Benson Margulies

The Apache Software Foundation provides support for the apache community of open-source software projects. The firm's projects are characterized by a collaborative, consensus based development process, an open and pragmatic software license. The company founded by Brian Behlendorf in June, 1999 and is headquartered in Forest Hill, MD.

eXcelon Corporation is a leading provider of data management software designed to accelerate the performance of distributed applications that are built using Extensible Markup Language ('XML') and Java and that are deployed on market-leading software platforms. The company's core products, the eXtensible Information Server ('XIS'), ObjectStore and Javlin, enhance the speed, flexibility, scalability and run-time availability of Web services and distributed applications, which can generate substantial cost savings and significant competitive advantage for large and mid-sized enterprises

Symbolics, Inc. manufactures artificial intelligence devices for computers. The private company is based in Burlington, MA. The company was founded by Dan Weinreb, Robert J. Werkmeister. The CEO is Bill Westerman.

Basis Technology Corp provides software solutions for multilingual text analytics and digital forensics. The firm’s solutions include multilingual search, e-discovery, financial compliance and social media monitoring. The company was founded by Carl W. Hoffman and Steven Cohen in 1995 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.