John Nadaskay

Aurrion, Inc. develops and manufactures silicon photonic integrated circuits. The firms platform enables all the elements of photonics systems, including active components such as lasers, modulators and amplifiers, to be fabricated on the wafer scale with the performance of traditional III-V materials and the control and cost-structure of silicon foundries. The company was founded by Alexander W. Fang and John E. Bowers in 2007 and is headquartered in Goleta, CA.

Transphorm, Inc. provides power conversion modules. It simplifies the design and manufacturing of motor drives, power supplies and inverters for solar panels and electric vehicles. Transphorm designs and delivers its power conversion devices and modules from material technology and device fabrication to circuit design and module assembly. The company was founded by Umesh K. Mishra and Primit A. Parikh in 2007 and is headquartered in Goleta, CA.

Agility Communications, Inc. manufactures laser components and other optoelectronic products. It focuses on offering tunable transponder and tunable laser solutions for carriers and system providers. It offers tunable transmitter and transponder products. The company was founded by Ronald Nelson, Gregory A. Fish and Larry A. Coldren in Oct 1998 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.