Gerald K. Hwasta

Part of KeyCorp, McDonald & Co. Investments, Inc. is a company that provides investment advisory, investment banking, and brokerage services. The company is based in Cleveland, OH. McDonald & Co. Investments was acquired by KeyCorp on October 26, 1998 for $584.77 million.

Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides network computing infrastructure solutions. It offers its solutions under the Java technology platform, Solaris Operating System, MySQL database management system, Sun StorageTek storage solutions, and UltraSPARC processor brands. The company also develops networking computing products and technologies which include servers, storage, open source software, tools, and training. The company provides solutions to the social networking, entertainment, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, news, energy, and engineering companies. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Part of Oracle Corp., Cobalt Networks, Inc. is a company that provides server appliances to enable online presence. The company is based in Santa Clara, CA. The company was founded by Gordon A. Campbell, Robert N. Gunn, Vivek Mehra, Thomas Gilley. Cobalt Networks was acquired by Sun Microsystems, Inc. on December 07, 2000 for $1,341.39 million.

24/7 Software, Inc. provides operation management software solutions. It offers solutions for sports, entertainment, retail, transportation, conferences, security services, hospitality, property management, education, healthcare, government, and corporate operations. The company was founded by Scott Meyers and is headquartered in Coral Springs, FL.

Shah Management LLC (Shah Capital Partners) is a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 2003 by Ajay B. Shah. The firm is headquartered in the Santa Clara, California.

AVI-SPL LLC is a collaboration technology solutions provider based in Tampa, FL and has subsidiaries in Germany, United States, Canada and United Kingdom. AVI-SPL LLC is the largest provider of collaboration technology solutions, working with organizations worldwide, including over 80% of Fortune 100 companies. The company's highly-trained team strategizes, designs, deploys, manages, and supports AV and UC solutions that are simple to use, scalable, serviceable, and measurable to ensure business objectives are achieved. AVI-SPL LLC is the leading digital workplace collaboration solutions provider, allowing enterprises to leverage technology to transform the way employees and customers interact to drive increased workplace efficiency and improved business outcomes. The company has highly trained and certified system engineers in offices throughout the US, Canada, and EMEA in addition to an international network of solution providers in 30 countries. The company was founded in 1979 by Martin Schaffel, Chad M. Gillenwater. John T. Zettel has been the CEO of the company since 2000.

Silver Lake Management Co. Sumeru LLC (Silver Lake Sumeru) is a private equity subsidiary of Silver Lake Technology Management Subsidiary LLC founded in 2007 by Ajay Shah. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Crest Equity Partners LP (Crest Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded 2003 by Gerald K. Hwasta. The firm is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.