Strategic Partners

Technology

Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCL) is the world's leading supplier of software for information management, and the world's second largest independent software company. With annual revenues of more than $10.8 billion, the company offers its database, tools and application products, along with related consulting, education, and support services.



Toshiba, a world leader in high technology, is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of advanced electronic and electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and materials, power systems, industrial and social infrastructure systems, and household appliances.

 

 

HP is a leading global provider of products, technologies, solutions and services to consumers and business. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services, and imaging and printing.



Cisco Systems, Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco's Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions are the foundation of the Internet and most corporate, education, and government networks around the world. Cisco provides the broadest line of solutions for transporting data, voice and video within buildings, across campuses, or around the world.



For more than three decades, Intel Corporation has developed technology enabling the computer and Internet revolution that has changed the world. Intel supplies the computing and communications industries with chips, boards, systems, and software building blocks that are the "ingredients" of computers, servers and networking and communications products.

 


Established in 2000 by former Deliotte consultants, MyWebteam, Inc. is a full-service Internet professional services firm that partners directly with its clients to develop Internet solutions using the latest Web-based technologies.

 

 

Legal

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP was founded in 1962. With more than 150 lawyers who specialize in intellectual property law, the firm is one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States. We serve clients around the globe in all areas of intellectual property law. Our clients include public and private companies at various stages of growth from start-up to Fortune 500.


 

Human Resources



TriNet offers the simplicity of a single-vendor solution for outsourcing benefits, payroll, and human resources support. Its online and in-person services allow customers throughout the United States and Canada to streamline their business, gain enterprise-level resources for their managers and employees, and focus on strategy rather than administration. Founded in 1988, we specialize in serving Internet-enabled workforces who wish to benefit from secure, paperless HR transactions.



DHR International is the 5th largest retained executive search firm in the United States. Its search philosophy and methodology are unique within the executive search industry and have earned its company an excellent reputation.

 

 

 

   
 

Accounting. Finance, and Consulting


Deloitte & Touche, one of the nation's leading professional services firms, provides accounting, assurance and advisory, tax, and management, financial and human capital consulting services through nearly 30,000 people in more than 80 U.S. cities.

 

 

 

 



For almost 20 years, Silicon Valley Bank has provided innovative banking products and services to emerging growth and middle-market companies in the technology and life science industries. It’s a $4.2 billion commercial bank headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices across the United States. Over the years, It has banked more than 30,000 entrepreneurial companies, and currently, we have over 9,500 clients. In addition, it has client and VC relationships throughout Asia, Australia, Europe, India, and Israel.

 



CriticalThoughtTM, LLC (CTLLC) is the New England CORE Company of the growing $75 Million, Angel Strategies (AS) Fund. Operating with a local team of industry consultants, CTLLC engages new ventures, as well as later stage enterprises, to provide mentoring to the operating team, access to funding and an exceptional level of due diligence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BearingPoint, Inc. was formerly known as KPMG Consulting, Inc. BearingPoint is more than a new name. BearingPoint is a defining moment in the proud history of the company, which spans more than 100 years.
Through major acquisitions and other developments, it recently increased its workforce to approximately 16,000 professionals, a 60 percent jump. And it expanded its global footprint into 39 countries.
This unprecedented growth presents a unique opportunity to unify its global team under a new name and a new brand.

 

The Capital Pros Network is an advanced business association that provides firms with regional, national and international resources vital to their growth.

Ascendiant Capital Group, LLC provides investment banking consulting and business advisory services to emerging growth companies in the micro-cap and small-cap markets.

University & Professional Organizations


The Silicon Valley is home to Stanford University, one of the best universities in the world, dedicated to the pursuit of excellences. The University is known for its global reach and has internationally recognized undergraduate and graduate programs in a plethora of disciplines, including information technology, business, law, medicine and the sciences and liberal arts.

 

 

 

 

 

Located in Orange, CA, Chapman University is a 140 year old institution which provides professional training and liberal arts educational programs. The university is comprised of School of Law, Argyros School of Business and Economics, School of Communication Arts, School of Education, School of Film/Television, School of Music, Wilkinson College of Letters and Sciences, University College. Chapman is an independent academic institution recognized for its distinguished faculty, innovative programs, and personalized attention to its students.

 



Since its founding in 1965, the University of California, Irvine has combined the strengths of a major research university with the bounty of an incomparable Southern California location. In fewer than four remarkable decades, UCI has become internationally recognized for efforts that are improving lives through research and discovery, providing excellence in scholarship and teaching, and engaging and enriching the community.

 

 

 

 

 

The University of Southern California is one of the world's leading private research universities. Located in the heart of Los Angeles, USC's two campuses are home to the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and 17 professional schools, as well as one of the largest teaching hospitals in the country. Founded in 1880, Southern California's oldest private research university can attribute much of its success to excellence in teaching and research, a deep and abiding commitment to public service, and a loyal educational community, the Trojan Family. Learn about this exceptional institution—its people, its past and present, and its goals for the future.

 

Concordia University Irvine is a small, distinguished, Christian liberal arts university defined by two overriding missions:
faithfulness and excellence in education.
Its program will help you grow intellectually, spiritually and emotionally. Surrounded by a breathtaking setting and the Concordia "family," you'll be nurtured, challenged and prepared for life in a way that no other university can offer.

 

 


California State University, Fullerton, located in Southern California, is part of the 23-campus California State University system, the largest system of senior higher education in the country. With an enrollment of more than 28,000 students, CSUF offers 99 degree programs, including 45 at the graduate level. In addition to the main campus in Fullerton, the university operates satellite campuses at various locations in Orange County, Calif., including Mission Viejo, Garden Grove, Irvine and Santa Ana.

 

The mission of The George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management is to develop values-centered leaders for contemporary business practice through a commitment to an entrepreneurial spirit, ethical focus, and global orientation. As a professional school growing out of the tradition of a Christian University, we seek to positively impact both the society at large, and the organizations and communities in which our students and graduates are members.

 



Representing more than 250,000 individual Internet Professionals and over 250 leading Internet industry companies and educational institutions, The Association of Internet Professionals (AIP) is the premier professional association of the Internet industry.

 

 

 

 


Founded in 1993, the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE) is the premier entrepreneurial service organization for women building and leading high-growth technology and life science companies. FEW’s mission is to accelerate women's opportunities to start, manage and invest in market-leading companies. FWE is headquartered in the Bay Area and has chapters in Seattle, San Diego/Orange County and Los Angeles as well as Paris, France.

 

The Software Council of Southern California facilitates the success of our region's information technology companies by providing a wide-ranging, center-of-excellence forum for forming invaluable professional connections and exchanging no-nonsense, practical information.

 

 

TiE, a not-for-profit global network of entrepreneurs and professionals, was founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley, California, USA. Although its birth name, The Indus Entrepreneurs, signifies the ethnic South Asian or Indus roots of the founders, TiE stands for Talent, Ideas and Enterprise. It is an open and inclusive organization that has rapidly grown to more than forty chapters in nine countries.

 

 

 

 


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