Garth Thompson

Penguin Computing, Inc. provides computer, cluster management software and technical services. It offers an end-to-end portfolio of products that range from Linux servers and workstations to integrated, turn-key HPC clusters and cluster management software. The company was founded by Sam Ockman in 1998 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

OpSource, Inc. provides cloud and managed hosting solutions that enable businesses of all sizes to accelerate growth and scale operations while controlling costs and reducing IT infrastructure support risks. Its application operations service goes beyond traditional hosting by providing application management, change management, performance management and application optimization. The company was founded by Michael Piacente, Dan Rasmussen, John Rowell and Treb Ryan in 2002 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Echelon Corp. engages in the development and distribution of open-standard control networking platforms for industrial internet of things applications. It offered chips, control point devices, network interfaces, software, modules, routers, controllers and gateways, motion sensors, and starter and evaluation kits. The company was founded by Armas Clifford Markkula, Jr. in February 1988 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.