Gerald K. Perkel

Planar Systems, Inc. engages in developing, manufacturing and marketing electronic display products and systems. Its products include LCD video walls, rear projection video walls, large format displays, desktop and touch screen monitors, transparent displays, touch displays, processing and players, open frame and custom displays, accessories and home theater products-and home theater projection systems. The company was founded by Jim Hurd, Christopher N. King and John Laney on April 27, 1983 and is headquartered in Beaverton, OR.

Merant Plc designs, develops, and markets software products and services for enterprise application development. Its solutions permit organizations to manage the application development process. The company was founded in 1976 and is located in Newbury, UK.

Tektronix, Inc. provides test, measurement and monitoring solutions. It provides services for the communications, computer, semiconductor industries, as well as for the military, aerospace, consumer electronics and education sectors. The firm also assists its clients in designing, building, deploying and managing global communications networks, computing and advanced technologies. The company was founded by Melvin Jack Murdock, Glenn Leland, Miles Tippery and Charles Howard Vollum in 1946 and is headquartered in Beaverton, OR.

Xerox Corp. engages in the integration of paper and digital products. The firm offers home, office, office laser, multifunction and all in one printer, digital sheet-fed printing presses and scanner. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.