Russell K. Johnsen

National Semiconductor Corp. develops and manufactures analog intensive and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The firm’s product portfolio includes power management circuits, audio and operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog converters, communication interface circuits, lighting and display circuits, adaptive voltage scaling circuits, and radio frequency integrated circuits, as well as power references, regulators, and switches. The company was founded by Arie Brish on June 29, 1959 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Sirific Wireless Ltd. designs and develops RF transceiver integrated circuits. It offers digital direct conversion, transmitter, and transceiver. The company was founded by Tazinder Manku in 2000 and is located in Waterloo, CA.

WiSpry, Inc. manufactures RF-CMOS integrated circuits and components. It offers tunable RF components, digital capacitor arrays, RF evaluation kits, filters and duplexors, and power amplifiers. The firm's products are used in airbag sensors, game controllers, accelerometers, microoptics, video projection systems, and printer heads. It serves mobile handset manufacturers and network operators. The company was founded by Jeffrey L. Hilbert and Arthur S. Morris III in October 2002 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Xan3D Technologies develops products in tronics and optics. It is dedicated to revolutionizing both the electronics and optics industries through the combination of traditional electronic integrated circuits and high performance optics. The resulting optically-enabled, platform ICs are currently being used by Xan3D Technologies to spin-off products in the high-speed, highly integrated opto-electronic arena and to manufacture optical connections products for next generation data links and optical communication applications. It is located in Merrimack, NH.

Cubic Wafer, Inc. designs and develops integrated circuits. It offers hybrid integrated circuits and multi-functional 3D integrated circuits. The firm serves consumer electronics, digital, wireless, and data communications industries. The company was founded on May 11, 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

USfalcon, Inc. provides information technology services. Its services include A&AS program support, aircraft engineering fabrication and modification, aircraft maintenance, aviation training, system design and development, system engineering, cyber security, network operations, classroom instruction, and curriculum development. The firm serves aerospace, mission systems engineering, information technology, and education and training markets. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Cary, NC.