David E. Liddle

Inphi Corp. engages in the provision of analog and mixed signal semiconductor solutions for the communications and computing markets. The Analog and mixed signal semiconductor solutions offers high signal integrity at data speeds while reducing system power consumption. The Semiconductor solutions comprises of solutions that address bandwidth bottlenecks in networks; maximize throughput and minimize latency in computing environments; and enable the rollout of next generation communications, datacenter and computing infrastructures. The company was founded by Loi Nguyen, Gopal Raghavan, Timothy D. Semones and Ashok Dhawan in November 2000 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Electric Cloud, Inc. delivers solutions that automate and accelerate the software delivery process. Its products include ElectricAccelerator, ElectricCommander and ElectricDeploy. The company was founded by John K. Ousterhout and John Graham-Cumming on April 29, 2002 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Axiom Microdevices, Inc. manufactures amplifiers for the cellular telephone market. The company was founded by Ichiro Aoki, Scott Kee & Ali Hajimiri in April 2002 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

MaXXan Systems, Inc. develops gateways and switches to build and manage networked storage systems. It offers first storage security architecture such as tactical deployments and centrally managed encryption ports. The company was founded by Mike Witkowski and Keriyun Liu in 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

CipherMax, Inc. developed and marketed storage security solutions. The company was founded by Mike Witkowski, Ray Kao and Keriyun Liu in 2000 and was headquartered in Cupertino, CA.

SRI International provides contract research and development services. It is an independent, nonprofit research institute conducting client-sponsored research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses, foundations, and other organizations. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

T-RAM Semiconductor, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets embedded memory IP solutions. The company was founded by Farid Nemati and Robert Homan Igehy in 2000 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Gear6, Inc. develops and markets computer software products. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Klocwork, Inc. used toprovide static analysis software solutions. Its product and services include CodeDynamics, total view for HPC, open source support, visualization and host access. The company was headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Optichron, Inc. develops semiconductor and mixed signal integrated circuits. It focuses on a significant technology challenge-a solution to the performance bottleneck caused by nonlinear distortion, a long-standing engineering barrier in many industries relying on signal processing technologies. The company was founded by Roy Batruni, Tim Ryan and Ravi Ramachandran in 2003 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Instantis, Inc. provided software solutions. The company was founded by Tomas Rokicki, Prasad Raje and A. Prasad in 1999 and was headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Santa Fe Institute of Science operates as a nonprofit, independent research center. It provides research and education services. The company was founded by George Cowan, David Pines, Stirling Colgate, Murray Gell-Mann, Nick Metropolis, Herb Anderson, Peter A. Carruthers, and Richard Slansky in May 1984 and is headquartered in Santa Fe, NM.

The Computer Science & Telecommunications Board provides technical and public policy advice to the federal government on issues related to computing and communications. The non-profit company is based in Washington.

SETI Institute operates as a non-profit organization that provides scientific research, education, and public outreach services. It offers instrument development, outreach programs, research experience for undergraduates, and weekly colloquium. The company was founded in November 1984 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Metaphor Computer Systems, Inc. specializes in making data actionable at scale. The company is based in Mountain View, CA and was founded by David E. Liddle. The company provides cloud-native, self-service data platforms for data teams to build for their business users. The company's services include data governance, data lineage, data discovery, and data trust capabilities. Metaphor Computer Systems is on a mission to empower individuals and companies to change the world through data.

AltoBeam (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. provides integrated circuit demodulators and receivers for global digital television industry. Its products include digital terrestrial multimedia broadcast (DTMB), and digital video broadcast (DVB) demodulator. The company was founded by ChaoHuang Ceng and Qi Deng on May 29, 2007 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

The Public Library of Science (PLOS) is a company that is redefining how research is evaluated, shared, and read through open science. The company is based in San Francisco, CA and was founded in 2000 by Patrick O. PLOS offers services to institutions and consortia to enable authors to publish their research. The company provides a modular, opt-in approach to signed and published peer review, allowing authors to decide what works best for them and their manuscript. PLOS also offers resources for scientific writing and publishing, including guides and hands-on resources for authors looking to improve their scientific publishing skillset. Brown, Michael Eisen, and Harold E. Varmus. Alison Mudditt has been the CEO of the company since 2017.

Karmasphere was a business analytics software company brought Apache Hadoop power to the desktop. Karmasphere enables companies to unlock the competitive advantages within their large datasets by providing an easy-to-use class of client-side software. Karmasphere's first product, Karmasphere Studio: Community Edition was available for download at www.karmasphere.com. The company operated out of offices located in San Jose, California USA and Europe.

LineStream Technologies, Inc. provides embedded software solutions. It develops control software solutions for the performance of automated systems for industrial processes and product developers. The company was founded by Zhiqiang Gao in 2006 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.