Patrick J. Scannell

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.

GlassHouse Technologies, Inc. provided information technology consulting, deployment and managed services. Its services included data center transformation, security, cloud computing, managed services, orchestration, virtualization and storage. The company was founded by Richard Scannell and Mark A. Shirman in 2001 and was headquartered in Framingham, MA.

PhotonEX Corp. manufactures optical networking systems. The private company is based in Maynard, MA. The company was founded by Katie Hall.

Silknet Software, Inc. used to provide software for marketing, sales, e-commerce and customer support services. The company used to provide customer centric e-business applications and systems. Its service included providing marketing, sales, electronic commerce and customer support services under the trade marks such as silknet eservice, silknet ebusiness experience, silknet ecommerce, silknetesales and silknet ebusiness system. The company was headquartered in Manchester, NH.

Applix, Inc. develops, markets, and supports front office software applications. It is a global provider of business performance management and business intelligence solutions. The firm's solutions based on Applix's TM1 analytics platform, enable the continuous planning, management, and monitoring of performance across the financial and operational functions within the enterprise. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Westborough, MA.

Amazon Robotics LLC develops robotic solutions for automating distribution centers. It develops corporate and academic partnerships to support innovation throughout the robotics ecosystem. The company was founded by Michael C. Mountz in 2003 and is headquartered in North Reading, MA.

Netezza Corp. provides enterprise data warehouse appliances. The company was founded by Jitender S. Saxena and Foster D. Hinshaw in 2000 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Xtalic Corp. provides nanostructure alloys for hard metal coatings industry. The firm offers xtronic, luna and nano-AL solutions. It offers dynamic nanostructure control technology. The company was founded by Christopher A. Schuh and Alan Lund in August 2005 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.