Robert Finnell

Ventaso, Inc. provides web-based software and services. It hosts web-based marketing and sales solutions. It services include easy access and instant on-demand delivery of product positioning, competitive matrices, market analysis, and one-to-one collateral. Ventaso was formerly known as Market-Touch Corp. The company was founded by Ariel Kelman in 1998 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Ingres Corporation is a leading provider of open source information management services to the enterprise. Built on over 25 years of technology investment, Ingres is a leader in software and service innovation, providing the enterprise with proven reliability combined with the value and flexibility of open source. The Ingres Database offers high-volume transaction processing, high availability, multi-platform support, and security for mission-critical application deployments. Its software and support services are designed to provide customers these enterprise-class features at a lower total cost of ownership. It also offers its database software as part of integrated software appliances, enabling customers to rapidly and cost-effectively deploy, manage, and maintain open source solutions throughout the enterprise. These appliances are the result of its work with leading business intelligence and content management providers. Its business intelligence appliance delivers advanced reporting and data analysis capabilities; while its appliance for content management allows for the management of structured and unstructured data. As an open source company, Ingres has an active community of developers that continually test its code, influence their product roadmap by submitting specific feature requests, and contribute code for inclusion in its software. When integrating their applications with its database, developers increase their productivity given their direct access to its source code. The company offers their customers a variety of support options ranging from online access to on-site support. Ingres is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has major development, sales, and support centers throughout the world, supporting thousands of customers in the United States and internationally.

PeopleSoft, Inc. provides enterprise software that ties together back-office applications and databases. Its software addresses such tasks as accounting, human resources management and supply chain management. PeopleSoft has expanded its product lines to include vertical applications for manufacturing firms and government agencies. In late 2003 Oracle launched a hostile attempt to purchase PeopleSoft, which ultimately agreed to be purchased for $10.3 billion in December 2004. Oracle completed the acquisition of the company in January 2005. PeopleSoft is located in Redwood Shores, CA.

Calypso Technology, Inc. provides financial market software solutions. The firm offers cross-asset front-to-back platform for trading, processing, risk management, and accounting to handle various new aspects of cleared and over the counter derivatives markets; and provides investment management solutions for multi-asset portfolios. It also offers front office risk and cross-asset coverage for cleared and bilateral cash and derivative products, such as foreign exchange and money markets, rates, credit, fixed income, equities, commodities, structured products, and precious metals. The company was founded by Charles Martson and Kishore Bopardikar in 1997 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.