Kathleen Hoertkorn

Manugistics Group, Inc. develops, markets and supports products for synchronised supply chain management software. The company provides software products and supporting services that help companies make their supply chains more efficient. These products includes software for supply chain planning & execution, supplier relationship management, service and parts management. Manugistics also provides pricing and revenue optimization (PRO) software. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Wells Fargo Bank, NA provides investment advisory services. It offers banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer finance services. The company is headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD.

ANTs software, Inc. develops and markets relational database management system in the United States. It develops a software that allows the same source code run on a distributed network, a cluster, or a single processor without recompiling and recoding. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Dunwoody, GA.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Wineshopper.com sells wines via internet. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals is a professional association that has been dedicated to advancing and disseminating research and knowledge on supply chain management for 60 years. The non-profit company is based in Lombard, IL. With over 8,500 members from 65 countries, representing nearly all industry sectors, government, and academia, the organization provides networking opportunities, cutting-edge research, and professional educational opportunities.

DHL Express (USA), Inc. provides supply chain management and logistics services. It offers express & parcel, air & ocean freight, overland transport and contract logistic solutions, as well as international mail services. The firm operates from the Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Plantation, FL.

Aeris Insight, Inc. provides investment advisory services. It offers ratings, data, and consulting. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

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

Smith College opened in 1875 with 14 students. Today, Smith is among the largest women’s colleges in Northampton, MA, with students from 48 states and 72 countries. The college remains strongly committed to the education of women at the undergraduate level, but Smith admits both men and women as graduate students.

Morrison & Foerster LLP is a law firm that provides legal services on various industries, which include: litigation, financial services, intellectual property and technology, and transactional work, such as corporate, capital markets and real estate finance representations. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Pacific Community Ventures LLC (PCV) is a private equity firm founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

WineDirect Inc. provides solutions for the development and expansion of online wine marketplaces. It offers fulfillment solutions, such as shipping, inventory management, facilities, processing, 3-tier network, special handling, green practices, and export services. It also provides an ecommerce platform that offers shopping cart, content management system, CRM and marketing, integrations, wine club, allocations, performance, and direct-to-trade solutions, sales and marketing tools, and compliance services, including upfront services and monitoring tools, in-transaction compliance, and post-transaction compliance. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Napa, CA.

NBD Nanotechnologies, Inc. provides nanotechnology based solutions for commercial partners. It develops surface and thin film coatings that enhance heat transfer through condensation, fog capture and de-misting, and anti-scaling performance. It also engages in developing water generators that capture potable moisture from the atmosphere. The company was founded by Miguel-Angel Galvez and Deckard Sorensen in 2012 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance LLC provides financial advisory services. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Accenture LLP provides management consulting, technology, and outsourcing services. Its services encompass customer relationship, finance, human resources, service, supply chain, information management, business process, and infrastructure outsourcing services. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

LeanLogistics, Inc. provides software-as-a-service transportation management technology and supply chain services. It offers a multimodal transportation planning in one system in the supply chain industry through its LeanTMS platform. The company was founded by Andrew J. Bass, Craig T. Hall, and Jeffrey W. Potts in 1999 and is headquartered in Eaton Rapids, MI.

Samsung Next LLC is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. founded in 2013. Samsung Next LLC is headquartered in Mountain View with additional offices in Suwon and Berlin.

Glooko, Inc. provides mobile diabetes management solution for patients, health systems, and payer groups. It enhances the way diabetics and care providers interact by leveraging the power of mobile, cloud, and analytics to transform diabetes management. The company was founded by Yogen K. Dalal, Chamath Palipitiya, Sundeep Madra, and Anita Matthew in June 2010 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Kngine, Inc. develops next-generation context based search engine proprietary algorithms. Its platform allows developers and businesses to build smart applications. The firm’s search engine platform also enables to add factual question-answering and knowledge capabilities to a user’s application, as well as understand questions and command and process them from its own dataset. It offers Kngine beta application for iOS and Android devices. The company was founded by Ashraf A. ElFadeel and Haytham A. ElFadeel in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.