Richard B. Parran

Founded in 2000, ADC Ventures, Inc. is the venture capital arm of ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADCT)

ADC is a global leader in providing network infrastructure products and services that enable the profitable delivery of high-speed Internet, video, data, and voice services to residential, business and mobile subscribers worldwide. Their innovative, high-performance fiber connectivity and wireless coverage and capacity solutions support a broad range of network applications that help their customers provide new and advanced services to meet their own customers' unrelenting demand for bandwidth. Founded 75 years ago, ADC continues to build on a strong heritage of providing solutions and services that support its customers' migration to next-generation networks in many countries across the globe. As the leading service providers and enterprises worldwide invest in infrastructure that delivers broadband services to business, residential and mobile subscribers, ADC's breadth of solutions and experience, together with its strong financial position, make the company a reliable partner in addressing today's network realities and preparing for tomorrow's communications demands.

Part of Connect Holding LLC, Centel Corp. is a company that provides cellular telephone services. The company is based in Chicago, IL. Centel was acquired by Sprint Corp. (Old) on March 10, 1993 for $2,850 million.