Steve Messick

Tektronix, Inc. provides test, measurement and monitoring solutions. It provides services for the communications, computer, semiconductor industries, as well as for the military, aerospace, consumer electronics and education sectors. The firm also assists its clients in designing, building, deploying and managing global communications networks, computing and advanced technologies. The company was founded by Melvin Jack Murdock, Glenn Leland, Miles Tippery and Charles Howard Vollum in 1946 and is headquartered in Beaverton, OR.

DIGITALK Ltd. provides telecommunication services. It develops voice switching platforms and NGN media application servers. The firm's Multiservice Platform (MSP) develops scaleable and enhanced voice services including Broadband Telephony, VoIP, CPS, intelligent number services, and prepaid services. The company was founded by Justin Norris in 1996 and is located in Milton Keynes, UK

ParcPlace-Digitalk, Inc. is a provider in client/server/web application development tools. The Company's mission is to help customers build software that keeps pace with their business. ParcPlace products support open computing, portability, and industry standards for distributed and web-based enterprise computing. The Company also provides a comprehensive range of services, including customer support, training, on-site assistance, and consulting. With headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., the company maintains offices across the United States and in France, Germany, Japan, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and a network of distributors throughout the world.

Instantiations, Inc. provides software quality and productivity solutions. Its products include VA smalltalk, widgetkit and business graphics, widgetkit and professional. The company was founded by Eric Clayberg and Dan Rubel in 1988 and is headquartered in Vancouver, WA.