Richard P. Gianni

Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the design and development of semiconductor integration technology. It helps lower manufacturing and packaging costs and as well as increase yield associated with the manufacturing of Backside Illuminated (BSI) CMOS image sensors (IS), high-speed logic, stacked memory and memory-on-processor. Its technologies are enabling the creation of true 3D integrated circuits (ICs) at the gate level by delivering advantages including: reduced silicon cost, size reduction, reduced NRE, shorter time-to-market, lower power consumption, and increased system speed and performance. The company was founded in October 2000 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

nTouch Research Corp. provided clinical trials services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The company was headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Part of Thales SA, Celotek Corp is a company that develops security solutions used to secure voice, video, and data transmissions. The company is based in Research Triangle Park, NC. The company was founded by Daniel S. Stevenson. Celotek was acquired by Cylink Corp. on August 31, 2000 for $21.50 million.

Hatteras Networks, Inc. provides broadband Ethernet services. The company was founded on June 20, 2000 and is headquartered in Durnham, NC.