Jeannine M. Smith Thomas

Dionex Corp. develops, manufactures, sells, and services chromatography and extraction systems for separating, isolating, and identifying the components of chemical mixtures. The firm's products are used extensively by the environmental, life science, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, chemicals, electronics and power industries. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

New Aurora Corp. provides communication software solutions. The company was founded on April 11, 1994 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Macromedia, Inc. provided software technologies and internet solutions such as websites, rich media content & internet applications across multiple platforms. The company was founded in 1992 and was located in San Francisco, CA

Marimba, Inc. provides software solutions. It provides updates and repairs of software applications on desktops, laptops, servers, and handheld devices. The company was founded by Kim Polese in 1996 and is located in Mountain View, CA.

Virage, Inc. provides media communication and content management software solutions for video production, internet publishing, and web casting. The company was founded by Bradley J. Horowitz in 1993 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

BDNA Corp. provides enterprise technology data for business decision making. The firm offers Technopedia, Technopedia IT, Technopedia MD, content Packs, Normalize, and Discover and Analyze. Its solutions include CMDB, enterprise architecture, IT asset management, operations, procurement and service management, security and IT GRC, technology business management, and vendor audit solutions. The firm serves the financial services, government, healthcare, telecommunications, and utilities industries. The company was founded by Constantin Delivanis, Charles Marker, and John H. Thorp in 2000 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Movaris, Inc. provides enterprise software solutions. The firm develops software for managing account reconciliations, SOX compliance, and financial close. The company was founded by Steven P. Yankovich in 1998 and is headquartered in Addison, TX.

InQuira, Inc. provides software applications solutions and services. The company was founded by Bryan Sivak, Edwin Cooper, Michael J. Murphy and Deniz Yuret in 2002 and is headquartered in San Bruno, CA.

Right Hemisphere, Inc. provides enterprise product communication and collaboration solutions. It offers visual enterprise solutions that enable manufacturing companies to unify, synchronize and deliver visual product and business information to optimize global product development, launch and support processes. The company was founded by Mark Thomas in 1997 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

Streetline, Inc. provides smart parking solutions. ts products include ParkSight City, which helps in managing parking in cities, ParkSight Connect that provides hardware package for understanding parking in cities, ParkSight applications, which provide real-time information on the status of parking assets and Parker, a parking guidance application. The company was founded by J. Mark Noworolski and Tod Dykstra in 2005 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Glassdoor, Inc. operates an employee review and job-search platform. It offers job listings, as well as access to user-generated content, including company-specific salary reports, ratings and reviews, interview questions and reviews, office photos and more. The company was founded by Richard N. Barton, Timothy Andrew Besse and Robert Hohman in 2007 and is headquartered in Mill Valley, CA.

SilverRail Technologies, Inc. provides technology solutions for the distribution of train tickets and other rail-related products. It offers SilverCore, a global rail distribution platform that brings railways and travel retailers together. The firm also offers SilverAPI that provides end-to-end booking services that comprise search, book, cancel, payment, and ticketing, SilverAgent Lite, a Web-based application that delivers travel management companies’ access to live reservations made through its online booking tool partners, and SilverAgent Pro, a Web-based application for travel professionals that provide staff with a Web interface to search, book, pay, ticket, and modify company global rail content. The company was founded by Aaron M. Gowell and William D. Phillipson in 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Room 77, Inc. provides online information related to travelling and hotels. The firm develops a hotel meta search engine that scours the web to help travelers find the most rates and the better prices on hotels. It allows travelers to compare pricing across various online travel agencies, shop across various room types, and book hotels worldwide. The company was founded by Bradley Thomas Gerstner in February 2009 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Clover Network, Inc. provides technology services. It offers POS hardware and software solutions, mobile app that tracks sales, and payment processing solutions. The company was founded by Leonard Speiser, John Beatty, Kelvin Zheng, and Mark Schulze on October 28, 2010 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 by Eugene Kleiner, Thomas Perkins, Brook Byers and Frank J. Caufield. The firm is headquartered in California, US.

Verbatim Americas LLC provides data storage and accessory products. It offers optical media, hard drives, USB drives, memory cards, and 3D printing and toner. The firm also offers wireless streaming, power pack charges, bluetooth speakers, earphones, keyboards, card readers, and storage cases. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

The Clover, Inc. provides media planning, placement, and consulting services. The private company is based in Pismo Beach, CA. The Clover was acquired by The Clover /Aquavia/ from PracticeXpert, Inc. on 2003-07-28.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Skinit, Inc. manufactures and supplies protective cases, covers, and skins for mobile devices. It offers cases and skins for laptops, MP3 players, gaming devices, and eReaders. The firm also offers online tools for customized skin designs. The company was founded by Paul Buss and Darrin Hegemier in 2005 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace engages in the analysis and development of policy ideas and engagement and collaboration with decision makers in the government, business, and civil society. It refers to issues such as climate and energy, defense and security, democracy and governance, economy, foreign polocy, global governance, nuclear weapons, political reform, society and culture, and technology. The company was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1910 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Infusion Software, Inc. offers an eMail marketing and sales platform for small businesses. Its software combines contact management, CRM, marketing automation, and e-commerce in a single online system and enables users to keep track of contacts, appointments, tasks, and other things about their business in a single place. The firm also provides training and support services. The company was founded by Clate W. Mask III, Eric Martineau and Scott Joseph Martineau in 2001 and is headquartered in Chandler, AZ.

Eversight, Inc. provides software solutions that help retailers and consumer goods. Its firm enables customers to remove the guesswork and risk from trade promotions by micro-testing thousands of unique offers with real shoppers. The company was founded by Jamie Rapperport and David Moran in 2013 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Vlocity LLC engages in the development and market of cloud and mobile software solutions. It offers communications, media and entertainment, energy and utilities, insurance, health, and government. The company was founded by David R. Schmaier, Young A. Sohn, Mark Armenante, James Burr Ramsey and Craig D. Ramsey in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.