Wade Appelman

ALANTEC Corp. was a designer, manufacturer and marketer of a family of personal computer-based MAC level bridges to interconnect local area networks. ALANTEC was acquired in February 1996 by FORE Systems, a leader in the design, development, manufacture and sale of high-performance networking products based on ATM, IP, and Ethernet switching technology. The company was located in San Jose, CA.

FORE Systems, Inc. was a supplier of integrated multi service networking solutions specializes in providing scalable, reliable and high-capacity ATM and IP/Ethernet switching solutions to meet the demands of large enterprise businesses and service providers. FORE Systems products and solutions were used by modern enterprise businesses that are leveraging the power of networking technology to compete in the age of the Internet economy. FORE Systems was headquartered in Warrendale, PA.

Microsemi Communications, Inc. engages in the design, development, and market of integrated circuits that are used primarily by manufacturers of networking systems for carrier and enterprise networking applications. The company was founded by Louis R. Tomasetta and Ira Deyhimy in 1984 and is headquartered in Chandler, AZ.

Fairchild Semiconductor International LLC, designs, develops and markets analog discrete, logic, and non-volatile memory semiconductors. The company was founded by Gordon E. Moore, C. Sheldon Roberts, Eugene Kleiner, Robert N. Noyce, Victor H. Grinich, Julius Blank, Jean A. Hoerni and Jay T. Last on October 1, 1957 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

StarGen, Inc. is a semi-conductor company that develops communications chips. They offer serial switched interconnect solutions for compute and communication equipments. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Harvest Automation, Inc. designs and produces robotics for manual labor applications. It enables growers to create a sustainable workforce of robots working safely alongside people to increase efficiency, reliability and plant quality. The firm’s robots are powering the next innovation surge in agriculture and has engineered the first practical, scalable robots for a range of agricultural applications. The company was founded by Clara Vu, Paul E. Sandin, Charles M. Grinnell and Joseph L. Jones in 2008 and is headquartered in Billerica, MA.