Morton L. Topfer

Measurement Specialties, Inc. manufactures digital electronic measurement devices. Its sensor products comprise pressure components, sensors, and transducers; load cells; linear variable differential transformers, rotary position transducers, and magneto-resistive sensors and magnetic encoders; long stroke linear displacement, magnetostrictive, and hi-rel rotary sensors; traffic and custom piezoelectric film sensors; accelerometers; relative humidity sensors; fluid monitoring sensors; thermistors and resistance temperature detectors; pulse oximetry and X-ray detection sensors; angular rate measurement sensors; and static and dynamic torque or force sensors. The company’s technologies comprise piezoresistive silicon, polymer and ceramic piezoelectric materials, application specific integrated circuits, micro-electromechanical systems, foil strain gauges, electromagnetic force balance systems, fluid capacitive sensors, linear and rotational variable differential transformers and anisotropic magneto-resistive devices. Measurement Specialties was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Hampton, VA.

Entorian Technologies, Inc. is a vertical provider of rugged, mission-critical enterprise and government computing solutions. Through its subsidiary, Augmentix, company leverages core electronics, software, sales and customer service from mainstream OEM products. This enables Entorian to focus strictly on the research, development and innovations that allow end users to address their mission critical needs. The company includes two divisions: Memory Solutions and Rugged Technology Solutions. Entorian Technologies was founded on May 9, 2003 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Castletop Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Morton Topfer, Alan Topfer, and Richard Topfer. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Sheer Networks, Inc. develops network management software. It provides network service management solutions for large enterprises. The firm has offices in California and New Jersey. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Rein Capital LLC (Rein Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1976 by David M. Rein. The firm is headquartered in Lakewood, NJ.

Motorola, Inc. provides seamless mobility products and solutions across broadband, embedded systems and wireless networks. Motorola is engaged in providing technologies, products and services for mobile phones. Its portfolio includes wireless handsets, wireless accessories, digital entertainment devices, wireless access systems, voice and data communications systems, and enterprise mobility products. The company operates through three business segments, including Mobile Devices Segment, Home and Networks Mobility Segment and Enterprise Mobility Solutions Segment. The Mobile Devices segment designs, manufactures, sells and services wireless handsets with integrated software and accessory products, and licenses intellectual property. The Home and Networks Mobility segment designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services: (i) digital video, Internet Protocol video and broadcast network interactive set-tops, end-to-end video delivery systems, broadband access infrastructure platforms, and associated data and voice customer premise equipment to cable television and telecom service providers, and (ii) wireless access systems, including cellular infrastructure systems and wireless broadband systems, to wireless service providers. The Enterprise Mobility Solutions segment designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services analog and digital two-way radio, voice and data communications products and systems for private networks, wireless broadband systems and end-to-end enterprise mobility solutions to government and public safety agencies, as well as retail, energy and utilities, transportation, manufacturing, healthcare and other commercial customers. Motorola was founded on September 25, 1928 and is headquartered in Schaumburg, IL

Sarnoff Corp. provides contract research services in the fields of electronics, biomedicine and information technology. Its areas of research include optoelectronics, genomics, digital video, lasers and wireless communications. The company was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.