Michael Wishart

Spansion, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and supplies flash memory semiconductors. It offers flash memory and microcontrollers for infotainment, body and climate control systems, instrument clusters, and advanced driver assistance systems. The company was founded on June 30, 2003 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. engages in designing, development, manufacturing, and marketing of a broad range of high-performance solutions for embedded systems, from automotive, industrial and networking platforms to highly interactive consumer devices. Its programmable systems-on-chip, general-purpose microcontrollers, analog ICs, wireless and USB-C based connectivity solutions and memories help engineers design differentiated products. The firm operates through the following segments: The Microcontroller and Connectivity Division (MCD), and the Memory Products Division (MPD). The company was founded by Thurman John Rodgers in December 1982 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Part of Rockwell Automation, Inc., Brooktree Corp. is a company that specializes in integrated circuits. The company is based in San Diego, CA. The company was founded by Jeff Teza. Brooktree was acquired by Rockwell Automation, Inc. on September 25, 1996 for $275 million.

Nanosys, Inc. develops and manufactures inorganic nanostructures and other related products. It offers Ultra HD television. The company was founded by Paul A. Alivisatos, Stephen Empedocles, Peidong Yang, Robert M. Metcalfe, Jim Heath, Paul McEuen, Christoph H. Westphal, Moungi Bawendi, Lawrence A. Bock, Calvin Y. H. Chow, Chunming Niu, Karen Vergura, Hongkun Park, George Pontis and Charles M. Lieber in 2001 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

efabless Corp. operates as an semiconductor community engineering platform. The firm offers community members with everything required to define, develop and monetize their IP and IC designs. efabless applies the principles of open innovation to make customized, on-demand mixed signal electronics affordable, accessible and creative. The company was founded by Mohamed Kassem, Sherif Eid and Jack Hughes and Michael S. Wishart in April 2014 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Lanza TechVentures (Lanza Tech) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Lucio Lanza. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.