John D. Petze

SkyFoundry LLC provides analytics software for energy management and building systems optimization. It offers skyspark, which allows domain experts to capture their knowledge in ‘rules’ that automatically run against collected data. The firm's analytics engine provides the ability to automatically identify issues worthy of attention. The company was founded by John D. Petze, Brian Frank and Andy Frank in 2009 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

Tridium, Inc. provides application software that can be used to link diverse systems and devices so that they can be managed and monitored through a web browser. Its products are used for tasks such as facilities management, metering and managing energy consumption, home automation and industrial control. The company also provides services such as consulting, maintenance, support, and training. The company was founded in 1995 by Jerry Frank and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

Tour Andover Controls, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets systems for building management. It products include building management system and digital surviellance. The firm's facility management systems installed worldwide in a wide variety of applications including offices, manufacturing sites, retail locations, hospitals, sport arenas, correctional facilities, schools, and other facilities of any size. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.

Privaris focuses its technology expertise on the intersection of high security biometric applications and the individual's right to personal privacy. The company's hardware and software products apply the power and security of fingerprint biometrics to everyday life. It has designed and developed a family of key-fob sized, personal, mobile devices that authenticate an individual's identity before interacting with their existing security systems used for granting access to buildings, offices, and garages (physical security), and computers, networks, and websites (logical security), as well as with the latest 'wave and pay' contactless point-of-sale terminals for biometrically authenticated credit card transactions. Their products are targeted for use by the average consumer, small businesses, corporate enterprises of all sizes, and federal, state and local governments. The company has established partnerships with security industry leaders such as: Broadcom (semiconductor design and development) and HID (world's largest provider of RFID hardware and security systems). By applying innovative product design, manufacture, and distribution, it is enabling the widespread adoption of personal and affordable biometric security solutions across a broad segment of society - today. The company was founded in 2001 and is a privately held Delaware corporation with its headquarters in Charlottesville, Virginia.