Prasad Akella

Optessa, Inc. develops and markets Web-based software solutions. Its products include Optessa MLP, an enterprise wide demand and capacity planning application; Optessa MLS, a scheduling and sequencing application; and Optessa RTS, an in-plant application for real-time re-sequencing and re-scheduling. The company was founded by Vidya Srinivas, Ashok Erramilli and Srinivas Netrakanti in 2001 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

Drishti develops wireless pedestrian navigation system. The company is founded by Gupta Ashish and headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

MarkMonitor, Inc. provides enterprise brand protection solutions. The firm specializes in domain management, anti-piracy, and fraud. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Intermedia.net, Inc. operates as a unified communication as a service and business cloud email provider. It offers voice and unified communications, security and compliance, and productivity and email. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Spoke Software, Inc. provides Internet publishing and broadcasting services. Its products give marketers, sales people, and recruiter's access to people and contact information through providing a network of contacts gathered by corporations' own employees. The company was founded by Chris Roon, Prasad Akella, Christopher Tolles, James Alastair Campbell, Paul Reddy, and Benjamin T. Smith IV in 2002 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.