Eric M. Israel

Biz360, Inc. is an information-services company focused on transforming information to help businesses make better decisions. The firm uses technology to aggregate, measure and analyze news media and consumer opinion information from a vast amount of traditional and social media sources (i.e. print, broadcast, websites, blogs and message boards) to yield invaluable insights which enable marketing and media executives to better understand, reach and motivate their target audiences. Biz360 is distinguished by its broad, global network of content sources, superior leading-edge analytical expertise and outstanding service & support which enables them to deliver to their clients the most accurate, relevant and insightful information/metrics in the most flexible, consumable formats. Biz360 helps companies to influence their target audiences, develop better products, make product improvements, launch new products, react faster to marketplace changes, better understand their customer needs, protect their brands, better position/reposition brand offerings, respond to competitive threats, develop more effective advertising communications, increase revenue, reduce costs, invest marketing research dollars more effectively and improve customer retention and loyalty.

Invention Machine Corp. developed software solutions. The firm served aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer, technology, energy and environment, life sciences, and industrial. It provided semantic research technology that unlocks decisions hidden in data. The company was founded in 1992 and was headquartered in Boston, MA.

Information Builders, Inc. engages in the development of data and analytics software. Its ibi platform offers data preparation, integration, quality, management, and governance; visualization and reporting; augmented analytics; and embedded analytics solutions. It serves the healthcare; financial services; public sector; insurance; manufacturing; transportation and logistics, consumer and retail; and utilities industries. The company was founded by Gerald D. Cohen, Martin B. Slagowitz, and Peter Mittelman, Sr. in 1975 and is headquartered in New York, NY.