William M. Hitchcock

Thoratec Corp. develops, manufactures and markets proprietary medical devices used for circulatory support for the treatment of heart failure patients. The company's products include Ventricular Assist Devices, HeartMate Left Ventricular Assist System, HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist System, Thoratec Paracorporeal Ventricular Assist Device and Thoratec Implantable Ventricular Assist. It also manufactures and markets the CentriMag Acute Circulatory System, HeartMate II, PVAD, IVAD and for pediatric patients PediMag/PediVAS Acute Circulatory System. Its ventricular assist devices products primarily serve patients suffering from late-stage heart failure. Heart Failure is a chronic disease that occurs when degeneration of the heart muscle reduces the pumping power of the heart, causing the heart to become too weak to pump blood at a level sufficient to meet the body's demands. The company operates its business through the Cardiovascular group segment, which develops, manufactures mechanical circulatory products to support the cardiovascular systems of humans and to provide product-related services. Thoratec was founded in March 1976 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Part of Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., Plains Resources International, Inc. is a petroleum and petroleum products wholesaler, except bulk stations. The company is based in Houston, TX.

Impulse Devices, Inc. designs and manufactures acoustic inertial confinement reactors for national laboratories and major universities. The company was founded by Ross Tessien & Mike Cannon in 1999 and is headquartered in Grass Valley, CA.

The Telx Group, Inc. provided interconnectivity, data center, and cloud enablement services. The firm served the telecommunications carriers, internet service providers, cloud providers, content providers, and enterprises. It increases speed to market and reduce connectivity costs by providing direct connectivity to the industry's performance networks. The company was founded by Rory J. Cutaia in 2000 and was headquartered in New York, NY.

Ausam Energy Corp. engages in the business of oil and gas exploration and development. The company was founded on July 10, 1997 and is headquartered in Calgary, AB.

Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. develops medical devices. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Luna Imaging, Inc. provides software and scanning services. The firm provides insight software toolset for building, hosting and distributing digital collections. The company was founded by Michael Ester in 1993 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.