Sam E. Kinney

Intellect Design Arena, Inc. helps companies preserve, manage and modernize their enterprise applications to improve quality, reduce costs, and respond to their most pressing business challenges. Its solutions combine world-class application modernization software, global delivery services, and industry specific business process solutions. The company has offices in Pittsburgh, California, London, and Hyderabad, India, plus alliances with leading consulting companies, independent software vendors, and global IT service providers in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Akustica, Inc. provides micro electro mechanical systems products. It designs, develops and markets proprietary silicon microphones, speakers, and complete acoustic system-on-chip solutions. Its products include digital microphones and analog microphones. The company was founded by Kaigham J. Gabriel and Jim Rock in 2001 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Shipwire, Inc. provides eCommerce order fulfillment and logistics services. It operates a platform that enables users to control order, inventory, and supply chain operations across warehouses and provides tools to manage operations. The company was founded by Damon Gary Schechter and Evan Robinson in 2006 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Cloudmeter, Inc. provides big data capture, processing and integration solutions. Its first products, Pion Enterprise and Pion Replay, are widely used by customers to better understand and react to end users' online behavior and experiences. The company was founded by Michael Dickey in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Forever, Inc. engages in the provision of memory-keeping solution. Its products and services include storage, video, online printing, scanning, scrapbook, digital art, photo management software, mobile app, and events. The company was founded by Glen T. Meakem in May 2012 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

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.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Highmark, Inc. engages in the provision of health insurance products and services. It serves members across the United States through its businesses in health insurance, dental insurance, vision care, and reinsurance. The company was founded on November 27, 1996 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Part of Philip Morris International, Inc., Kraft General Foods Corp. manufactures cigarettes, food, and brewing. The company is based in New York, NY.

Innovation Works, Inc. (Innovation Works) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of Ben Franklin Technology Partners founded in 1988. The firm is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

NearVerse, Inc. engages in the provision of mobile application platform for instant messaging. It offers LoKast. The company was founded by Boris Bogatin and Vic Singh in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Schoology, Inc. owns and operates a cloud based next generation learning management platform. It offers an online learning, classroom management, and social networking platform that enhances student engagement and improves learning through better communication, collaboration, and increased access to curriculum and supplemental content. The firm markets its products to K-12 schools, higher education, and corporations. The company was founded by Jeremy N. Friedman, Ryan Hwang, Bill Kindler and Timothy Trinidad in May 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.