Scott Smith

PeopleSoft, Inc. provides enterprise software that ties together back-office applications and databases. Its software addresses such tasks as accounting, human resources management and supply chain management. PeopleSoft has expanded its product lines to include vertical applications for manufacturing firms and government agencies. In late 2003 Oracle launched a hostile attempt to purchase PeopleSoft, which ultimately agreed to be purchased for $10.3 billion in December 2004. Oracle completed the acquisition of the company in January 2005. PeopleSoft is located in Redwood Shores, CA.

Qumu, Inc. provides video solutions to corporations, universities and other education institutions, and government. Its products allow organizations to easily create, manage, publish and distribute live and on-demand video content while integrating the video with other media. The company was founded by Rod Bacon in 2002 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Ooyala, Inc. engages in the provision of content production and digital distribution solutions. It offers Ooyala Flex Media Platform, which provides central workflows, shared metadata infrastructure, and application programming interfaces (APIs) to connect and orchestrate the media supply chain and allows broadcasters, operators, and media companies to manage, deliver, measure, and monetize content. The company was founded by Lepe Belsasar, Sean Knapp, and Bismarck Lepe in 2007 and is headquartered in Frisco, Texas.

Convergent Communications LLC engages in the manufacture of personal computer based phone systems. The company was founded on April 30, 2003 and is headquartered in Morgan Hill, CA.

MarketLive, Inc. provides eCommerce strategy solutions. It offers insightful analytics, retail customer relationship management, architecture, eMail marketing and commerce strategy services. The firm provides webinars, eBooks, strategies blog and performance indexes. The company was founded in 2005 by Ken Burke and is headquartered in Petaluma, CA.

CrownPeak Technology, Inc. provides website management services. Its services include content authoring and layout, omni-channel deployment, digital asset management, localized marketing, content delivery and management, and multi-site management. The company was founded by Jim C. Howard, Sean Lally, and Carl Sutter in 2001 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Learning Technologies Group, Inc. develops and implements talent acquisition software and services. The company was founded by David Gardner and Erik J. Morse in 1997 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

NetFortris, Inc. provides VoIP services to small and medium size businesses. It offers voice services, such as hosted VoIP and session initiation protocol trunking, as well as FlexSmart, a way to streamline communications needs by combining voice and data services onto one single connection via a private network. It also provides broadband solutions which include managed Ethernet, multiprotocol label switching, and T1 Internet access. The company was founded by Brandon Chaney, Anthony Zabit and John Cruz in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA and Plano, TX.