Brian Coulter

FirstHand Technologies, Inc. provides mobile unified communications solutions. It mobilizes enterprise communications by extending the functionality of private branch exchanges and related servers to smart phones and dual mode devices. The company was founded in 2002 by Alain Mouttham and is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario

Polycom, Inc. develops video, voice and content collaboration and communication technology. It offers consult, deployment, customer support, optimization, managed and cloud services. The firm serves healthcare, education, entertainment, government and finance industries. It offers solutions through Polycom RealPresence platform. The company was founded by Brian L. Hinman and Jeffrey Rodman in December 1990 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

BayPackets, Inc. developed compliant service delivery platforms and applications. It offered services that enabled wireless, wireline and cable operators to deliver voice and data services. The company was founded by Sanjeev Chawla and Anurag Goel in February, 2000 and was headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Ascend Communications Inc. develops, manufactures, sells and services wide area networking solutions for telecommunications carriers, Internet service providers and corporate customers worldwide. Lucent Technologies has acquired Ascend Communications, Inc.

Vidtel, Inc. provides cloud video conferencing services. Its services include Vidtel MeetMe, Vidtel Connect, Vidtel Gateway and Vidtel WebRTC. Its easy-to-use service provides compatibility between a diverse set of business grade SIP and H.323 and customer grade video endpoints, including WebRTC based browser applications. Vidtel enables enterprises of any size to affordably experience the productivity of business quality video conferencing between dispersed employees, partners and customers. The company was founded by Mariette Johnson Wharton in 2008 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.