William L. Honnef

Qteros, Inc. develops cellulosic ethanol transportation fuel. The firm utilizes a Q Microbe that converts all fermentable components of biomass to ethanol. The company was founded by Stephan Rogers, Jeffrey Hausthor, Susan Leschine, Jonathan Gorham, John Fabel and Jeffrey C. Sharp in 2006 and is headquartered in Amherst, MA.

VeraSun Energy Corp. engages in the production and sale of ethanol and its co-products. The company owns and operates five of the ethanol production facilities in the United States with a combined ethanol production capacity of 560 million gallons per year. The company also produces Dried distillers grain with solubles, Wet distillers grains with soluble and Corn Oil. It was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Brookings, SD.

US BioEnergy Corp. manufactures ethanol products. The company provides grain procurement and marketing services for distiller grains and other ethanol co-products. US BioEnergy was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Inver Grove Heights, MN.

Part of CyberSource Corp., ExpressGold, Inc. is a company that provides online merchants with internet gift certificate solutions. The company is based in Brookings, SD. The company was founded by Bill Honnef. ExpressGold was acquired by CyberSource Corp. on January 11, 2000 for $70.34 million.

CyberSource Corp. provides e-commerce payment management services. It offers a full-service payment management platform for eCommerce merchants, combining payment processing, fraud management and payment security services. The company was founded by William S. McKiernan in 1994 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.