Scott Howser

Hadapt, Inc. develops software solutions that integrates structured query language (SQL) with apache Hadoop and enables customers to analyze their data (structured, semi-structured, and unstructured) in a single platform – no connectors or rigid structure. The firm's flagship product, Adaptive Analytical Platform, brings a native implementation of SQL to the Apache Hadoop open-source project. The company was founded by Daniel Abadi, Kamil Bajda-Pawlikowski, and Justin Borgman in July 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Vertica Systems, Inc. used to provide analytics software. The company was founded in 2005 and was headquartered in Billerica, MA.

EMC Corp. develops, delivers and supports information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure technologies, solutions and services. It enables businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver information technology as a service. The company was founded by Richard J. Egan, John Curly and Roger M. Marino on August 23, 1979 and is headquartered in Hopkinton, MA.

Nutonian, Inc. develops and explains complex patterns in data. The firms product Eureqa is used by analysts, researchers, and engineers to uncover and explain breakthrough insights in fields ranging from microbiology, through material sciences and satellite communications. The company was founded by Michael Schmidt and Hod Lipson in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.