Rick L. Spickelmier

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Extensity, Inc. provides internet based software applications. It provides business performance management, enterprise business process automation, strategy management, forecasting and other services for corporate clients. It also provides software and services in activities such as accounting, procurement, inventory & expense management, regulatory compliance and enterprise performance management services. The company was founded in 1996 and is located in Atlanta, GA.

Objectivity, Inc. provides distributed real-time, SOA-enabled, service and embedded database management solutions for mission-critical applications. The firm's flagship product, Objectivity and DB is used by government, security, complex manufacturing, commercial services, science, and engineering organizations. The company was founded by Leon Guzenda in 1988 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Birst, Inc. provides enterprise-class analysis and reporting services. The firm’s products include user data tier, adaptive user experience and multi-tenant cloud architecture. It offers sales, marketing, supply chain, services and operations, finance, enterprise, data discovery, legacy, big data and embedded analytics solutions. The firm also provides software-as-a-service analytical solutions, which is designed to support customers from individuals to groups and companies. The company was founded by Brad Peters and Paul H. Staelin in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.