Kent Buller

LinkedIn Corp. operates an online professional network on the internet. Its proprietary platform enables members to create, manage, and share their professional identities online, build, and engage with professional networks, access shared knowledge and insights, and find business opportunities. The company was founded by Allen Blue, Reid G. Hoffman, Jean-Luc Vaillant, Konstantin Guericke, and Eric Ly in November 2002 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Therma-Wave, Inc. develops and markets control metrology systems. Its products are used in the manufacture of semiconductors. The company offers products for the measurement of transparent, semitransparent and opaque thin films for the monitoring of ion implantation, as well as for the integration of metrology into semiconductor processing systems.Therma-Wave was founded in 1982 by Allan Rosencwaig and David Willenborg and is located in Fremont, CA

Part of QUALCOMM, Inc., Oak Technology, Inc. designs and markets high performance integrated semiconductors. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. Oak Technology was acquired by Zoran Corp., part of QUALCOMM, Inc. from August 31, 2011 on August 11, 2003 for $401.81 million.