Charles Trimble

NovAtel, Inc. develops positioning and satellite-based augmentation technologies. Its products include receivers, enclosures, antennas and technical papers. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Arbor Vita Corp. engages in discovery and developing of drugs. It targets cellular regulators, PDZ proteins, to accelerate the discovery and development of human therapeutics, and diagnostics. The company was founded by Peter S. Lu in 1998 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The private company is based in Washington.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory operates a national research facility. It is a federally funded research and development center. The firm specializes in robotic space and Earth science missions. The company was founded by Frank Malina, Ed Forman, and Jack Parsons on October 31, 1936 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

eRide, Inc. develops and markets high sensitivity assisted global positioning system (AGPS) solutions for location based services. It offers software module implementing dead reckoning, long term compact satellite models, asset tracking, machine to machine applications, and communication protocols. The company was founded by N. Arthur Woo and Paul W. McBurney in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.