Gordon Burk

Dell, Inc. engages in the manufacture of electronic devices. Its products include laptops, desktops, tablets, thin clients, printers, monitors, software, workstations and accessories. The company was founded by Michael Saul Dell on February 1, 1984 and is headquartered in Round Rock, TX.

Broadcom Corp. designs, develops and supplies semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. The company was founded by Henry T. Nicholas III and Henry Samueli on August 16, 1991 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

NextIO, Inc. develops chips for computer servers. It provides PCI Express-based I/O solutions for the data center, telecommunication, digital media, and other dense computing environments. The company offers services to the information technology and telecommunication industries. The company was founded by K.C. Murphy and Chris Pettey in 2003 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Terralliance Technologies, Inc. explores oil and gas. The firm runs proprietary software applications and combines traditional exploration techniques with new technologies and approaches. The company was founded in 2003 by Erlend Olson and is headquartered in Newport Beach, CA.

Pivotal Technologies is a source for analog and mixed-signal components and IP cores, which can be embedded into today's system-on-chip designs. Founded in August 1997. Acquired by Broadcom in May 2000

NEOS GeoSolutions, Inc. provides exploration solutions to energy ministries and natural resource firms involved in oil and gas, minerals, and groundwater extraction. Its products and services include exploration and production, data processing and imaging, and integration and interpretation. The company was founded by Erlend Olson on October 8, 2008 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.