Joe D. Crider

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. engages in the provision of a diverse range of technical, professional, and construction services to industrial, commercial, and governmental clients. The firm operates through Critical Mission Solutions, and People & Places Solutions segments. The Critical Mission Solutions provides a full spectrum of cyber, data analytics, systems and software application integration and consulting services. The People & Places Solutions provides end-to-end solutions for clients' complex challenges like whether climate change, energy transition, connected mobility, integrated water management, smart cities or vaccine manufacturing. The company was founded by Joseph J. Jacobs in 1947 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Party City Corp. designs, manufactures, and distributes party goods. Its products include paper and plastic tableware, metallic and latex balloons, Halloween and other costumes, accessories, novelties, gifts and stationery. In addition, the firm operates specialty retail party supply stores in the United States and Canada. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Rockaway, NJ.

Compass Aerospace Corp. manufactures aircraft components. Its products include wing striders and leading edge wing flaps and provides components for aircrafts such as the Apache, Blackhawk and Chinook helicopters, as well as the C-5, KC-135, E2-C Hawkeye, F/A-18, F/A-22, and Joint Strike Fighter. The company was founded in October, 1997 and is headquartered in Santa Ana, CA.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

GSE SA engages in the designing and construction of real estate development projects. It specializes in the turnkey design and construction of industrial, logistics, tertiary, retail and healthcare buildings. The firm offers land search, legal and financial arrangements, engineering, design and construction of buildings and houses. The company was founded by Jean-Pierre Hugues and Michel Hugues in 1976 and is headquartered in Avignon, France.

Bluebeam, Inc. develops and provides software solutions for engineers and architects. Its products include Bluebeam Revu, Bluebeam Vu, Bluebeam Studio and Bluebeam File Exchange. The firm also offers workflow consultation and advanced technology integration services. The company was founded by Richard Lee and Don Jacob in 2002 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Pasadena Angels, Inc. (Pasadena Angels) is an angel investment firm founded in 2000 by DuWayne J. Peterson. The firm is headquartered Altadena, California.

The UCLA Foundation collects and manages funds for social purposes. It receives contributions made by alumni, friends, private foundations and corporations on behalf of UCLA’s many schools, units and departments, disburses the contributions according to the expressed wishes of the donor and actively promotes philanthropy across the campus. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Special Value Opportunities Fund, LLC operates as a private equity firm. The firm provides investment management and advisory services. The company was founded on July 1, 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Grant Thornton LLP provides accounting, tax and business consulting services. It offers advisory, business consulting, business risk, enterprise technology and innovation, transaction services, data analytics, cyber risk, and data integrity services. The firm serves the construction, real estate and hospitality, consumer and industrial products, energy, financial services, health care and life sciences, not for profit organizations, private equity, public sector, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Virtual Enterprises, Inc. provides information technology solutions. It offers maintenance, training, virtualization, assessment, consulting, audit, hardware and software implementation solutions for the information technology industry. The company was founded by David J. Sosnowski in 1980 and is headquartered in Thornton, CO.