Michael Pliner

Part of QUALCOMM, Inc., Oak Technology, Inc. designs and markets high performance integrated semiconductors. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. Oak Technology was acquired by Zoran Corp., part of QUALCOMM, Inc. from August 31, 2011 on August 11, 2003 for $401.81 million.

Gemini Consulting Group, Inc. provides management consulting services. Its services range from management consulting, to the development of day surgery centers and hospitals. The company was founded by James B. McCarthy and is headquartered in Oak Brook, IL.

Movaris, Inc. provides enterprise software solutions. The firm develops software for managing account reconciliations, SOX compliance, and financial close. The company was founded by Steven P. Yankovich in 1998 and is headquartered in Addison, TX.

LicenseStream, Inc. provides licensing and royalty payment automation platform for media and businesses. It offers a platform that allows owners of digital content to license, transact and monitor all forms of electronic media. The platform both significantly extends the reach and revenue potential of companies already licensing their content online and establishes new revenue streams for companies looking to digitize and distribute their traditional, analog material. The firm also enables customers to detect and curb unauthorized usage of their content. The company was founded by Iain Scholnick, Jeffrey A. Shear, Joe Caccamo, and Scott Lipsitz and is headquartered in New York, NY.

SnowShoeFood, Inc. produces and markets smart phone applications. Its product bridges physical items and digital assets ranging from toys that unlock video game characters to gift and credit cards for digital currencies. The firm also provides software that identifies stamps when touched to the screen of multi-touch devices; and an application program interface that processes the stamp interactions and determines the stamp being used by the users. It serves developers, entrepreneurs, and makers. The company was founded by Claus Christopher Moberg and Jami Li Morton in 2010 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

H&Q Asia Pacific Ltd (H&Q Asia Pacific) is a private equity firm founded in 1985 by Ta Lin Hsu. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Wcities.com Holding, Inc. acts as a holding American company. The CEO of the private company is Tanvir Rasab.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Aricent, Inc. provides communications software products and services for equipment manufacturers, device manufacturers and service providers. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Strategic Decisions Group provides consulting solutions. Its solutions include business strategy, portfolio management and allocation, decision and risk analytics, and organization and decision process design. The company was founded by Ronald A. Howard in 1981 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Seajacks International Ltd. operates self-propelled jack-up vessels which provide offshore solutions. The firm operates in both renewable and hydrocarbon industries. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Yarmouth, the United Kingdom.

SolutionSet, Inc. provides web design and digital marketing services. It is a marketing services company that plans, creates, and delivers integrated communications programs to engage customers and drive transactions for clients including adidas, AT&T, Dell, eBay, and Stanford University. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of McKinsey & Co., Inc., McKinsey & Co. Service AB is a consulting company founded in 2005. The company is based in Stockholm, Sweden and provides consulting services.

Spirits of Gold AB is a Swedish company that wholesales beverages.

Scott Sports Ltd. is an American company that operates as motorcycle and bicycle dealers and retails sporting goods. The private company was founded by Tom Stendahl.

Wcities International, Inc. is a travel and entertainment content publisher that specializes in providing personalized city guides and event coverage. Wcities is based in San Francisco, CA. The private company's consumer-facing products, Cityseeker and Eventseeker, are distributed across multiple platforms including mobile phones, car OEMs, hotels, digital screens, and inflight entertainment. Founded in 1998, the company's AI-powered content curation and recommendation platform delivers the most relevant data in location-based domains.

Xolv Technology Solutions provides technology solution services. The private company is based in Walnut Creek, CA. The CEO of the company is Susan Armiger.