Kannan R. Ayyar

Logical Design Solutions, Inc. provides management consulting and information technology solutions. It offers services in the areas of business building, rational flexing, and risk management aspects. The company was founded by Mimi Brooks in 1990 and is headquartered in Florham Park, NJ.

HSBC Bank Plc provides commercial banking and financial services. It operates in four businesses: Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Commercial Banking, Global Banking and Markets, and Global Private Banking. The Retail Banking and Wealth Management business offers personal banking, mortgages, loans, credit cards, savings and investments and insurance services. The Commercial Banking business offers financial products and services to enable them to operate efficiently and meet their business aspirations. The Global Banking and Markets business offers capital financing, transaction and advisory banking services, trade, research, securities services and global liquidity and cash management. The Global Private Banking business offers investment management, incorporating advisory, discretionary and brokerage, private wealth solutions, comprising trusts and estate planning services. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Connectbeam's architecture and core application (Spotlight) were designed to help people in any role, across the enterprise, connect with both the growing pool of information and colleagues with the expertise and experience to help them get their jobs done more intelligently and more quickly. The company enables this by aggregating the social metadata that is generated naturally by using the web into a single repository that everyone in the company can access and use. Connectbeam is the first company to integrate concepts of social bookmarking and tagging with those of social networking. Connectbeam brings the 'Web 2.0' information-sharing, collaboration, and ease of use of sites like MySpace and del.icio.us to the daily work-flow of enterprise employees. It helps companies boost innovation, improve decisions, intensify collaboration, and build critical stakeholder relationships. To see what others think please search for the many positive reviews Connectbeam has received from the press, such as The Wall Street Journal; Blogs, such as TechCrunch; and analyst firms such as Gartner. Connectbeam was founded by experienced entrepreneurs with decades of experience in the enterprise software market. The company is venture backed and privately held.

Metrotech Corp. provides instrument solutions for underground utilities. The company provides services to the telecommunication cables and power utilities. Its products include Cable fault locating, cable locating, fiber optic line locating, marker locating, metal detection, sewer inspection and water leak detection. Metrotech is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA

Tavant Technologies, Inc. provides information technology solutions and services. The firm offers application and development maintenance, business intelligence, mobility, independent software testing, and content management solutions. The company was founded by Sarvesh Mahesh and Ashish Gupta in 2000 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Curl, Inc. develops and maintains rich Internet application platform. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Geneva Venture Partners LLC (Geneva Venture Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of Geneva Group International AG founded in 1983 by Igor M. Sill. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

WR Hambrecht & Co. Ventures (WR Hambrecht & Co) is a venture capital subsidiary of WR Hambrecht + Co. LLC founded in 1999 by William Robert Hambrecht and Igor M. Sill. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The Armada Group, Inc. provides information technology consulting solutions. It provides software engineering, information technology and project management services. The company was founded by Jeff Tavangar in 1995 and is headquartered in Santa Cruz, CA.

Sunday Afternoons, Inc. provides sun protective hats and clothing stores. It offers Body Cooler, Eclipse Sun Sleeve, Hats, Cloths, Scarves, Terrain Aloe Gel Skin Relief and Cocoons for women, kids, and men. The company was founded by Lacy Angeline and Lacy Robin in 1990 and is headquartered in Talent, OR.

Pandesa Corp. engages in the provision of virtual data rooms and secure document sharing solutions. Its solutions include virtual data room, and enterprise solutions, document sharing, corporate repository and board portal, secure FTP alternative, litigation support, and supply chain collaboration. The firm offers products for various applications, including real estate, life sciences, private equity, venture capital and other equity funds. The company was founded by John Badger, Muralidhara Keshavamurthy, Jeff Halden, and Richard Andersen in 2003 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA.

Compassites Software Solutions Pvt Ltd. is an outsourced product development company that helps enterprises realize their business potential. The company was founded by Rajesh Kannan, Rajesh Setty, Naveen Lakkur and V.V.Ranganathan in November 2005 and is headquartered in Bengaluru, IN.

Room 5, Inc. develops Internet applications. It specializes in helping its clients to develop smart products, solutions, and applications that connect to the Internet of Things or the industrial Internet. The company offers its services in the areas of embedded systems, mobile platforms, 3D graphics, and network infrastructure. The company is headquartered in Encinitas, CA.

Sontiq, Inc. operates as a holding company that develops heck fraud protection solutions. The firm offers family monitoring, financial transaction monitoring, secure platform, and online identity vault services. It serves financial products and employee benefits industries. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.