John Geiger

The DIRECTV Group, Inc. provides digital television entertainment services. It operates as a digital broadcast satellite service company. The firm transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in several countries. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Certes Networks, Inc. provides solutions for encrypting sensitive traffic over data networks. It offers multi-layer encryption and policy and key management solutions for securing wide area networks, and enable secure connectivity to private and public clouds. The firm provides its solutions for protecting data in financial services, healthcare, government, utilities, telecommunications, and education industries. The company was founded in 2000 by Dennis Toothman and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

CSL Capital Management LLC (CSL Capital) is a private equity firm founded by Charles Leykum in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

MaYh, Inc. engages in the provision of world data and insights. It offers world data with augmented analytics, competitive intelligence and insights, and customized big data and AI solutions. The company was founded by Rajdeep Golecha in 2016 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Rice Alliance for Technology & Entrepreneurship is a nationally recognized initiative devoted to supporting technology commercialization, entrepreneurship education, and the launch of technology companies. The private company is based in Houston, TX. The company connects startups to capital, networks, and success. Rice Alliance has supported over 3,165 companies in its 20+ years of startup support, raising $23.60 billion in funding. The company hosts both large-scale and more intimate events to bring together investors, corporations, startups, and technology ventures for deal-flow, networking, and discussions. Rice Alliance has subsidiaries in the United States.

DeepIQ, Inc. provides software and services to enterprises seeking to accelerate their data science and AI efforts. The company is based in Houston, TX. The company was founded in 2016 by Viswanath Avasarala. Viswanath Avasarala has been the CEO since 2016.

Tourmaline Labs, Inc. develops artificial intelligence technology platform. It offers TL Trip, TL Behaviour, TL Insight, and TL KIT and open API solutions. The firm serves transportation, insurance, OEM and general mobility industries. The company was founded by Lukas Kuhn and Sven Beerweiler in 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Expedi, Inc. engages in provision of procurement solutions to drilling operations. It products includes mud pumps, handling tools, centrifugal pumps, shale shakers, gauges and valves, rope, soap, dope, tools, and accessories. The company was founded by Lawrence Patrick Neal and Timothy Neal in 2017 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Connectus Global provides real time location tracking solutions. It offers a dual frequency UWB solution, badges, tags and receivers to facilitate asset and personnel tracking. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

MGB Oilfield Solutions LLC is an engineering and manufacturing company. The firm offers MGB PowerCell, MGB WinterCell, MGB FlowCell, MGB PumpCell, MGB RefurbCell, and MGB LightCell. The company is headquartered in Katy, TX.

Shale Value LLC provides commercial and technical analyses. The company was founded by Ashish Dabral and Phani Gadde and is headquartered in Katy, TX.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory operates a national research facility. It is a federally funded research and development center. The firm specializes in robotic space and Earth science missions. The company was founded by Frank Malina, Ed Forman, and Jack Parsons on October 31, 1936 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Infrastructure Networks, Inc. engages in the provision of wireless infrastructure and communications solutions. It offers virtual private radio networks, 4G LTE cellular technology, industrial Internet of things, bulk bandwidth, subscription based transit pipe services, FastL2 - transparent ethernet circuits over any IP network, CloudCore LTE service management, and broadband router solutions. The company was founded by Jack M. Fields Jr., Stanley R. Hughey, and Kori Kalich-Ugalde in March 2011 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Corva AI LLC provides real-time data and analytics solutions for oil and gas industry. It specializes in IoT, mobile, analytics, industrial, oil and gas, drilling data, drilling analytics, and real time data. The company was founded by Ryan Dawson in 2014 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Ramas Capital Management LLC (Ramas Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Wireless Seismic, Inc. provides scalable wireless seismic recording systems. Its technology, RT System 2, immediately transmits data to a central location, the RT System 2 eliminates longstanding risk of data loss and reshooting due to unit theft, damage or malfunction, and the issues related to data collection and transcription. The company was founded by Douglas B. Crice, Roy Kligfield, and Mihai Beffa in 2006 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, TX.

Biota Technology, Inc. applies deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing and data science to explore the earth's subsurface. It offers DNA data services for production profiling, sweet spot identification, and reservoir connectivity. The company was founded by Ajay Kshatriya and Rob Knight in 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

British Broadcasting Corp. provides broadcasting services. It offers news, sport, weather reports, DVD shopping, videos, travel, capital, culture, music, nature, food and local news. The company was founded by John Charles Walsham Reith in 1922 and is headquartered in White City, the United Kingdom.

Hughes Systique Corp. provides software solutions and services. Its services include technology consulting and architecture, product engineering, and testing. It offers solutions in the areas of networking, media streaming, retail, automotive, IoT, blockchain, and security. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

New York University Tandon School of Engineering engages in the provision of educational services focusing on science and technology. Its degrees and programs include bachelor of science, master of science, doctor of philosophy, advanced certificate programs, a bridge program to NYU Tandon, and industry partner programs. The company was founded in 1854 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

Blu Venture Investors LLC (Blu Venture Investors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Jim Hunt, Robert Proctor, Kevin Hollins and JS Gamble. The firm is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia.

Moseley Associates, Inc. designs and manufactures digital transmission systems. It provides wireless communications equipment and services to internet service providers, voice service carriers, broadcasters and commercial clients. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

Axxcelera Broadband Wireless, Inc. provides data networking solutions. Its wireless networking solutions provide the capability for voice, real-time video conferencing, transmission of streaming video, web surfing and transmission of data files. The firm serves the government entities, corporate sites, healthcare organizations, libraries, schools, universities, towns & cities, systems integrators, competitive local exchange carriers and Internet service providers. The company is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA

BridgeWave Communications, Inc. develops and supplies wireless gigabit solutions, including point-to-point wireless bridges. Its products include 80 and 60 GHz Wireless, FlexPort and Flex4G. The company was founded by Amir Makleff, Eli Pasternak and Gregg Levin in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Rochester Institute of Technology is a privately endowed, coeducational university with ten colleges emphasizing career education and experiential learning. It was founded in 1829 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

CSL Ventures LLC (CSL Ventures LLC) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of CSL Capital Management LLC founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.