Petro Estakhri

RAE Systems, Inc. provides intelligent gas and radiation detection systems. It offers wireless enabled solutions including personal, hand-held, transportable, and fixed instruments. The firm's products include MultiRAE, QRAE 3 and AutoRAE 2. The company was founded by Robert I. Chen and Peter C. Hsi in 1991 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Lexar Media, Inc. designs, develops and markets digital film and connectivity products. It is a marketing firm of digital media and other flash based storage products for consumer markets that utilize digital media for the capture and retrieval of digital content. The firm also offers a line of digital music players and portable data storage devices as well as various connectivity products that link its media products to personal computers and other electronic host devices. The company was founded in 1996 by Paul Wenz, Mike Liccardo, John Reimer and Petro Estakhri and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. develops and markets multifunction location platforms based on semiconductor and software products that are designed to enable location-awareness utilizing GPS and other location technologies, enhanced by wireless connectivity and multimedia capabilities, for high-volume mobile consumer devices and commercial applications. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Alien Technology LLC engages in design, manufacture and sale of radio frequency identification products. Its professional services include custom training, technical consulting, program and project management, site survey and spectrum analysis, physical architecture review, product packaging and tag placement, optimal antenna and reader placement & orientation, system configuration and technical support & maintenance. The firm’s products include chips, tags, readers and antennas. The company was founded in December 1994 by John Stephen Smith and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Miradia, Inc. designs and manufactures digital micro display components. The company was founded by Dongmin Chen and in 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Open-Silicon, Inc. provides application integrated circuit solutions. It offers prototyping, software and validation, virtual prototyping, design, analog ICS and production handoffs solutions. The company was founded by Satya Gupta, Naveed Sherwani and Scott Houghton in 2003 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Integrated Memory Logic, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets application specific analog, power management, and mixed signal integrated circuits primarily for display, mobile systems, and lighting markets. The firm's products include tablets, televisions, monitors and notebooks. The company was founded by Shuen-Chin Chang in December 1996 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Grandis, Inc. develops and licenses non-volatile memory solutions. It specializes in semiconductor memories, STT-RAM, MRAM, DRAM, Flash, NAND, NOR, and embeded memories. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Multigig, Inc. provides semiconductor products. It offers clock synthesizer ICs which provides ultra-low jitter and phase noise reference clock signals to communication, computing, and networking interface devices. It specializes in highly innovative high-performance clocking technology. The company was founded by Steve Beccue, John Wood and Haris Basit in 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

PurpleTeal, Inc. delivers software and medical compliance solutions. It offers livewell, becalm, prevent diabetes, well women, lose weight, quitsmoke, healthy heart and manage diabetes services. The firm operates an automated, personalized mHealth messaging platform for Telcos, insurance companies, hospitals, clinics, financial institutions and consumers. Its platform engages subscribers to take better care of their health and wellness, by educating them and prompting them to take appropriate and timely health actions. The company was founded by Narayanan Ram and Anand Subra in 2006 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

DecaWave Ltd. engages in the manufacture of integrated circuits for indoor location and communications. It offers semiconductors, software, modules, and reference designs. The company was founded by Ciaran Connell and Michael McLaughlin in 2004 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Part of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., TSMC North America, Inc. is a company that manufactures, distributes, and tests integrated circuits, silicon wafers, diodes, and related semiconductor components. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The CEO of the company is Dave Keller.

Headquartered in Milpitas, Calif. with operations in Ottawa, Canada and New Delhi, India, empowerTel Networks is one of the leading supplier of systems solutions for the converging networking and telecommunications markets. Leading the advance in voice and data convergence, empowerTel has developed the first carrier VoIP Switch optimized for seamless migration of traditional PSTN customers to VoIP

Stein Rogan + Partners provides on-line and off-line marketing services. Its services include creative development, media planning, buying, branding, and other marketing services. The company was founded by Thomas Stein in 1985 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Stream Machine Co. provides semiconductor solutions that enable video and audio compression. Its compression technology offers video at low bit-rates and is compatible with consumer standards, including MPEG-2, MP3 and Dolby Digital. The company is located in Milpitas, CA.

Part of Cornhill Corp. LLP, Visual Information Technology is an American company that develops, makes and sells commercial imagery applications. The company was founded by James A. Fontaine. Visual Information Technology was acquired by GDE Systems, Inc. from Connectware, Inc. on May 01, 1997.

VLI USA provides VoIP software solutions and broadband services. The company's products include applications, session, media control, access, handsets, terminals & operation support systems. It also offers VoIP migration, fixed mobile convergence, and IP based multimedia services. The company was founded in August 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, 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.

Shelton-Keller Group, Inc. engages in the design of work spaces, waiting rooms, and offices. It offers furnishings, architectural, technology solutions. The company was founded by Diana Keller in 1996 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Solta Medical, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets energy-based medical device systems for aesthetic applications. Its brands include Clear + Brilliant pélo, Thermage, Liposonix, VASER, Fraxel, Clear + Brilliant, and Isolaz systems which are used to address various aesthetic issues. The company was founded by Edward W. Knowlton on January 11, 1996 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Thomvest Ventures, Inc (Thomvest Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Peter J. Thomson. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Motus Labs LLC specializes in the production of the ML2000 series, which is built on a patent-pending Orbital Flex Design (OFD)™. The private company is based in Dallas, TX. This design offers zero backlash, high torque density, and linear torsional stiffness cross roller. The company was founded by Joseph W. Pollard, James A. Fontaine, Carlos Hoefken. Joseph W. Pollard has been the CEO since incorporation.