Richard A. Shank

EarthLink LLC provides Internet services. It empowers customers with managed information technology services including cloud computing, data centers, virtualization, security, applications and support services, in addition to nationwide data and voice IP services. The company was founded by Sky D. Dayton in February 2000 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Stratos Global Corp. provides telecommunications services. It offers customers operating in remote locations a variety of satellite and microwave wireless technologies to provide Internet Protocol, data and voice solutions through a range of newly emerging and established technologies. The firm also serves an array of diverse markets including government, military, oil and gas, maritime, industrial, aeronautical, media and recreational users anywhere in the world. The company was founded on October 10, 1960 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Gas Turbine Efficiency Ltd. designs, manufactures and supplies proprietary cleantech energy saving and performance enhancing solutions. The company was founded on March 17, 2005 by Peter Asplund and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Latisys Corp. provides hybrid infrastructure-as-a-service solutions that span enterprise cloud, managed hosting and data center collocation to medium-sized businesses, enterprise customers and government agencies. The firm also offers business customers with ITO infrastructure solutions like IT Off-site, IT Off-load and IT optimize solutions. The company was founded by Peter K. Stevenson, Doug Butler and Evans Mullan in June 2007 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

GE Energy Services, Inc. supplies power generation and energy delivery technologies. Its services encompass field engineering, geospatial asset management, measurement solutions, transmission and distribution. The firmalso offer on-site installation and project engineering services. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Culligan International Co. provides water treatment products and services. The firm specializes in water softener & filter, commercial filtration, reverse osmosis, bottled water delivery and water technology. The company was founded by Emmett Joseph Culligan in 1936 and is headquartered in Rosemont, IL.

Cercano Management LLC /Private Equity/ (Cercano Management) is a venture capital subsidiary of Cercano Management LLC founded in 1986 by Paul Gardner Allen. The firm is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

Birch Communications LLC provides managed communications and information technology services. It offers hosted phone solutions, hosted data centers, and hosted file storage services as well as advance access solutions such as Metro-fiber, Ethernet, and Copper. The firm serves Construction, Legal, Financial Services, Real Estate, Healthcare, Restaurants and Salons & Spas. The company was founded by William T. Wright in 1996 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Part of Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., Riparian Partners Ltd. is a confidential and personalized investment banking services company based in Providence, RI. The company values candid, honest, and impartial exchange of ideas that increases the value of their clients' businesses. Riparian Partners has helped drive business value higher by providing thoughtful and balanced ideas and solutions based on years of practical business experience at the highest levels. Riparian Partners was acquired by Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. on January 20, 2011.

Divergent Ventures (Divergent Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Kevin Ober. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Net Access Corp. provides data center facility and Internet services. Its services include collocation, cloud computing, security hosting, cloud storage and managed services. The company was founded by Alex Rubenstein and Blake Ellman in 1995 and is headquartered in Cedar Knolls, NJ.

ModivCare Solutions LLC provides non-emergency medical transportation programs. It serves state governments and managed care organizations. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Reniac, Inc. designs and develops intelligent data-aware architecture for applications, servers, and data stores. The company was founded by Prasanna Sundararajan and Kulkarni Chidamber and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Part of Internap Holding LLC, Internap Network Services U.K. Ltd. is a British company that provides internet connectivity services. The company is based in London, UK.

Nicus Software, Inc. develops software for financial and business management. The company is headquartered in Roanoke, VA.

5G Open Innovation Lab LLC is an applied innovation ecosystem that brings together corporations, academia, and government institutions with early and later-stage startups to develop new capabilities and market categories that will transform the enterprise. The private company is based in Kirkland, WA and was founded by Jim Brisimitzis. The lab provides startups with access to open platforms and markets needed to create, test, and deploy new use cases and innovations for 5G and 5G-enabled technologies, including artificial intelligence and edge computing. The lab also delivers actionable knowledge and market insight to help its partners and member companies deliver value to customers and grow their revenue and leadership positions.