Robert Kent Novak

Tekelec Global, Inc. provides mobile broadband solutions. The company was founded by Jean-Claude Asscher in December 1971 and was headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Carrier Access Corp. engages in the development of broadband equipment solutions for communications service providers. Its products enable customers to consolidate and upgrade access capacity for the implementation of converged voice, video, and data services at lower costs. The company was founded By Roger L. Koenig and Nancy G. Pierce in 1992 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Efficient Networks Inc. provides broadband Internet access products. It offers voice and data access solutions enable network services for both small to mid-sized businesses and consumers. The firm also provides network management systems that extend from the core of carriers' networks to the subscribers' desktops. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Part of Waste Connections, Inc., Amd, Inc. provides waste management services.

Arxan Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of application security and protection solutions. It offers threat analytics, key and data protection, and application management. The company was founded by J. Eric Davis, John T. Korb, Hoi Chang, John Rice, Richard P. Earley, and Mikhail Atallah in 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Inlet Technologies LLC provides encoding solutions for audio and video. The company was founded by Habib Haddah, Jon Bishop and Neal Page on April 1, 2011 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Quantance, Inc. manufactures ultra-fast, envelope tracking power supplies. The company was founded by Vikas Vinayak and Serge Francois Drogi in 2006 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Virtustream LLC provides information technology and cloud software services. It is a cloud innovator offering cloud solutions to enterprises, governments and service providers. The firm enables businesses to move complex production applications to the cloud whether private, public or hybrid while delivering the economic and business benefits of the cloud. The company was founded by Kevin Reid and Rodney J. Rogers in 2008 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

HelloWallet LLC provides online financial guidance services. The firm is an independent financial management and guidance website which helps its members to take control of finances. The company was founded by Matt Fellowes in 2009 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

EdgeConneX, Inc. provides edge infrastructure solutions to providers and distributors of Internet content. It offers space, power and connectivity to deliver digital content. It offers Edge Data Center, Edge Pop, Edge wireless, Edge Cloud connect, and Edge Landing Station. The firm serves network operators, content provides, wireless carriers, and cloud services. The company was founded by Randy Brouckman and Edmund Wilson in 2009 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

Booker Software, Inc. provides software for management, booking and marketing services. It enables businesses to provide online services through website and a network of partner sites and apps. The company was founded by Joshua McCarter and Daniel Lizio-Katzen in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

FSLogix, Inc. engages in the provision and innovation of solution which addresses the amount of hardware, time and labor required to support desktop virtualization platforms. Its products include FSLogix Apps, Profile Container, White Papers, and Office 365 Container. The firm has offices in Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Denver, Boston, and London. The company was founded by Kevin Goodman, Jeremy Hurren, Brian Mann and Randy Cook in 2012 and is headquartered in Suwanee, GA.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

VxTel, Inc. engages in the development of voice over packet (VoP) products that delivers voice and data communications over next-generation networks. The company was founded by Kumar Ganapathy and Anurag Bist in 1999 and is headquartered in DE.

mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc. provides information technology outsourcing and cloud services. It offers managed IT Services, cloud, data center and professional services. The firm's clients include small and medium sized businesses, law firms, nonprofit associations, financial services and healthcare companies. The company was founded in by Michael P. Wheeler and Mark A. Moore in 1999 and is headquartered in Sterling, VA.

Part of Siemens AG, Siemens Information & Communication Networks, Inc. is a provider of integrated voice and data networks. The company is based in Boca Raton, FL.

The Telecommunications Development Fund, Inc. operates as a venture capital firm. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD.

Overture Networks, Inc. provides virtualization solutions to carrier-class service providers.The company was founded by Prayson Pate and Jeffrey W. Reedy in September 6, 2000 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Diablo Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of products for memory system design performance and capability enhancement. The company was founded by Riccardo Badalone, Michael Parziale, and Franco Forlini in 2003 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

ServiceBench, Inc. provides web based service management solutions. It focuses on optimizing the delivery of post-sales service by integrating the service supply chain. Its solutions integrate post-sales service activities, including service calls, field service management, parts ordering, claims management, and extended service agreements. The company was founded by John Estrada, Robert Baily, and Louis Rose in 1995 and is headquartered in Sterling, VA.

Maryland Venture (Maryland Venture) is a venture capital subsidiary of Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) founded in 1994. The firm is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.

Venture Management Services, Inc. (Venture Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1991 by Alessandro A. Piol. The firm is headquartered in New Jersey.

GainSpan Corp. designs and develops semiconductor solutions. It specializes in wireless connectivity products such as, Wi-Fi chips, software applications, and Wi-Fi modules. The company was founded by Lewis Adams and Vijay Parmar in September 2006 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Netsocket, Inc. provides internet protocol service assurance solutions. It specializes in internet protocol networking service assurance, unified communications service assurance, virtualized networking, video calibration service assurance, and voice over internet protocol service assurance. The company was founded by Kenneth Lewis on September 19, 2006 and is headquartered in Plano, TX.

3Pillar Global, Inc. provides product strategy and software development services. The firm specializes in the development of software solutions with focus on business development advantages. Its service areas encompass software engineering and outsourcing, product architecture, technical design, customer engagement, systems integration, and software support and maintenance. The company was founded by David H. DeWolf in July 2006 and is headquartered in Fairfax, VA.

AT&T Corp. is engaged in providing telecommunication services. The company is headquartered in Bedminster, NJ.

Booker Dimaio LLC provides engineering in the areas of software development and computer engineering. It offers computer engineering and tailored solutions to federal and commercial customers. The company is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Wedge Networks, Inc. engages in the provision of network security products and services. It offers wedge absolute real-time protection, cloud network defense, and wedgeIQ. The company was founded by Hongwen Zhang and Husam Kinawi and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

TDF Ventures LLC (TDF Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Nymi Inc. develops a biometric authentication technology. It offers Nymi Band, a wearable device that uses a proprietary technology called HeartID as a biometric identifier. The company was founded by Karl Martin and Foteini Agrafioti in 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

JPMorgan Asset Management UK (Private Equity) (JPMorgan Asset Management) is a private equity subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Ltd. founded in 1974. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Omnispace LLC engages in the development and operation of mobile satellite services and related networks services. It provides scheduled communications and machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity services enabling low-cost/low-complexity communications modules to communicate with the satellite. The company was founded on May 08, 2012 and is headquartered in Dulles, VA.

UPshow, Inc. develops social media digital signage software. The firm’s features include real-time marketing, modern entertainment, management and insights. The company was founded by Adam Hirsen and Matt Gibbs in 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Liongard, Inc. engages in the automation of management and protection of modern IT environments at scale for IT MSPs and enterprise IT operations. Its product Roar, automates the discovery, documentation, change detection, and assessment of best practice configuration. The company was founded by Joe Alapat and Vincent Tran and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Blackcloak, Inc. provides cyber security services. The company is headquartered in Lake Mary, FL.

Pickupon, Inc. is a Japanese AI IP phone company that automatically records and summarizes important points of phone conversations. The company is based in Ichikawa, Japan. The company's technology integrates with Salesforce and other SFA systems to share the summarized points with team workspaces. The service allows for easy sharing of key points without any extra effort. The company was founded in 2018 by Yoichi Obata and Jose Maria Campana Rojas, with Yoichi Obata serving as CEO since then.