Lary L. Evans

Dell, Inc. engages in the manufacture of electronic devices. Its products include laptops, desktops, tablets, thin clients, printers, monitors, software, workstations and accessories. The company was founded by Michael Saul Dell on February 1, 1984 and is headquartered in Round Rock, TX.

Pinion Software, inc. provides information security solutions. The company's products protect high-value intellectual property during design collaboration, outsourced contract manufacturing and other technical business processes where digital data must be shared. The firm was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Optimal Electronics Corp. provides software solutions for the control and optimization of the electronics assembly process. It provides software system for managing the PCB manufacturing process. The firm's services include automated production scheduling, materials management, component traceability and complete manufacturing-floor control. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Tandem Computers Incorporated designs and manufactures fault-tolerant computer systems and networks for the on-line transaction processing market place. The company's systems are used in the banking, communications, manufacturing, business services, brokerage and securities, retail and wholesale distribution, healthcare and other industries. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, UB Networks, Inc., is a leasing supplier of network hardware and software products. Computer systems and networks products accounted for 79% of fiscal 1996 revenues and service and other, 21%. It was acquired by IBM in 1997 for 3 billion.

Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. provides high-end scalable data-center-ready open systems solutions for large organisations. The company develops and sells symmetric multiprocessing computer systems that support large-scale on-line transaction

rateGenius, Inc. operates as a loan brokerage company. It provides insurance products, such as auto, homeowners, motorcycle, truck, renters, commercial, boat and RV insurance. The company was founded by Christopher Brown and Cole Lowenfield in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.