J. Blake Redson

Ariba, Inc. provides collaborative business commerce solutions. Its solutions include spend and supplier management, spend analysis, financial supply chain management, sourcing, contract management, supply chain collaboration and invoice management. The company was founded by Keith J. Krach, Robert J. Desantis, Paul Hegarty, Edward P. Kinsey, Robert D. Lent, Boris Putanec and Paul C. M. Touw in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Lucy Activewear, Inc. owns and operates women's apparel stores. The company's accessories include bags, sandals, footwear, socks, lifestyle sunglasses, watches, and gifts. It operates nearly 61 stores throughout Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. Lucy Activewear was founded by Sue Levin in November 1999 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Personica provides online marketing solutions for restaurants. It offers analytics solutions that include guest, total menu management, and media mix and promotions analytics. The company was founded by Shaw Scott in 2000 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

The Rainmaker Group Holdings, Inc. designs and develops revenue and profit optimization software solutions for hotels, resorts, and casinos. The company was founded by Bruce Barfield and Tammy Farley in 1998 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Kahua, Inc. provides a cloud-based, hub-to-hub and global platform to deliver business-to-business (B2B) collaboration. The firm?s products include file manager, document management, planning and budgeting, cost management, schedule and the Kahua platform. The company was founded by Kenneth Scott Unger in 2009 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Elemica, Inc. develops digital supply network platform. It offers services to aerospace and defense, automotive, chemicals, food and beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

Brinker Nevada, Inc. engages in the operation of chain of restaurants. It offers appetizers, lunch combos, and sandwiches. The company was founded by Larry Lavine in 1975 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Kaufman, Hall & Associates LLC provides management consulting services and enterprise performance management software solutions. Its consulting services include strategic advisory services; debt and derivatives-related advisory services; strategic financial and capital planning services; capital allocation and decision making services; and merger, acquisition, real estate, and joint venture services. The firm also offers a performance management software platform that enables data-driven analysis with solutions for strategy management, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, consolidations, capital planning, profitability, and cost management on a single integrated platform that can be accessed via the cloud or on premise based on customer preference. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Part of BearingPoint GmbH, Andersen Business Consulting (France) provides management consulting services. The company is based in Paris, France. Andersen Business Consulting (France was acquired by BearingPoint, Inc. from Arthur Andersen LLP on September 12, 2002.

Keg Restaurants Ltd. engages in franchising steakhouse and bar restaurants in Canada and the US. It offers food items include salads, king crab, ribs, appetizers, delicious dressings, delectable sauces, flavorful seasonings, caesar mix, and mushrooms. The company was founded by George Tidball in 1971 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.

NETdelivery Corp. develops and provides software products and applications. Its products are used for creating, transmitting and managing electronic forms as well as for querying and retrieving collected information. The company offers software solutions for public safety organizations, governments and businesses. NETdelivery was founded in 1995 and is located in Boulder, CO.

Hart InterCivic, Inc. provides electronic voting systems and election management products and services. It delivers a deep-rooted, authentic level of credibility across the electoral process with field-proven products and services. The company was founded by David E. Hart in 1912 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Madison Dearborn Partners LLC (Madison Dearborn Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by John A. Canning Jr., Paul J. Finnegan, Samuel M. Mencoff, Robin P. Selati, James N. Perry Jr. and Timothy P. Sullivan. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Technology Association of Georgia operates as a personal, professional, and business association. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. is a global surgical implant company providing surgeons with biologic, metal and synthetic implants. It operates through the following business lines: Spine, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Sports and International. The Spine business line designs, manufactures, and distributes surgical implants, instruments, and biologics used in the treatment of conditions affecting the spine caused by degenerative conditions, deformities or traumatic injury. The OEM business line market and distributes the implants and instruments. The Sports business line deals with sports-related injuries that can be addressed with allograft implants. The International business line markets and distributes products through a direct distribution organization and a network of independent distributors from foreign affiliates. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Alachua, FL.

BlueCat Networks, Inc. provides IP address management solutions. Its products include BlueCat address manager, DNS and DHCP server, threat protection, address manager for windows server, automation manager, connectors and device registration portal. The company was founded by Richard Hyatt and Michael Hyatt in 2001 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The Rainmaker Group, Inc. provides best practices, thought leadership, and industry insights to help the hospitality industry drive business through their most profitable channel. The private company is based in Indianapolis, IN. The company offers a subscription service for their expertise.

Bridge2 Solutions LLC operates marketing solutions platform for financial institutions. The firm's customers include the travel, hospitality, health and wellness, transportation, pharmaceutical and telecom industries. The company was founded by Craig McLaughlin and Andy Althauser in 2006 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Certinia, Inc. develops software for the financial industry. It delivers Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) at customer speed. The firm?s financial management, human capital management, professional services automation, and supply chain management apps help businesses to increase the speed in which they operate and be more responsive along every touch point of a customer?s journey. The company was founded by Jeremy Roche and Debbie Ashton in 2009 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

RapidScale, Inc. provides cloud computing solutions. It offers cloud server, desktop, office, recovery, mail, files, and shop services. The company was founded by Randy Jeterin and Will Hiatt in 2008 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Fourth Enterprises LLC provides technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industry. It offers Clarifi Suite, HotSchedules and The Manager's Red Book. The company was founded in 1966 by John David Cantu and Raymond E. Pawlikowski Jr. and is headquartered Alpharetta, GA.

HotSchedules.com, Inc. provides restaurant management platform. It offers web-based scheduling, forecasting, and employee-engagement services. The firm allows employees to log-on and view their schedule from their computers. The company was founded by Raymond E. Pawlikowski Jr. and John David Cantu in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Artius Management LLC (Artius Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Sim Hong Boon. The firm is headquartered in New York.