John Bekier

Information Resources, Inc. engages in the provision of enterprise market information solutions and services. Its solutions include market performance and strategy, consumer and shopper intelligence, analytics and in-market execution, media, and technology. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

PLATINUM Technology International, Inc. develops and sells system management and database tools for client server systems. The company was founded by Andrew J. Filipowski in April 1987 and is headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, IL.

Yesmail, Inc. provides e-mail marketing solutions. The firm’s products include Yesmail enterprise, express, direct, data boost, cultivate, and prospector. Its services include diagnose to deploy, analytics and insights, strategies, and creative services. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Prophet Brand Strategy, Inc. engages in consultancy and marketing services. It offers analytics, culture, capability and engagement, customer experience, design, verbal branding, and innovation. The firm serves the aerospace, consumer goods, education, entertainment, financial services, food and beverage, healthcare, retail, nonprofit, and travel and hospitality industries. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in san Francisco, CA.

INXPO, Inc. provides privately-branded virtual events and virtual business communities. The firm’s products include live streaming, webcasts, online events and video portals. It also offers video production, marketing strategy, engagement strategy, bandwidth optimization and data integration services. The company was founded by Richard Hawkinson, Malcolm L. Lotzof, Drew VanVooren and Adam Mankoff in 2004 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Dynamic Signal, Inc. operates as a software company which provides marketing solutions for brands. It offers VoiceStorm, a people powered marketing platform that helps top brands partner with and leverage the social reach and influence of their employees, fans and customers to achieve their branding, marketing and commerce goals. The firm's VoiceStorm includes robust reporting, analytics and ROI dashboards to help marketers track and measure the success of their employee and customer advocacy programs. The company was founded by Russell Fradin, James M. Larrison, Bryan Sise and Steven Heyman in 2010 and is headquartered in San Bruno, CA.

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.

US Robotics Corp. provides Internet access and networking. The firm designs broadband modems, wired and wireless networking solutions, and Internet security devices. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Schaumburg, IL.

CBR Systems, Inc. engages in the provision of newborn stem cell company. Its clinical application of cord blood and cord tissue stem cells by partnering with institutions to establish FDA-regulated clinical trials for conditions that have no cure today. The company was founded by Thomas E. Moore, Jesse O. Kramer, Wendy K. Grant, Paul R. Billings and Stephen M. Grant in 1992 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

The Advertising Research Foundation is a non-profit organization, which engages in creating, curating, and sharing research on media, advertising, and marketing. The firm has 400 members from brand advertisers, agencies, research firms, and media-tech companies. The company was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Walashek Industrial & Marine, Inc. provides marine propulsion boiler repair and maintenance services. It also offers general marine repair, boiler installation, piping systems, and chemical treatment services. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Tukwila, WA.

National Electronic Alloys, Inc. is a full-service operation that specializes in providing controlled expansion metal alloys, including kovar, molybdenum, invar 36, 42 alloy, hy mu 80, and stainless alloys. The company is based in Oakland, NJ and is an ISO 9001:2015 company. The company is home to the world's largest inventory of controlled expansion alloys and low expansion alloys. All products are DFARS compliant and are also in conformance with section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The company offers a large fleet of state-of-the-art precision slitting, shearing, and saw cutting machinery, and can provide material custom-sized to exact requirements with the tightest of dimension tolerances. The company's abundant machining capacity enables them to process orders quickly, and materials can be shipped in as little as 24 hours.

Varcode Ltd. provides cold chain monitoring services. The firm offers monitoring of temperature sensitive products and protect the supply of food, pharma and other temperature sensitive products. The company was founded by Yaron Nemet and is headquartered in Raanana, Israel.

4490 Ventures Management LLC (4490 Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.

Burlington Medical LLC manufactures radiation protective products. It offers x-ray aprons, leaded eyewear, apron racks, apron bags and lead barriers. The company is headquartered in Newport News, VA.

Fox Three Partners LLC (Fox Three Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Taylor Grant. The firm is headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Fluree, Inc. engages in developing custom workplace solutions through its business software platform and applications. It offers real time applications, optional decentralization, and additional features. The company was founded by Andrew J. Filipowski and Brian M. Platz in 2016 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

Georama, Inc. operates as an enterprise platform for broadcasting live video on the go. The firm also operates through the offices located in Chicago and India. The company was founded by Neil Feuling and Nihal Advani is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Monet Networks, Inc. develops a cloud-based data analytics platform. The company is based in Irvine, CA. The company was founded by Dinesh D. Moorjani.

Varcode, Inc. provides cold chain temperature monitoring technology solutions. The company is based in Chicago, IL.