Michael C. Kastner

Conexant Systems LLC provides semiconductor solutions for imaging, audio, embedded modem, and video surveillance applications. The company is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. develops and markets multifunction location platforms based on semiconductor and software products that are designed to enable location-awareness utilizing GPS and other location technologies, enhanced by wireless connectivity and multimedia capabilities, for high-volume mobile consumer devices and commercial applications. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

California Institute of Technology provides education focusing on science, engineering, academia, business, and public service. The company was founded in 1891 and it is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research. The Institute, with nearly 360 faculty, 4000 students, 1250 administrative and supporting staff, is a self-contained campus and is located in a beautiful, wooded land of about 250 hectares in South Madras

Life Technologies Corp. provides products in the areas of scientific research, genetic analysis and applied sciences. Its brands include Invitrogen, Applied Biosystems, Gibco, Molecular Probes, Noves, Ambion and Ion Torrent. The firm’s portfolio includes the most cited products and technologies in qPCR, capillary electrophoresis sequencing, nextgeneration sequencing, molecular diagnostics, forensics, cell culture and analysis, and agriculture research. The company was founded on November 21, 2008 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Paxonet Communications, Inc. provides integrated circuit semiconductors design services. It designs, develops and markets silicon solutions for interworking metro networking technologies to SONET. It offers the MetroConnect line of integrated circuits and the CoreEl line of specialized IP cores focused on the metro market. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Churchill Capital Corp. operates as a blank check company. It was formed for the purpose of affecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination. The company was founded by Jerre Stead and Michael Klein on June 20, 2018 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BTI Systems, Inc. provides intelligent networking software and systems. Its products include cloud connect, packet optical transport, Ethernet, network management, software networking, and network functions virtualization. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Kanata, Canada.

Cutler Capital Management LLC (Cutler) is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Worcester, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Melvin Cutler in 2003. Cutler provides discretionary investment management services to both separately managed accounts and to private investment funds organized as pooled investment vehicles.

Simply The Best Technology Solutions Inc. provides temporary, long-term, onsite and offshore information technology staffing and consulting services. It specializes in enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, business intelligence, web and application development, mobile applications, e-commerce and retail development, project management and business analysis, quality assurance suite, infrastructure and system administration, cloud development and architecture services, vendor management services, and information technology residency program design and maintenance. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Dedham, MA.

AirNet Communications Corp. designs, manufactures and markets wireless infrastructure and telecommunications products. It offers conversion, RF planning and network design, enterprise network LAN and WAN management, program management and installation and integration services. The firm's products include AdaptaCell, SuperCapacity, RapidCell, AirSite and Backhaul Free. The firm serves wireless service providers and public safety organizations. AirNet Communications was founded by Terry L. Williams in January 1994 and is headquartered in Melbourne, FL.

Pacific Life Insurance Co. provides insurance products and service. It offers annuities, mutual funds to individuals, businesses and pension plans. The company was founded on May 9th 1868 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, CA.

Jazz Semiconductor, Inc. engages in the manufacture of semiconductor products. It focuses on specialty process technologies for the manufacture of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor devices. The company was founded by Shu Li in March 2002 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, CA.

Pacific Mutual Holding Co. engages in the provision of insurance, financial services, and other investment-related businesses. It operates through the following segments: Life Insurance, Retirement Solutions, Aircraft Leasing, Reinsurance, and Corporate and Other. The Life Insurance segment includes universal life, indexed universal life, variable universal life, hybrid long term care, and term life insurance. The Retirement Solutions segment involves variable and fixed annuity products; mutual funds, and structured settlement and group retirement annuities which are offered through multiple distribution channels. The Aircraft Leasing segment offers aircraft leasing to the airline industry and provides brokerage and asset management services to other third parties. The Reinsurance segment provides reinsurance to insurance and annuity providers in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia. The Corporate and Other segment consists of assets, liabilities, and activities which support the other operating segments of the firm. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, CA.

Global Semiconductor Alliance provides information on and organizes events for the semiconductor industry in order to ensure growth and profitability of the industry. The private company is based in Dallas, TX. The company was founded by Jodi L. Shelton. Jodi L. Shelton has been the CEO since incorporation.

Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC (PLFA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded by Brian Robertson in 2007 and they are a direct subsidiary of Pacific Life Insurance Co., an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Pacific Mutual Holding Co. PLFA provides discretionary investment advisory services to US open-ended mutual funds and a private investment fund.

BCD Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. designs, develops, manufactures and sells integrated circuit boards. The company focus on high volume growth segments in the computing, consumer and communications markets, such as personal computers, flat panel televisions and monitors, mobile phone chargers and a wide variety of consumer and portable electronic devices. It also offers a diversified and expanding portfolio of over 300 products, including power management ICs within the following subcategories: linear, AC/DC and DC/DC. BCD Semiconductor Manufacturing was founded by Chieh Chang, Kuo Wei Chang, Yen-Liang Liu, Ming Hao Wong and Jiwei Sun and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

OCTANe connects people and ideas with capital and resources for technology growth in Orange County. It stimulates technology job growth and wealth creation; helps entrepreneurs turn ideas into successful businesses; helps companies connect with funding and growth resources; helps senior executives access intelligence, new technologies, and talent; helps develop technology business leaders; and creates a forum for technology company leaders to have an impact on the future. The company offers LaunchPad, a pro-bono accelerator for startup companies in the technology, life science, and clean tech industries. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

Part of McAfee Corp., FSA Corp. supplies corporate security control and audit tools. The company is based in Calgary, Canada. FSA was acquired by Networks Associates, Inc. on September 03, 1996 for $22.78 million.