Steve Christian

Verimatrix, Inc. provides digital content protection solutions. It specializes in securing and enhancing revenue for network-connected devices and services. The firm offers pay-TV security which includes VCAS Ultra, VCAS for Broadcast Hybrid, VCAS for DVB Hybrid, MultiRights OTT Plus, Monitoring and Anti-Piracy, Watermarking Solutions, Verspective Analytics, and Verimatrix Vtegrity. The company was founded by R. Ross Cooper and Robert Kulakowski in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Aptiv Plc, Wind River Services, Inc. is a company that offers training and development expertise in software embedded systems development. The company is based in Alameda, CA.

Nine Systems Corp. manufactures rich media production and publishing tools. The company is based in San Diego, CA. Nine Systems was acquired by Akamai Technologies, Inc. on December 13, 2006 for $176.64 million.

STMicroelectronics, Inc. manufactures and markets semiconductor devices. It produces application-specific analog chips and power conversion devices. The firm's products include memories, microcontrollers, transistors and analog mixed signal integrated circuits. Its products are used in discrete devices, camera modules mobile phones and automotive integrated circuits. The company was founded on August 4, 1983 and is headquartered in Coppell, TX.

Raytheon Co. is engages in the development and manufacture of defense and security solutions. It operates through the following segments: Integrated Defense Systems, Intelligence, Information, and Services (IIS), Missile Systems, Space and Airborne Systems (SAS), and Forcepoint. The Integrated Defense Systems segment offers air and missile defense, large land- and sea-based radar solutions, command, control, communications, computers, cyber and intelligence solutions, and naval combat and ship electronic systems. The IIS segment provides technical and professional services to intelligence, defense, federal and commercial customers. The Missile Systems segment develops, integrates, and produces missile and combat systems for the armed forces of U.S. and allied nations. The SAS segment designs and manufactures sensor and communication systems used in intelligence, surveillance, precision engagement, and aerial operations. The Forcepoint segment provides cyber security products such as insider threat solutions, data loss prevention, firewall technology, cloud and email security, and cross domain transfer. The company was founded by Laurence K. Marshall, Vannevar Bush, and Charles G. Smith on July 7, 1922 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

SCICON Wissenschaftliche Unternehmensberatung GmbH provided sales and marketing consulting services. The company was headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

CONNECT creates and scales companies in the technology and life sciences sectors. It creates an environment in which entrepreneurs and C-suite executives have access to the people, capital, and technology resources. The organization was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.