Jeff Jussel

Agility Design Solutions, Inc. develops software tools. The company offers solutions for algorithm acceleration, prototyping, and implementation in both software and hardware. Agility speeds the development of signal processing algorithms offering complete solutions for algorithm acceleration, prototyping and implementation in both software and hardware. The solutions include Agility's unique software technologies for MATLAB to C and C to FPGA synthesis and a rich portfolio of synthesizable algorithmic functions and FPGA hardware platforms. Agility completes the solutions with services delivered by a team of expert users to help customers meet deadlines and delivery requirements. Agility's customers differentiate their products with leading edge algorithms. With over 100 customers and 1000s of successful algorithm implementations in FPGA and software, Agility is a proven supplier for getting from algorithm to implementation, fast. Agility Design Solutions was incorporated in January of 2008 when Catalytic Inc. changed its name after combining with the Celoxica ESL business. The Celoxica ESL business was built on original research from Oxford and started selling commercial product in 2001. Catalytic Inc. was founded in 2001 to develop technology to go from MATLAB to C and began selling commercial product in 2005.

Mentor Graphics Corp. provides electronic design automation systems-advanced computer software and emulation hardware systems, which are used to automate the design, analysis, and testing of electronic hardware and embedded systems software in electronic systems and components. It markets products and services primarily to large companies in the military/aerospace, communications, computer, consumer electronics, semiconductor, networking, multimedia, and transportation industries. The firm operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Europe, Japan, Pacific Rim, and Others. The company was founded on February 4, 1981 and is headquartered in Wilsonville, OR.

Celoxica Ltd. provides hardware accelerated products utilizing field programmable gate array-based architectures. Its products include accelerated market data line handlers; accelerated market data feed handlers and accelerated order access and execution. The firm's solutions include market data feed handlers for the United States and European equities, options and futures exchanges. The company was founded by William Warner and Louise Helen Wallace in 1996 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.