Bill Arend

BigCommerce Pty Ltd. develops eCommerce platform. It offers shopping cart software, SEO tools, and online payment solutions. The firm also provides SSL certificates, product merchandising, and Website designing services. The company was founded by Mitchell Robert Harper and Eddie Machaalani in 2003 and is headquartered in Ultimo, Australia.

BigCommerce, Inc. develops software solutions. It offers content management, shopping cart, knowledge management, and email marketing software. The company was founded by Eddie Machaalani and Mitchell Robert Harper in 2003 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Vyopta, Inc. develops business intelligence and process automation applications for video collaboration. The firm's products include vAnalytics, vControl, vSchedule, vPublish and vAccess. Its solutions unleash the potential of business video investments, resulting in improved educator and student performance and outcomes, enhanced customer satisfaction and retention, increased sales and cost savings and greater agility in meeting continually changing business demands. The company was founded by Alfredo Rene Ramirez, Lapkong Rick Leung and Mike Andrew Chen in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

iTaggit, Inc. operates an website for valuing and organizing household items and collectibles. It offers iTaggit, a Web-based item management information system for members to value/price, sell, protect, and/or share their possessions, including treasures, antiques, rare items, collectibles, garage sale items, items to donate, and general junk online. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Elsewhere Partners LLC (Elsewhere Partners) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2016 by Christopher A. Pacitti and John Douglas Thornton. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Young Presidents' Organization, Inc. is a global leadership community of over 30,000 chief executives from 142 countries. The non-profit company is based in Irving, TX and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. The company's mission is to help its members become better leaders and better people. The company was founded in 1950 by Ray Hickok, Khalid Mohamed Jassem Kanoo. Thayer Smith has been the CEO of the company since 2007.

The Austin Chamber of Commerce is an organization that helps people in the region achieve greater prosperity by working with businesses looking to create or expand their presence in the Austin region and help them create more jobs. The non-profit company is based in Austin, TX. The company has helped bring more than 400,000 jobs to the region since 2004 and take on the biggest challenges so businesses can focus on growing. Laura Huffman has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Dell, Inc. engages in the manufacture of electronic devices. Its products include laptops, desktops, tablets, thin clients, printers, monitors, software, workstations and accessories. The company was founded by Michael Saul Dell on February 1, 1984 and is headquartered in Round Rock, TX.

SailPoint Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of on-premises service-based access management solutions. The firm offers access certification, access insights, access modeling, access requests, cloud governance, file access manager, pass management, provisioning, and separation-of-duties. The company was founded by Mark McClain and Kevin Cunningham in December 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Foresite MSP LLC provides information security and network solutions for businesses. It offers managed services, such as security monitoring and alerting, security device management, incident response, and help desk and turnkey IT management; and desktop and server management, which include policy management, software deployment and updates, desktop migration, and imaging and deployment. The firm's customers include the legal, insurance, financial, healthcare and education industries. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in East Windsor, CT.

Access Layers, also known as Portnox, provides network access control, security, and visibility solutions that are simple to deploy, operate, and maintain. The company has offices in the US and Israel. The company is based in Walnut, CA. The company's software can be deployed on-premises, as a cloud-delivered service, or in hybrid mode. The company is vendor-agnostic, allowing organizations to maximize their existing network and cybersecurity investments. Portnox has been recognized for its innovations by several awards. Portnox's cloud-delivered network access control (NAC) solution has been designed with simplicity, multi-tenancy, and geo-availability top-of-mind. The company was founded in 2007 by Nir Aran, Ofer Amitai, Idan Kuperman. The CEO is Denny LeCompte.

LeanDNA, Inc. operates as a cloud-based actionable intelligence platform. It provides seamless integration with your current ERP system. The firm?s specialties include lean manufacturing, supply chain, software, kanban, saas, inventory and working capital. The company was founded by Richard Lebovitz in 2011 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

IBM Tivoli Systems, Inc. provides service management software. It offers cloud and virtualization management solutions, such as cloud management, cloud storage, virtualization management, systems automation, IT service management solutions, including application performance management, network management, business service management, storage management, and IT service management and assets and facilities management solutions, which include enterprise asset management and facilities management. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

TalentGuard Holdings, Inc. develops talent management software. Its talent management technology transforms the way employees seek and discover personalized advice and recommendations about their career. The firm?s products include career pathing, certification tracking, competency management, development planning and performance management. The company was founded by Linda M. Ginac and Frank Ginac in 2009 and is headquartered in West Lake Hills, TX.

Wisegate LLC provides IT network and information services. It helps security professionals collaborate on security issues using crowdsourced IT research. The company was founded by Sara K. Gates and Daniel Dinhoble in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Bypass Mobile LLC develops and provides mobile ordering and payment solutions for public venues and campuses. It offers point of sale and ordering, hardware options, enterprise management. The company was founded by Brandon Lloyd in 2010 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

SKU LLC provides investment services. The company is based in Austin, TX. The company was founded by Shari Wynne Ressler.

Motion Computing, Inc. provides mobile computing and wireless communications. Its services include combine world-class innovation and industry experience. The firm also enhances in line of tablet PCs and accessories are designed to increase productivity for on-the-go users while providing computing security, power and versatility. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Austin Wranglers LP operates as an arena football franchise. The company is a sports teams & organization, which operates and manages football team and sports club. The firm was founded in 2004 and is located in Austin, TX

Ideabud LLC operates as an online ticket agency. It provides features and tools for event creation and sells tickets. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX.

ERP Maestro, Inc. operates as access security and compliance software solution for companies running SAP and their external auditors. The company was founded by Jody Paterson and Shayne Paterson in 2013 and is headquartered in Plantation, FL.

Technology Entrepreneurs' eXchange (texchange) is an organization that fosters an entrepreneurial environment and develops the next generation of executives for technology, bitcoin, and life sciences companies. The private company is based in Austin, TX. The company brings together subject matter experts, industry thought leaders, and proven entrepreneurs for informative and educational discussions on current business topics. The company's monthly events feature nationally known business leaders, such as Steve McKay, the creator of the bitcoin trading robot called Bitcoin Code, and Tim Sanders, the former Chief Solutions Officer at Yahoo, who share insights and lessons that can be applied to businesses today. Texchange currently has chapters in various locations.

NetSpend Holdings, Inc. provides general purpose reloadable prepaid debit cards and payroll cards and related alternative financial service solutions to under-banked consumers. The company was founded on February 18, 2004 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.