Valerie Sassani

Part of SMART Global Holdings, Inc., SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. has been designing and developing specialty memory solutions for over 30 years. The company is based in Newark, CA, and was founded in 1988 by Ajay B. Shah. The company offers a robust portfolio of standard, ruggedized, and custom memory and storage solutions that cater to diverse applications in high-growth markets. SMART Modular Technologies collaborates closely with its OEM customers to create solutions for demanding applications with differentiated requirements. The company is a pioneer in secure, ruggedized solid-state drives (SSDs) and delivers solutions to a broad customer base, including OEMs that compete in the computing, networking, communications, storage, mobile, and industrial markets.

SMART Worldwide Holdings, Inc. designs, manufactures and supplies memory and embedded storage products. It offers flash memory cards, solid-state drives (SSDs), and DRAM modules for OEMs in the computer, defense, gaming, networking, and telecommunication sectors. The company was founded by Ajay B. Shah and Mukesh D. Patel on March 26, 2004 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

SMART Storage Systems, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and deploys enterprise memory modules and solid-state storage products. It offers enterprise solid-state drives (SSDs), such as Optimus SSDs and Optimus Ultra SSDs for mission-critical enterprise storage applications; XceedIOPS SSDs for enterprise computing applications; CloudSpeed 500 SSD for mixed workload applications in enterprise server and cloud computing environments; and XceedStor 500S SSD for the server and cloud computing market. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Silver Lake Management Co. LLC (Silver Lake Management) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Silver Lake Group LLC founded in 1999 by Jim Davidson and David Roux. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California with offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Solectron Corp. was a provider of electronics manufacturing and supply-chain management services. It offerings included new-product design and introduction services, materials management, high-tech product manufacturing, and product warranty and end-of-life support. The firm was acquired by Flextronics International Ltd. The company was founded in 1977 and was headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Silver Lake Waterman Fund III-L LP operates as a private equity fund. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Siemens Industry Software, Inc. engages in the development and provision of product lifecycle management software solutions. Its products include mechanical design, electrical and electronics development, software engineering, simulation and test, manufacturing planning, factory automation, manufacturing operations, and performance analytics. The company is headquartered in Plano, TX.

Universal Tennis LLC engages in the development of application in relation to the sport of tennis. It connects players globally through level-based play, events, and digital marketplace. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

ServiceMax, Inc. provides enterprise field service solutions. The firm?s products include mobile field service management, field service metrics, installed base, field service scheduling, parts and returns management, and reporting and dashboards. It serves the oil and gas, mining, power and utilities, building, construction equipment. life sciences and medical equipment. The company was founded by Athani Krishnaprasad, Sam Mukherjee and Hari Subramanian in 2007 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Part of Quantum Corp., Certance Holdings Corp. designs and manufactures computer storage devices. The company is based in Wilmington, DE.

TCMI, Inc.(TCV) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Jay Crandall Hoag and Richard Herrick Kimball. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Part of Silver Lake Group LLC, Silver Lake Europe Holdings Ltd. is a holding British company that provides investment advisory services. The company is based in London, UK. Founded in 2007.

Isola Group Ltd. operates as a material science company which focuses on designing, developing, manufacturing, and marketing copper-clad laminates and dielectric prepregs used to fabricate multilayer printed circuit boards. It offers printed circuit materials, halogen free materials, and legacy materials. The company was founded in 2004 is headquartered in Chandler, AZ.

Penguin Computing, Inc. provides computer, cluster management software and technical services. It offers an end-to-end portfolio of products that range from Linux servers and workstations to integrated, turn-key HPC clusters and cluster management software. The company was founded by Sam Ockman in 1998 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Lexar Media, Inc. designs, develops and markets digital film and connectivity products. It is a marketing firm of digital media and other flash based storage products for consumer markets that utilize digital media for the capture and retrieval of digital content. The firm also offers a line of digital music players and portable data storage devices as well as various connectivity products that link its media products to personal computers and other electronic host devices. The company was founded in 1996 by Paul Wenz, Mike Liccardo, John Reimer and Petro Estakhri and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Creative Labs, Inc. manufactures CD-ROM drives, modems, sound cards, and various other computer components. It specializes in sound blaster sound cards and for launching the multimedia revolution. The company was founded by Wong Hoo Sim in 1988 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Whistle Sports, Inc. operates a sports entertainment platform for the next generation of fans and athletes. It offers curriculum-driven content that focuses on fitness and nutrition, maths and science, and teamwork. The firm also operates an online portal for news, games, contests, polls and a customizable locker where kids display online achievements. The company was founded by Kit Laybourne, Jeff Urban and John J. West Jr. in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

UTAC Holdings Ltd. provides integrated circuits assembling and testing services for semiconductor devices. It includes test solutions, packaging capability and assembly, packaging solutions, package characterization, turnkey solutions, reliability, and failure analysis. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Ancestry.com LLC engages in the provision of family history and personal DNA testing services. The firms offers services relating to searching family history records on its subscription-based websites to helping people discover their detailed genetic ethnicity through DNA testing services. Its brands include AncestryDNA, AncestryHealth, Ancestry ProGenealogists, AncestryAcademy, and Ancestry Institution. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Levi, UT.