Charles Gilbride

Part of Cisco Systems, Inc., Summa Four, Inc. provides open, programmable switching systems and advanced signaling solutions. The company is based in Manchester, NH. Summa Four was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. on November 05, 1998 for $102.49 million.

Xylan Corp. provides bandwidth switching systems, which enhance the performance of existing local areas. The company was founded by Steve Y. Kim and Yuri Pikover in 1993 and is headquartered in Calabasas, CA.

Part of Nokia Oyj, NetStar, Inc. is the largest provider of OEM website categorization technology and intelligence. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN. The company offers internet categorization and filtering solutions for the OEM market, with comprehensive coverage and partner support. NetStar's Incompass technology has been embedded into the leading URL and IP address categorization and reputation scoring solution in the OEM space since 2001. The company was founded by Duane S. Carlson. NetStar was acquired by Ascend Communications, Inc. on August 15, 1996 for $231.31 million.

Part of Cisco Systems, Inc., GeoTel Communications Corp. is a telecommunications company that specializes in providing GIS services for the telecommunications industry. The company is based in Lowell, MA. GeoTel's distributor program is designed to help channel partners capitalize on the fast-growing telecommunications infrastructure data market. The company's GIS services include digitizing carrier routes for FCC compliance, digitizing records of fiber route information, and creating custom carrier maps. GeoTel Communications was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. on June 24, 1999 for $1,729.47 million.

CiDRA Corporate Services, Inc. provides process optimization and enhanced recovery services. Its products include flow measurement, air measurement and grind management. The firm’s services include asset integrity services and chemical management. The company was founded by F. Kevin Didden in 1996 and is headquartered in Wallingford, CT.

Inlet Technologies LLC provides encoding solutions for audio and video. The company was founded by Habib Haddah, Jon Bishop and Neal Page on April 1, 2011 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Bright View Technologies Corp. develops and manufactures plastic and nonwoven optical films. The company was founded by David Reed and Edward Fadel in 2002 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Nistica, Inc. supplies agile optical modules and subsystems. Its products include FLEDGE, FOURIER, high port-count, and ROADM linecard. The company was founded by Thomas A. Strasser and Jefferson L. Wagener in January 2005 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

Technology Venture Partners LLC (Technology Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Bryson Hollimon. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

RedShift Bioanalytics, Inc. manufactures and markets thermal imaging systems, infrared cameras and infrared detectors. Its products are used in various applications, such as tunable laser spectroscopy, tunable infrared illuminators, line narrowing filters, gas analyzers and handheld spectrometers. The company was founded by Matthias Wagner, Eugene Y. Ma and Stuart Nixdorff in 2005 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Verrillon, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets fiber optic components. It offers optical fibers for harsh environments, such as temperature and pressure monitoring systems, gyroscopes, fiber lasers and communication components and modules. The firm also provides fibers that are encapsulated in a variety of metallic tubes; avionic cabled fibers for intra avionic platform communications; harsh environment optical fibers for extreme well conditions and custom fiber optic solutions. The company was founded in 2000 by Abdel Soufiane and is headquartered in Duncan, SC.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

US Foundation for Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Tech designs educational programs in science and technology. The firm designs accessible and innovative programs that motivate young people to pursue education; and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math, while building self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills. The company was founded by Dean Kamen in 1989 and is headquartered in Manchester, NH.

7signal Solutions, Inc. provides wireless performance optimization solutions for wireless LAN applications. Its product Sapphire system is a vendor agnostic solution that works with any wireless access point which allows users to manage WLAN performance and generate Wi-Fi analytics as well as obtain information and directions for step-by-step Wi-Fi network optimization. The company serves hospitals, universities, enterprises, and distribution centers. 7signal Solutions was founded by Veli-Pekka Ketonen and Marko Pirinen in February 2006 and is headquartered in Akron, OH.

For Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology (FIRST) is an American company that designs accessible and innovative programs to motivate young people to pursue education and career opportunities in science & technology. The private company is based in Manchester. The company was founded by Dean L. Kamen.

Ampion PBC develops a revenue management software platform. The American company was founded in 2014. The CEO is Nathan Owen.