Heather Karklin

Part of Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc., Cerprobe Corp. is a company that manufactures and designs integrated circuits for the semiconductor industry. The company is based in Gilbert, AZ. Cerprobe was acquired by Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. on November 24, 2000 for $190.50 million.

Read Rite Corp. is one of the three major independent suppliers of magnetic recording heads for the hard disk drive and tape drive markets. The Company designs, manufactures and markets magnetic recording heads as head gimbal assemblies and incorporate multiple head gimbal assemblies into head stack assemblies. The Company is a market leader in providing magnetoresistive and inductive tape heads to the entry level through mid-range tape drive markets. The Company operates in an industry with limited visibility. It is located in Fremont, CA.

Founded in 1976, Apax Partners, Inc. is a venture capital/private equity firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of London-based Apax Partners LLP

Viasystems, Inc. engages in the provision of complex multi-layer printed circuit boards and electro-mechanical solutions. It operates under the Printed Circuit Boards and Assembly segments. The Printed Circuit Boards segment focuses on printed circuit board manufacturing facilities located in China. The Assembly segment is involved in assembly operations including back panel assembly, printed circuit board assembly, cable assembly, custom enclosures, and full system assembly and testing. The company was founded on April 2, 1997 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Digital Entertainment Network, Inc. broadcasts television programs.

Adams Capital Management, Inc. (ACM) is a venture capital firm founded in 1994 by Joel Adams. The firm is headquartered in Sewickley, Pennsylvania.

Luminescent Technologies, Inc. provides computational metrology and inspection solutions to the semiconductor industry. Its computational metrology and inspection is a set of mathematical approaches designed to improve the resolution, throughput, and accuracy of defect inspection, review and repair in mask shops and wafer fabs. The firm's products include computational lithography and defect management and luminescent automated image processing hub. The company was founded by Daniel S. Abrams, Jack J. S. Herrick, Stanley Osher and Eli Yablonovitch in 2002 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Qspeed Semiconductor provides the industry's highest performance silicon power devices to help reduce worldwide energy consumption. Based on proprietary technologies, the company's portfolio includes highly efficient and cost-effective 300V and 600V power diodes for AC-to-DC power supplies, inverters, motor controls and other power applications greater than 150W. Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., Qspeed has a global sales and distribution network across Asia, North America and Europe.

First Insight, Inc. provides predictive analytic platform that retailers use to select the most profitable new products for improved sales, margins, and inventory turnover. The firm's predictive analytics solution gives retailers guidance for product design, buying, assortment planning, pricing, and marketing decisions. The company was founded by Gregory J. Petro in 2007 and is headquartered in Warrendale, PA.

Hazelcast, Inc. develops, distributes and supports open source in-memory data grid. It provides commercially licensed hazelcast enterprise, management center and professional open source training, development support, and deployment support services. The company was founded by Talip Ozturk, Enes Akar and Fuad Malikov in 2008 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

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.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Kavlico Corp. manufactures sensors, transducers, transmitters and other electronic devices used for force systems. Its products include thin film pressure sensors, ceramic capacitive pressure, resistive pressure, and silicon capacitive sensors. The company was founded by Kavli Fred in 1958 and is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, CA.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

American Society For Quality, Inc. engages in promoting and advancing quality tools, principles and practices in their workplaces and communities. The company is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

AV8 Ventures (AV8 Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

California Institute of Technology provides education focusing on science, engineering, academia, business, and public service. The company was founded in 1891 and it is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

IBM Ventures (IBM Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in New York.