Michael Foster

National Semiconductor Corp. develops and manufactures analog intensive and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The firm’s product portfolio includes power management circuits, audio and operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog converters, communication interface circuits, lighting and display circuits, adaptive voltage scaling circuits, and radio frequency integrated circuits, as well as power references, regulators, and switches. The company was founded by Arie Brish on June 29, 1959 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Rohm & Haas Co. develops and manufactures specialty chemicals, paints, adhesives, and materials. The company was founded by Otto Röhm and Otto Haas on September 1, 1909 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Xsigo Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells data center solutions. The company was founded by Ariel Cohen, Cheng Tang, Ashok Krishnamurthi and S. K. Vinod in 2004 and is headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA.

Z Corp. manufactures, develops and markets 3D printers and machines. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

QD Vision, Inc. develops nanotechnology-based optical products for display and solid state lighting applications. Its materials and components are used to illuminate applications, including flat panel displays, solid state lighting systems, and defense and security projects. The company was founded by Jonathan S. Steckel, Joe J. Caruso, Seth Coe-Sullivan, Gregory V. Moeller and Vladimir Bulovic in 2004 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Unidesk Corp. develops desktop management software. It provides its solutions for healthcare, K-12 education, higher education, commercial, legal, manufacturing, banking and credit unions. The company was founded by Christopher Midgley in 2007 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Qualtré, Inc. operates as a holding company, which engages in the development of solid-state silicon micro-electro-mechanical systems based motion sensor solutions for consumer electronics. Its product is bulk acoustic wave. The company was founded by Farrokh Ayazi and Mehran Mehregany in 2008 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Avotus Corp. develops and provides communications software solutions. It offers voice, data network, communications, expense management products, and services. The company's products compile information about communications expenses, infrastructure, and systems usage to help users make decisions about their communications environment. Its software can be deployed as an outsourced, onsite or hosted application. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Matrix Management Corp. (Matrix Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1977 by Paul Ferri. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts with additional offices in China and India.

Atotech USA, Inc. supplies equipment for metal finishing, semiconductor and printed circuit board manufacturing. It offers electronic materials, general metal finishing products, wafer metallization and specialty chemicals. The company serves the automotive, electronics, aerospace & aircraft, hardware, houseware, jewelry, machinery and heavy equipment industries. Atotech USA was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Rock Hill, SC.

Part of Cornhill Corp. LLP, Cadia Networks is a company that develops multiserver WAN-adaptation and connection technology. The company is based in Andover, MA. The company was founded by Gregor N. Ferguson. Cadia Networks was acquired by FORE Systems, Inc. on January 08, 1997 for $150 million.

Winphoria Networks, Inc. manufactures wireless communications equipment used in the cellular telecommunications industry. The company was founded by Murali Aravamudan and Shamim Naqvi on March 15, 2000 and is headquartered in Tewksbury, MA.

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.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Nasuni Corp. provides cloud-integrated storage solutions. Its solutions include unified file storage, backup, disaster recovery, data archiving, global file share, scale out storage and storage virtualization. The firm offers nasuni file services, the nasuni filer, nasuni management console, nasuni operations center, and cloud storage products. The company was founded by Andres I. Rodriguez and Robert S. Mason, Jr. in 2009 and is headquartered in Natick, MA.

24M Technologies, Inc. develops energy storage systems. It offers a battery technology that provides storage for power grid and transportation markets. The company was founded by Yet-Ming Chiang, W. Craig Carter and Throop M. Wilder in 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

HighRes Biosolutions, Inc. designs and builds robotic systems and laboratory devices used by pharmaceutical and biotech companies and academic research laboratories. It helps scientists accelerate such areas as drug discovery, high-throughput genotyping, siRNA screening, next-generation sequencing sample prep, biorepository science, molecular diagnostics and more. The firm offers modularity, microdock and microcart, acell, nanocell, and accessories. The company was founded by Louis J. Guarracina and Michael J. Nichols in 2004 and is headquartered in Beverly, MA.

A123 Systems LLC develops and manufactures nanophosphate lithium-ion batteries and battery systems. Its products include cells, modules, and systems. The company was founded by Bart Riley and Yet-Ming Chiang in 2001 and is headquartered in Livonia, MI.

Veloxint Corp. manufactures metal parts and products for vehicles. Its products include Veloxint hard metal and Veloxint fortified chrome. The company was founded by Christopher A. Schuh and Alan Lund in 2015 and is headquartered in Framingham, MA.

Desktop Metal Operating, Inc. engages in the provision of three dimensional printing services. It offers studio, production, and software solutions. The firm serves to automotive, heavy industrial, manufacturing tooling and machine design industries. The company was founded by Ric Fulop, Jonah Meyerberg, Emanuel Sachs, Rick Chin, A. John Hart, Christopher A. Schuh, and Yet Ming Chiang, in October 2015 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Unity Aluminum, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of rolled metal products. It provides to the automotive, transportation, and distribution markets. The company was founded by Craig T. Bouchard and is headquartered in Ashland, KY.

Safar Partners LLC (Safar Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Nader Motamedy. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Cambalt Solutions, Inc. provides software development services for dental insurance. The American company was founded in 2017 by Ramakrishna R. Sudireddy and Saty Mahajan, with Ramakrishna R. Sudireddy serving as CEO since then.