Philip Father

Scepter, Inc. is a company based in San Francisco, CA, founded by Philip Father who has been the CEO since incorporation. The company works with organizations to assess, understand, and improve their ESG performance, enabling financial gain through revenue enhancement, cost reduction, and new product development. Scepter provides necessary data and information to meet the needs of commercial entities seeking to enhance their revenue, lower costs, and improve strategic decision-making. The company's patented technology platform includes atmospheric monitoring in the total air column, data aggregation, normalization, and a data fusion process that intelligently merges various datasets within the same model and context so they can be accessed, analyzed, and ultimately visualized. Scepter assures data integrity, and the real-time data and information produced provides actionable solutions that are easy to use, understand, and employ for strategic decision-making purposes.

ProtoStar Satellite Systems, Inc. provides satellite broadcasting services. The firm acquires and operates geostationary satellites to Asian DTH and broadband service providers. It also provides direct-to-home satellite television, broadband Internet, and GSM cellular backhaul services. The company was founded in March 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The DIRECTV Group, Inc. provides digital television entertainment services. It operates as a digital broadcast satellite service company. The firm transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in several countries. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

Part of Innovaro, Inc., Strategos, Inc. is a company that provides innovation and strategy consulting services. The company is based in Chicago, IL. The company was founded by Stephen T. McGrath. Strategos was acquired by UTEK Corp. on April 29, 2008 for $18.50 million.

ProtoStar Ltd. provides satellite broadcasting services. It was formed to acquire, launch and operate high-power geostationary satellites to lease capacity to Asian DTH and broadband service providers. The company was founded by Philip Father, Charlie Sweeney, Reid Stephenson, Raghu Das, Craig Gavin and Sophie Grinevald in 2001 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.