Patrick Ferrel

VA Software Corp. is a provider of software, information and community support to IT (information technology) managers and development professionals. It has four operating segments: SourceForge, Online Media, E-commerce and Online Images. a) SourceForge segment focuses on their SourceForge Enterprise Edition software products and services. SourceForge is a proprietary, Web-based software application designed for corporate and public-sector information technology (IT) professionals and software engineering organizations. b) Online Media segment consists of a network of Internet Web sites serving the IT professional and software development communities. c) E-commerce segment provides online sales of a variety of retail products of interest to the software development and IT communities through ThinkGeek, Inc. (ThinkGeek), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OSTG. d) Online Images segment provides online sales of three-dimensional art, animations and presentations through Animation Factory, Inc. (Animation Factory), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OSTG. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Aldus is a pioneer for desktop publishing for personal computers. The Company's software allows users to design, edit and lay out high-quality printed communications such as newsletters, brochures, manuals and other more complex technical documents, on a personal computer and send output to a printer or typesetter. Its market is low-end desktop publishing

Trailfire, Inc. provides software solutions. The company was founded by Patrick Ferrel and John O'Halloran in February 2005 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.