William W. Boecke

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Lyric Semiconductor, Inc. designs, develops, and manufactures semiconductors and circuit products for signal processing applications. The company was founded by Ben Vigoda and Reynolds David in 2006 and is headquartered in Norwood, MA.

Analog Devices GmbH is a manufacturer of semiconductors and integrated circuits. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany, with offices within the country.

Part of Texas Instruments Incorporated, Unitrode Corp. is a company that makes and sells analog/linear and mixed-signal integrated circuits for power management applications. The company is based in Merrimack, NH. Unitrode was founded in 1960 and was acquired by Texas Instruments Incorporated on October 15, 1999 for $1,238.64 million.

Applied Science & Technology, Inc. provides solutions for plasma, power, reactive gases and process systems. The company's precision reactive gas processing is used in semiconductor, medical and industrial production applications. The products manufactured are plasma systems, microwave power, control systems and ozone supply systems. The customers of the company include Applied Materials, GaSonics International, Lam Research, FSI International, Semitool, Silicon Vally Group and Ulvac. Applied Science & Technology is located in Wilmington, MA.

Enpirion, Inc. operates as an analog semiconductor company, which offers integrated power management solutions. It develops power systems-on-a-chip DC-DC converters featuring integrated inductors, that enables the combination of efficiency, footprint and low-noise performance. The company was founded by Robert Filas, Trifon Liakopolous, Ashraf Lotfi, Troutman William and Jain Tan in 2001 and is headquartered in Hampton, NJ.

Echelon Ventures (Echelon Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Woody S Woodworth and Scott C McCabe. The firm is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Part of Siemens AG, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Ltd. is a British company that distributes diagnostic products. The company is based in Frimley, UK and was founded in 1995.

AutoGenomics, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of an automated, microarray-based multiplexing diagnostic platform. The company was founded by Fareed Kureshy, Shailendra Singh, and Ramanath Vairavan in April 1999 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Siimpel Corporation has been in the business of innovation since its original founding in 2000 as SiWave. With a heritage from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a background in high-precision navigation grade MEMS sensors, the company has maintained a leadership in technology. In its short history, Siimpel Corporation created the smallest high port count optical switches in the world, packaged MEMS components for NASA's Mars rovers, developed the world's first MEMS horizon sensor, developed the highest precision laser ranging system, and created the world's smallest stages using MEMS technology. A recipient of the ATP (advanced technology program) award from NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Siimpel is proud of its history of ground breaking innovation. Since 2004, Siimpel has been applying the high precision MEMS platform technology to enable the drastic reduction in size of high performance digital cameras. Siimpel's innovative products set new standards for the size and performance of digital cameras in mobile platforms.

Kenexa Recruiter, Inc. provides web based end-to-end solutions. It provides solutions to support employers for job-seekers and manage the hiring process. The firm partners with CareerBuilder.com, Monster, AIRS, ePredix, FIRST Advantage, Sterling Testing Systems, and Zoom Information. The company was founded by Lars D. Perkins and J. Paul Costello in 1982 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

Celtic House Venture Partners, Inc. is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1994 by Roger John Maggs. Celtic House Venture Partners, Inc. is headquartered in Ottawa.

Ubiquity Software Corp. Plc develops and markets SIP-based communications software. The company offers deployment and runtime platform, applications, and development tools for introducing converged IP-based voice, video, and data services. It was founded by Michael Doyle and Simon Gibson in 1993 and is headquartered in Cardiff, UK.

Global Silicon Ltd. designs and manufactures integrated circuit solutions. The company develops silicon chips and semiconductors for the consumer audio market. The company's customers include Dixons, Argos, and Walmart. The company was founded by Morgan Colmer in 2000 and is headquartered in Cambridge, UK

Cavendish Kinetics, Inc. provides radio frequency tuning solutions for mobile devices in the wireless industry. It is a fabless supplier of tunable components for RF circuits used in cellular handsets, laptops, netbooks, tablets, and other consumer wireless devices. The firm offers tunable RF circuits, based on third-generation RF MEMS technology and its semiconductor processes, let users pack more performance into the same space. The company was founded by Charles Gordon Smith and Hermann M. Hauser in 1994 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

RedMere Technology Ltd. provides cable, semiconductor and design solutions. The company was founded by Peter Smyth and John Horan in 2004 and is headquartered in Cork, Ireland.

Movidius, Inc. provides multimedia applications for mobile phones and other electronics. It designs compact, high-performance, ultralow power, multi-core, computational image-processor chips, software and development tools and reference designs, to revolutionize computational imaging and computer vision on mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, and electronic eyewear. The company was founded by Paul Joseph Costigan, Sean Patrick Mitchell, David Macdara Moloney, and Valentin Muresan in 2005 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Alcan Aluminum Corp. provides aluminum and packing services. Its operations are in primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum as well as flexible and specialty packaging, aerospace applications, bauxite mining and alumina processing. Alcan Aluminum is a Canadian division of Alcan, Inc. and is located in Montréal, Canada.

Sandvine, Inc. provides communication and broadband services. Its network equipment and software helps DSL, FTTx, cable, fixed wireless and mobile operators better understand network traffic, manage network congestion, create new services and revenues, mitigate traffic that is malicious or undesirable to subscribers, and deliver QoS-prioritized multimedia services. The company was founded by Dave Caputo, Tom Donnelly, Brad Siim, and Don Bowman in June 2001 and is headquartered in Ontario, Canada.

Excalibur Steel is a British company that specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of steel and allied products.

Flexion Systems Ltd. develops software. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA.

International Convention Centre Wales Ltd. was founded in 2014 and is based in Newport, UK. The venue is surrounded by fresh air and woodland, yet conveniently located near major train stations and two international airports. The British company offers a stunning venue for meetings, conferences, conventions, exhibitions, and events. The venue features bright and airy meeting rooms, a 4,000 sq. metre pillar-free exhibition hall, a 1,500-seat auditorium, versatile meeting rooms, and an abundance of breakout and networking spaces flooded in natural daylight. The private company also offers accommodation and outdoor spaces. The company recently hosted the Royal College of Nursing Congress in 2024 and has secured the UK's largest data platform conference.

Gensym Corp. engages in the provision of software solutions and services. It offers real-time system development platform for building mission critical process control, production control, and simulation applications. The company was founded by Robert L. Moore & Lowell B. Hawkinson in 1986 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.