Mary Rorabaugh

Symmetricom, Inc. develops and manufactures advanced network synchronization systems. It is a provider of timekeeping technologies, instruments and solutions. The firm offers atomic clocks, hydrogen masers, timescale systems, GPS instrumentation, synchronous supply units, standards based clients and servers, performance measurement and management tools and embedded subsystems that generate, distribute and apply precise frequency and time products. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Portal Software, Inc. provides accounting services. The firm offers billing and revenue management solutions for the communications and media companies. The company provides platform for the end-to-end management of customer revenue across offerings, channels, and geographies. The company was founded by John E. Little in 1985 and is located in Cupertino, CA.

Avanex Corporation is a leading global provider of Intelligent Photonic Solutions(TM) to meet the needs of fiber optic communications networks for greater capacity, longer distance transmissions, improved connectivity, higher speeds and lower costs. These solutions enable or enhance optical wavelength multiplexing, dispersion compensation, switching and routing, transmission, amplification, and include network-managed subsystems. Avanex was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Fremont, California. Avanex also maintains facilities in Erwin Park, N.Y.; Nozay, France; and San Donato, Italy. The facilities also are home to Avanex's Centers of Excellence for specialized research and manufacturing.

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.

PolyServe, Inc. develops shared data clustering software for Windows and Linux-based data centers. The firm's tools enable to replace old UNIX-based computer servers and consolidate other servers. PolyServe's customers include Amgen, Cable & Wireless, Department of Defense, Hess, NIKE, Reuters, and AT&T Inc. It also operates in Redmond and Washington. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Beaverton, OR.

CoolSystems, Inc. manufactures sports medicine and orthopedic medical devices. It offers GRPro 2.1 control unit, dual-action wraps, and accessories, such as post-op knee braces, cool post-op knee braces, single and dual connector hoses, carry bags, wrap bags, and rechargeable battery packs. The firm operates under the brand name Game Ready. The company was founded by William Elkins in 1997 and is headquartered in Concord, CA.

The Roda Group (Roda Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Strauch Allen Roger and Miller Harold Daniel. The firm is headquartered in Berkeley, California.