Larry M. James

USLD Communications Corp. provides telecommunications services. The company's services include calling card person-to-person, calls requiring operator assistance to hotels, hospitals, and private pay telephone owners. USLD Communications was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.

NetNearU Corp. (NNU), founded in 1997, leads the way in development of public Internet access solutions and remote monitoring software. NNU's headquarters are in Bryan / College Station, Texas near Texas A&M University. NetNearU began development of its TRACKOS™ software in 1997. This software consists of over 1 million lines of code and has been written by NNU employees, not out-sourced development groups. NetNearU's products can be found in hotels, airports, retail outlets, and restaurants in the United States, Europe, Canada, South America, Central America, the Caribbean and the Middle East. NetNearU provides an end-to-end solution, TRACKOS, which is a web-based tool that administrators use to manage their network. TRACKOS provides a complete, technically superior management system and provides the best experience possible for the end-user. A forward-looking development philosophy ensures that the product will continue to lead the marketplace and set the standard for the public access industry. NetNearU's product is end-user friendly, offering an array of configurable, flexible pricing plans coupled with first class 24/7 end-user support. NNU's end-user customer service is provided by a dedicated Wi-Fi support team focused on short hold times and fast problem resolution on the first call. TRACKOS undergoes continuous enhancements based on end-user and customer feedback. Because of the level of integration that TRACKOS has with gateway and access point hardware, NNU has maximum visibility into end-user support and offers the network operator complete control over the Wi-Fi network and the users on that network. NetNearU aggressively targets U.S. and selected international markets including Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean Islands, the United Kingdom and continental Europe. NetNearU has cultivated strong strategic partnerships and a blue chip client list that use NNU's TRACKOS software in a variety of well-known venues.

BlueStar Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Pat J. Pollard. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

The Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation engages in recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of Texas business leaders, to perpetuate and inspire the values of entrepreneurial spirit. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.