John E. Dickey

MMC Networks, Inc. develops and supplies network processing platforms used in the networking functions. The platforms consists of network processors and switch fabrics

Applied Micro Circuits Corp. engages in the provision of silicon solutions for next-generation cloud infrastructure and data centers, as well as connectivity products for edge, metro and long haul communications equipment. Its products include the X-Gene ARM 64-bit Server on a Chip solution, or X-Gene, designed for cloud data center and enterprise applications. It offers a line of embedded computing products based on power architecture. The company's connectivity portion of base business provides high-speed, high-bandwidth, high-reliability communications products. Its connectivity products include framer or mapper devices for Optical Transport Network equipment and physical layer devices that transmit and receive signals in a very high-speed serial format. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Talari Networks, Inc. provides software defined wide area network solutions. The firm's products include appliances, management and network controller including Talari failsafe SD WAN solutions, physical appliances, on-board appliance and performance management. Its solutions include software defined WAN, hybrid WAN, and internet as WAN, cloud connect and WAN optimization solutions. It serves to financial services, credit unions, and banking, and public sector, legal and manufacturing industries. The company was founded by John E. Dickey and Andrew J. Gottlieb in 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.