional store-first, batch-update relational database approach used by business intelligence tools and data warehouses is poorly suited to today’s “need it now” analytics and reporting requirements, and the enormous volume of data these interactions produce. Network-driven companies have had no option but to apply old constructs and technologies to solve a problem that has fundamentally changed. Truviso’s Continuous Analytics software isn’t a faster way to use dated methodologies, but a revolutionary way to process and analyze data—while still adhering to established data management principals. This continuous query technology enables companies to get detailed information about what’s going on across their network instantly, and also enables the system to handle massive amounts of data that previously required very expensive, dedicated infrastructure and complexity. Truviso has multiple patents pending on its continuous query technology, which was originally conceived in 2001 at the University of California, Berkeley, and makes immediate data processing and results across massive amounts of data possible. Truviso, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is lead by Internet and software veterans along with a team of experts in enterprise data management and analytics. Headquartered in Foster City, California, Truviso is funded by ONSET Ventures, Diamondhead Ventures, and the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund.

TVC Capital LLC (TVC Capital) is an operator-led growth equity firm founded in 2000 by Jeb Spencer and Steven Hamerslag. The firm is headquartered in San Diego, California.

InsideView Technologies, Inc. provides customer relationship management solutions for sales, marketing, and accounting management. Its solutions deliver company and contact information such as business insights and professional connections to increase sales and marketing productivity. The firm also offers InsideView API, a platform that direct access to the InsideView Open Platform connecting applications to data and insights. The company was founded by Umberto Milleti in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Certona Corp. provides automated optimization and personalization solutions. Its solutions include smart experiences, smart segments, smart shopping, smart test and analytics, B2B eCommerce and product finder. The Company was founded by Meyar Sheik and Geoffrey Hueter in 2004 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

The Upper Deck Co. LLC sells sports collectables. The firm's products include trading cards and autographed memorabilia. Its products represent base ball, basket ball, football, hockey. and stock car race. The company was founded by Richard McWilliam in 1988 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

The Tifin Group LLC (Tifin Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Vinay Nair. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Water.org, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that has transformed over 58 million lives worldwide by providing access to safe water and sanitation. The non-profit company is based in Kansas City, MO, and has subsidiaries in the United States. Water.org pioneers market-driven financial solutions to the water crisis and has been helping women, children, and families for over 30 years. Water.org is committed to sharing its evidence, research, and data to achieve universal access to safe water and sanitation. The company's unique approach to solving the water crisis is scalable, allowing them to meet the needs of millions worldwide without safe water and sanitation. Learn about their solutions and how to help today. The company was founded by Matt Damon and Gary White, with Gary White serving as CEO since its inception.

Financial Executives International enhances member professional development through peer networking, career planning services, conferences, publications and special reports, and research. Its members include Chief Financial Officers, Vice Presidents of Finance, Treasurers, and Controllers. The company was founded in December 1931 and is headquartered in Morristown, NJ.