Alex A. van Adzin

3com Megahertz Corp. provides voice and data networking products and services. The company was founded by Robert M. Metcalfe, Howard S. Charney and John P. Marshall in 1979 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Enterasys Networks, Inc. is engages in the provision of wired and wireless network infrastructure and security solutions. It offers wireless LAN and mobility, data center and virtualization, security, management, cloud computing, IP convergence, and industry focused solutions. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Salem, NH.

SPAR Aerospace Ltd. provides aerospace engineering and maintenance services. It provides repair and overhaul services for airplanes and helicopters used by commercial airlines as well as government entities. It specializes in the maintenance, repair, overhaul, and upgrade of military and civilian aircrafts. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

ActivBiotics, Inc. discovers and develops pharmaceutical drugs. It provides discovery, development, and commercialization of therapies for the treatment of vascular disease, inflammation, and other high-value chronic and infectious diseases. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Xceed Molecular Corporation is a molecular diagnostic company dedicated to commercializing a platform for automated gene expression analysis and developing proprietary clinical research assays and custom arrays. They develop tools and content aimed at accelerating the current market trend towards 'translational medicine', and bridging the gap from gene signature validation to clinical diagnostics. The Ziplex Automated Workstation is the first integrated and fully automated hybridization system for multiplex gene expression signatures. Their integrated solution - the Ziplex System - features this innovative instrument platform and focused-content TipChip arrays and reagents to perform highly multiplexed molecular assays with superior accuracy, reproducibility, speed and scalability. The Ziplex System is designed to provide the ease-of-use in assay automation and analytics that is required to successfully translate gene expression analysis from research use into routine practice. Xceed complements the Ziplex platform by offering Gene Expression Services and Assay Development Services.

Ultrasonix Medical Corp. developed and manufactured diagnostic ultrasound imaging systems. The company was founded by Laurent Pelissier in 2000 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Cardiac Insight, Inc. develops body worn sensing and computing technologies for applications in cardiology, respiratory, and other complex disease states. Its products inlcude Cardea SOLO and Cardea 20/20 ECG. The company was founded by Brad Harlow and David T. Linker in 2008 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

CDP Capital Private Equity (CDPQ) is a private equity subsidiary of The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec founded in 1995. The firm is headquartered in Montréal with additional office in London.

Part of Koninklijke Philips NV, Marconi Medical Systems, Inc. is a medical equipment manufacturer. The company is based in London, UK. Marconi Medical Systems was acquired by Koninklijke Philips NV from Marconi Corp. Plc on October 19, 2001 for $1,082.40 million.

ESCO Corp. manufactures engineered metal components. It offers lip and tooth systems for hydraulic machines, buckets, truck bodies, underground mining drums, crusher parts and scrap recycling hammers. The company was founded by Charles Frederick Swigert on July 13, 1913 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

CDM Smith, Inc. engages in the provision of engineering, construction and operations consulting services. It offers waster, environment, transportation, energy and facilities services. It also offers consulting, design, construction, and program management. The firm serves development assistance, federal and municipal government sectors. The company was founded by Thomas Camp, Herman Dresser and Jack McKee in 1947 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Axela, Inc. develops biosensor technology. It offers next generation, commercial stage, multiplex tools that provide enhanced analysis of proteins, DNA and RNA. The firm’s products include Ziplex System, autograph, metabolic, colon and breast cancer, inflammation Xpress chips, diffractive optics technology and sensors, dotLab mX System and dot-Avidin, Ready and Covalent products. The company was founded by M. Cynthia Goh, Richard Loo, B. Jane Goh and Richard McAloney in 2001 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. provides nuclear utility services. Its mandate is to enable nuclear science and technology and to protect the environment by fulfilling the government of Canada’s radioactive waste and decommissioning responsibilities. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Chalk River, Canada.

Caritas Christi Health Care is the second largest health care system in New England. Carney Hospital is a community teaching hospital committed to the values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

National Defense Industrial Association engages in the defense and national security education. It offers courses such as configuration and data management certification program, defense systems acquisitions management, mastering business development, and certified modeling and simulation professional certification program. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Arlington, VI.

The Boston Chamber of Commerce is a business organization that serves as a platform for businesses to connect, network, and collaborate with each other. The Chamber of Commerce is based in Boston, MA.

Interface Biologics, Inc. operates as a commercial stage privately held company that develops transformative biomedical polymer technologies to improve the safety and effectiveness of medical devices. It provides technologies to medical device manufacturers and drug companies. The company was founded by Paul J. Santerre in December 2001 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

NATRIX Separations, Inc. manufactures and supplies single use and multi-cycle disposable chromatography products to the life science, food, beverage and water markets. Its technology consists of a polymeric hydrogel formed within a flexible porous support matrix. The firm offers NatriFlo HD-Q membrane absorbers for single-use flow-through polish applications and Natrix HD-C hydrogel membrane devices for bind-elute applications. The company was founded by Alicja Mika, Lisa Crossley, and Ronald F. Childs in 2004 and is headquartered in Burlington, Canada.

Pharmascience, Inc. manufactures and distributes generic and drug products. It offers liquids, tablets, capsules, suppositories, powders, and ophthalmic. The company was founded by Morris Goodman and Ted S. Wise in 1983 and is headquartered in Montr?al, Canada.

Verde Ventures (Verde) is a venture capital subsidiary of Conservation International Foundation founded in 1998. The firm is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

Ontario Institute for Cancer Research provides research on the prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. It offers Innovation programs, like cancer stem cell, innovation in target validation, and smarter imaging, Technology programs, like drug discovery, genome technologies, informatics and bio-computing, imaging translation, and tranformative pathology, and Translation programs. The company was founded by Calvin R. Stiller in December 2005 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Centre For Imaging Technology Commercialization medical technology manufacturer. The company is headquartered in London, Canada.

Turnstone Biologics, Inc. develops bio-therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. It develops Maraba oncolytic viral immunotherapy, a platform representing a disruptive approach in the treatment of cancer. The company was founded by David Stojdl, Brian D. Lichty and John C. Bell and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Nanovista, Inc. designs and develops imaging technologies to the performance of image-guided cancer therapy. The company was founded by Christine Allen, David Jaffray and Jinzi Zheng and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.