John Gornick

Centillium Communications, Inc. designs, develops and supplies integrated programmable system-on-a-chip solutions that enable high-speed broadband access. Its products include passive optical network chip solutions; mixed-signal integrated circuits, hardware and software applications. The firm also offers fiber to the premises products that include central office transceivers, protocol processors, customer premise equipment transceivers and protocol processors. The company was founded in 1997 by Faraj Aalaei and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Novalux, Inc. manufactures surface emitting semiconductor lasers for projection display applications. It offers services to the optical networking equipment and telecommunications markets. The company was founded by James Keszenheimer and Aram Mooradian on April 22, 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Oxford Semiconductor, Inc. designs and markets semiconductors and connectivity software. It provides services to the multimedia, communications, computing, and industrial sectors. The firm's products include IEEE1394 and USB interface controllers for direct attached storage applications. The company was founded in 1992 by Jalil Oraee and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Lazard Middle Market LLC engages in financial advisory business. It specializes in strategic advice on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), restructuring, and capital raising. The firm’s M&A and Strategic Advisory service focuses on private equity and divestitures, privately-owned companies, corporate acquisitions and divestitures, and sale of public companies. Its Restructuring service consists of situation assessment, alternative assessment, and execution. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison Inc. (Goldner Hawn Johnson) is a private equity firm is founded by Van Zandt Hawn, Timothy Daniel Johnson, John Lewis Morrison, and Michael Goldner in 1989. The firm is headquarter in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

GE Commercial Finance, Inc. provides commercial lending, financing and leasing services. It offers healthcare, manufacturing, fleet management, communications, construction, energy, aviation, infrastructure and equipment services. The company is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Oxford Semiconductor Ltd. provides silicon and software solutions for personal storage and consumer connectivity. The company offers USB host, peripheral and on-the-go controller ICs and provides consumer electronics manufacturers with the complete solutions for implementing USB into their embedded systems. Oxford Semiconductor was founded by Jalil Oraee in 1992 and is headquartered in Abingdon, UK.

Union Tractor Ltd. provides replacement parts and service for construction and transportation equipment. It operates through two divisions: United Diesel Injection and Delta Warehouses. The United Diesel Injection division provides parts and service for fuel injection systems and all makes of turbochargers. The Delta Warehouses division sells replacement parts to the resale market across Canada. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Nisku, Canada.

Behrens Manufacturing LLC produces and manufactures metal containers. Its products include cans, pails, tubs, pans, watering cans, funnels, fireplace accessories, washboards, and other miscellaneous items. The company was founded by Henry Behrens in 1911 and is headquartered in Winona, MN.

Necsel IP, Inc. designs and manufactures visible lasers. The firm products include red lasers, green lasers, blue lasers, multi-color and systems. The company was founded by William F. Mackenzie, Gregory T. Niven and Michael Finander and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Christie Digital Systems Canada, Inc. provides display technologies and solutions for cinema, audience venues, control rooms, business presentations, training facilities, three-dimensional and virtual reality, simulation, education, media and government environments. It also offers ChristieNET an Internet protocol addressable networking solution for projector control and asset management; Control Room TotalVIEW solutions, which are used in various applications in different industries. The firm serves oil and gas companies, manufacturing organizations, education, medical institution and entertainment market. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Kitchener, Canada.

Mill City Capital LP (Mill City Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2010 by Darren Acheson and Gary Obermiller. The firm is headquartered in Wayzata, Minnesota.

Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. provides visual, audio, and collaboration solutions. It offers three-dimensional and visualization, control room and video wall display, digital cinema and signage display, medical innovation, and simulation products. The firm also offers digital light processing cinema, liquid crystal display, and digital light processing projectors; rear screen projection modules; video walls; three-dimensional, virtual reality, and simulation projection technologies; audio, collaboration, and presentation solutions; light-emitting diode video walls and tiles; flat panels; laser phosphor projectors; and medical imaging solutions. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Cypress, CA.

Horizon Hobby LLC engages in the manufacture and distribution of radio control cars, planes, boats, helicopters, model railroad, plastic, and other general hobby products. The company was founded by Rick Stephens in October 1985 and is headquartered in Champaign, IL.

Command Fishing & Pipe Recovery Ltd. provides oilfield fishing, rental and pipe recovery services. It offers internal pipe cutting, milling tools, casing cutting and retrieval, multi-lateral systems, junk catchers and coiled tubing fishing services. The firm also provides cement bailing, welding and perforating services. The company is headquartered in Nisku, Canada.

Part of Ushio, Inc., Christie Digital Systems, Inc. is a visual, audio, and collaboration solutions company that creates innovative AV solutions and display products. The company is based in Phoenix, AZ. Christie offers large-format LCD display panels that provide a perfect standalone solution for video viewing. The company also provides 4K UHD resolution and touch interactivity to transform spaces. Christie's solutions cater to businesses, entertainment, and industry needs.