Susan Stemper

The National Association of Corporate Directors is a non-profit organization that provides essential resources to help directors strengthen board leadership. The American company was founded by Maryann Bruce and the CEO is Peter R. Gleason.

GCT Semiconductor, Inc. provides wireless communication solutions. The firm designs and supplies advanced 4G LTE and 5G semiconductor solutions. GCT’s market-proven LTE solutions, commercially available since 2010, have enabled fast and reliable LTE connectivity to numerous commercial devices such as smartphones, tablets, hotspots, CPEs, USB dongles, routers, M2M applications, and more, to the world’s top LTE carriers. It's system-on-chip solutions integrate radio frequency, baseband modem and digital signal processing functions into a single die, therefore offering complete 4G platform solutions with small form factors, low power consumption, high performance, high reliability and cost effectiveness. The company was founded by Kyeong-Ho H. Lee and Ki-Sub Lee in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Financial Executives International enhances member professional development through peer networking, career planning services, conferences, publications and special reports, and research. Its members include Chief Financial Officers, Vice Presidents of Finance, Treasurers, and Controllers. The company was founded in December 1931 and is headquartered in Morristown, NJ.

Pluribus Networks, Inc. provides software-defined networking as an open application platform. Its products include built on the pluribus virtualization-centric fabric (VCF) architecture, dell switch OS, open netvisor, leaf and spine switches. The company was founded in April 2010 by Sunay Tripathi, Robert Drost, and Chih-Kong Ken Yang and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Vendavo, Inc. provides margin and profit optimization solutions. It offers Profit Analyzer to analyze transaction data for pinpointing leaking margins; Power and Risk that provides data-driven optimal prices for salespeople to negotiate and grow revenue; Price Manager to manage price lists and set policies for deal negotiations; Deal Manager that provides deal guidance and targets for profitable deal execution to sales teams; and Deal Guide to expedite deal cycle time and equip sales force to negotiate profitable deals. The company was founded by Jamie Rappperport and Joshua W. Sommer in November 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Aeroprise, Inc. is the world's most-deployed software for mobilizing BMC Remedy IT service management applications. Fortune 500 companies, midsize businesses and public institutions use Aeroprise to extend service desk, asset management and change management functionality to BlackBerry and other mobile devices. Aeroprise lowers IT support costs, improves customer satisfaction and reduces critical asset downtime. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, with operations in Bangalore, Aeroprise is a privately held company.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. engages in the design, development, and sale of integrated circuits. The company offers System-on-a-Chip devices, which leverages technology portfolio of intellectual property in the areas of analog, mixed-signal, digital signal processing, and embedded and standalone integrated circuits. It also develops integrated hardware platforms along with software that incorporates digital computing technologies designed and configured to provide an optimized computing solution. The company was founded by Sehat Sutardja, Weili Dai and Pantas Sutardja in January 1995 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Montalvo Arts Center operates as a non-profit center for the arts. The company is headquartered in Saratoga, CA.

Bridgelux, Inc. develops and manufactures solid-state lighting and light-emitting diode components for use in diverse exterior and interior lighting applications. Its products include LED sub-systems are integrated products that deliver world class performance and leading cost while additionally reducing time to market, and LED chips, provides light emitting diode solutions. The firm serves the retail and hospitality, warehouse, exterior, industrial and eco system partners. Bridgelux was founded by Heng Liu in 2002 and is headquartered in Livermore, CA.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Chordiant Software Inc. solutions automate and manage operational business processes for leading service-driven global organizations in retail finance, telecommunications and consumer direct industries. Chordiant orchestrates the unique processes of an organization from the point of customer interaction, through the front and back offices to multiple transactional systems, corporate applications and data stores

Velocity Risk Underwriters LLC provides insurance services. The firm offerings include residential and commercial property insurance programs. The company is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Tanimura & Antle, Inc. grows and sells vegetable products. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Salinas, CA

The Doctors Co. engages in the provision of liability insurances for medical malpractice. Its insurance solutions include medical malpractice insurance; and medical practice coverage. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Napa, CA.

Mozilla Corp. develops software applications. It offers Firefox for desktop, iOS, and Android. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Granicus LLC provides cloud sourcing software solutions. The firm?s solutions include govMeetings, govAccess, govDelivery, govRecords, and govService. It also offers services like customer support and implementation. The company was founded by Jones Emery, Thomas A. Spengler and Javier Muniz on December 17, 1999 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Silvaco Group, Inc. provides technology computer aided design software, electronic data automation software and semiconductor intellectual property. The TCAD, EDA and SIP solutions enable semiconductor and photonics companies to increase productivity, accelerate their product's time to market and reduce their development and manufacturing costs. Its services include SPICE Modeling Services, TCAD Modeling Services, Library Design Services and Library Characterization Services. The company was founded on November 18, 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Part of Bright Bidco BV, Lumileds Holding BV is a leader in OEM and aftermarket automotive lighting and accessories, camera flash for mobile devices, microLED, and light sources for general illumination, horticulture, and human-centric lighting. The company is based in Schiphol, Netherlands. Lumileds has approximately 7,000 employees operating in over 30 countries and partnering with customers to deliver innovative solutions for lighting, safety, and well-being to automotive, mobile, IoT, and illumination companies. Steve Barlow has been the CEO of the Dutch company since 2003.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC provides legal services. Its services include corporate law and governance, public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions, securities class action litigation, intellectual property litigation, antitrust counseling and litigation, joint ventures and strategic alliances, technology licensing and other intellectual property transactions, tax, and employee benefits and employment law. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Roambee Corp. operates as a supply chain and enterprise asset visibility company. It offers Bee, a portable wireless locator with an array of sensors to monitor goods and assets. The company was by Sanjay Sharma and Vidya Subramanian founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Blue Diamond Growers processes and markets tree nuts. The firm sells almonds, hazelnuts and other nuts to the food service industry and retailers. Its products include Traditional flavors, Blod flavors, Oven roasted, On-The-Go, Almond breeze, Nut thins and Artisan nut thins. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Sacramento, CA.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

VSP Vision Care engages in the provision of vision benefits and optometry services. It also offers glasses and sunglasses, diabetes care, and hearing aids. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Rancho Cordova, CA.

Recology CleanScapes, Inc. provides solid waste management and recycling services. Its service include collection, keep it clean, construction debris, waste audits and community programs. The company was founded by Chris Martin in October 1997 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Pegasus Tech Ventures, Inc.(Pegasus Tech Ventures) is an independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2011 by Anis Uzzaman and Vitaliy Arbuzov. The firm is headquartered in San Jose, California with additional offices around the world.