Vikram Kris Desai

Sybase, Inc. engages in the development and provision of mobile and wireless software solutions for data integration. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

Quest Software, Inc. engages in the design, development, and distribution of enterprise systems management software products. It offers consulting, educational, and support services including Microsoft Platform, data protection, unified endpoint management, performance monitoring, and database management services. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

BTI Systems, Inc. provides intelligent networking software and systems. Its products include cloud connect, packet optical transport, Ethernet, network management, software networking, and network functions virtualization. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Kanata, Canada.

Nortel Networks, Inc. provides digital network solutions and services. It offers end-to-end broadband, voice over Internet Protocol, multimedia services and applications, and wireless broadband technology solutions. The company is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Movius Interactive Corp. provides cloud-based enterprise mobility solutions. It offers financial, healthcare, and professional services. The firm helps mobilize the workforce – enabling companies to add multiple, company-managed numbers to a corporate – or employee-owned mobile phone. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Duluth, GA.

BDC Venture Capital (BDC Venture Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1975. The firm is headquartered in Québec, Canada.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

SiberCore Technologies is a fabless communications semiconductor company providing silicon based packet management products and solutions to the Internet infrastructure market.

Dyaptive Systems produces the industrys most advanced and scalable wireless subscriber simulation and test systems for CDMA, UMTS, HSPA and LTE technologies. Dyaptive's DMTS systems use patented software defined radio (SDR) techniques to generate realistic traffic patterns, subscriber call model behavior and emerging data applications in order to test the capacity, performance and reliability of 3G and 4G networks. Modern 3G and 4G Mobile networks are both dynamic and adaptive in nature with network intelligence moving out of the core and into the edge of the access networks. The test challenge now is to simulate subscriber behavior at both the RF and IP interfaces to ensure quality and performance objectives have been met. That challenge has been successfully met by Dyaptive Systems with systems deployed by virtually all leading Radio Access Network (RAN) manufactures and many of the worlds leading mobile network operators.

Deem, Inc. develops web tools and mobile applications. Its products include travel, expense, car service, reservation and dispatch, affiliate management, reservations, mobile and desktop. The company was founded by Patrick W. Grady in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Mobidia Technology, Inc. provides mobile software solutions. It offers mobile and smartphone data usage analytics solutions that help to monitor mobile data usage. The company was founded by Fay Arjomandi, Allan C. Larmour and S. Sharif-Ahmadi in 2004 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.

Gartner Consulting provides fact-based consulting services to help clients use and manage information technology to enable business performance. The company is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Applied Solutions, Inc. provides information systems consulting services. It offers design, development and implementation of client server and web-based applications, requirements analysis and management, system architecture and engineering support, database design, development and implementation, database conversation and system interoperability, configuration management and quality assurance, software integration and training. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

The Pythian Group, Inc. provides information technology services. Its infrastructure services include DBA Services for traditional and emerging technologies, cloud services, DevOps and infrastructure management. The firm’s data services include analytics as a service, custom analytics services, data warehouse modernization, advanced analytics and Big Data. Its clients include SaaS, media, gaming, financial services, and e-commerce companies. The company was founded by by Paul Vallée in 1997 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

BLiNQ Networks, Inc. develops wireless backhaul solutions. It engages as a wireless backhaul solution that fundamentally changes the way mobile operators deliver mobile broadband services in urban areas. The firm provides Non-Line-Of-Sight wireless transport solutions for indoor and outdoor small cell networks and enterprise connectivity. The company was founded by Carleton M. Miller, Steve Beaudin and David Choi in June 2010 and is headquartered in Markham, Canada.

Solantro Semiconductor Corp. designs and manufactures integrated circuits for grid applications. It provides integrated nano-inverter technology for intelligent solar solutions. The firm specializes in architecture, semiconductors, power conversion, and distributed communications systems. The company was founded by Antoine Paquin in 2009 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Startup Canada operates as a non-profit entrepreneurial organization. Its activities include national network of grassroots startup communities and community builders, startup connect, an online directory, network, and marketplace for the Canadian entrepreneur community, and high-impact social and mainstream media cultural campaigns, flagship events, and cross-sector initiatives. The company was founded by Victoria Lennox and Cyprian Szalankiewicz in May 2012 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

PointGuard Management LLC (PointGuard Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Krish Panu and Pete Thomas. The firm is headquartered in Los Altos, California.

Insilixa, Inc. develops molecular diagnostic platform. It offers CMOS biochips for microarray technology, qPCR, and DNA sequencing. The company was founded by Arun Manickam and Arjang Hassibi in 2012 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Prevedere, Inc. engages in the provision of business performance forecasting software. It offers economic intelligence, model review and enhancement, forecast development, and custom analyses and projects. The company was founded by Rich Wagner in 2012 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Pythian Services, Inc. provides information technology services. The firm designs, implements and supports customized solutions. It offers analytic data services, database consulting, and cloud managed services. The company was founded by Paul Vall?e in 1997 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.