Robert M. McDowell

Blackboard, Inc. provides software applications and related services to the education industry. The firm offers recruitment, student success, and consulting services. Its services are utilized by academic institutions around the globe, including colleges, and universities. The company was founded by Michael L. Chasen, Daniel E. Cane, Stephen Gilfus and Matthew L. Pittinsky in 1997 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Panasas, Inc. develops storage solutions for technical applications and data workloads. The firm serves the bioscience, energy, finance, government, manufacturing, media, and university markets. The company was founded by Garth Gibson, Frederic Roy Carlson and William Courtright in 1999 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

SRA International, Inc. provides technology and strategic consulting services and solutions. It offers information technology solutions and professional services that enable mission performance, improve efficiency of operations or reduce operating costs. The firm’s information technology service offerings include infrastructure services, software development, systems integration, cyber security, cloud computing, business intelligence, data analytics and mobile solutions. The company also provides mission-specific domain expertise in areas such as intelligence analysis, energy and environmental consulting, enterprise logistics and bioinformatics. The company was founded by Ernst Volgenau in 1978 and is headquartered in Fairfax, VA.

The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in the year 1990 by William E. Conway, Jr. and Daniel A. D'Aniello. The firm is headquartered in Washington DC.

SRI International provides contract research and development services. It is an independent, nonprofit research institute conducting client-sponsored research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses, foundations, and other organizations. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

ISR Solutions, Inc. designs security system services. It also engineers, installs, operates, monitors, and maintains sophisticated security solutions that protect a company's employees and assets. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Chantilly, VA.

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

California Institute of Technology provides education focusing on science, engineering, academia, business, and public service. The company was founded in 1891 and it is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

In-Q-Tel (In-Q-Tel) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Gilman Louie. The firm is headquartered in Arlington, Texas with additional office in London and Sydney.

Grant Street Group, Inc. develops software applications for tax collection, ePayments, and auctions. It offers server hardware and software maintenance and operation, disaster recovery network equipment maintenance and operation, system and database administration, capacity planning, and backup and recovery services. The company was founded by Myles Harrington and Dan Veres in 1997 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Imagitas, Inc. provides advertising, marketing and consulting services. It also provides direct mailing services through partnerships with state and federal government agencies. It was founded in 1992 by Brett H. Matthews and Chris Hessler and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Unison Software, Inc. provides consulting, software, engineering and program management services. The firm offers software solutions for federal, defense, and intelligence agencies, and contractor organizations with the visibility, control and transparency and government agencies and contractors. Its products include TopVue, PRISM and Spectrum Suites, CDRL, PM, RISK, CMvues, FedConnect, Acquisition Management Module, and Spectrum CLM. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Dulles, VA.

San Diego Research Center, Inc. engages in inventing, implementing, and integrating wireless communications systems for military environments. It offers modems, networking, and systems solutions. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Applied Information Sciences, Inc. provides information technology services. It specializes in custom application development, software testing and automation, customer PMO support, agile project management, business intelligence, CRM implementation, SharePoint implementation, portals and collaboration, case management and workflow automation, infrastructure and server management, cloud solutions, enterprise content management, service desk support, mobile and tablet solutions, logistics, user training, and virtual teleconference infrastructure and management. The company was founded by Fred Elleman and David Mucka in 1982 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Northern Virginia Technology Council operates as a membership and trade association for the technology community in Northern Virginia. It serves businesses from all sectors of the technology industry, service providers, universities, foreign embassies, non-profit organizations and government agencies. The company is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation operates as an agency specializing in educational, scientific, and cultural reforms. The company was founded on 16 November 1945 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Gunnison Consulting Group, Inc. is a company that helps the federal government tackle complex IT challenges by leveraging their experience, subject matter expertise, and thought leadership. The company is based in Fairfax, VA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company works collaboratively with their customers to solve tomorrow's problems today. The company was founded in 1994 and the CEO is Frantz Gilbert Dussek.

Hughes Aircraft Corp. designs, validates, and maintains instrument flight procedures for helicopters and airplanes.

Blue Delta Capital Partners LLC (Blue Delta Capital Prtnrs) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Mark A Frantz and Kevin Robbins. The firm is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Amida Technology Solutions provides data management solutions to enhance the infrastructure of enterprise businesses. The company is based in Washington and was founded by Matthew McCall and Peter L. Levin, with Peter L. Levin serving as CEO since incorporation. The American company's services include AI, ML, and NLP approaches to solve problems and migrate data to cloud services.

Part of UltraViolet, Inc. (Virginia), Watchtower LLC is a platform that provides security services for SME's. The company is based in McLean, VA. Watchtower was acquired by Achieve Partners Management LLC on April 13, 2023. The company was founded by Mischel Kwon. Mischel Kwon has been the CEO since incorporation.