James Thorburn

Zilog, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets micrologic semiconductor products for embedded control and communication applications worldwide. It provides semiconductor devices that its customers design into their end products. Its devices combine a microprocessor memory and input and output functions on a single device. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

National Semiconductor Corp. develops and manufactures analog intensive and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The firm’s product portfolio includes power management circuits, audio and operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog converters, communication interface circuits, lighting and display circuits, adaptive voltage scaling circuits, and radio frequency integrated circuits, as well as power references, regulators, and switches. The company was founded by Arie Brish on June 29, 1959 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

IXYS LLC engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of power semiconductors and mixed-signal integrated circuits. It also offers microcontrollers, green energy products, and radio frequency power and systems. The company was founded by Nathan Zommer in 1983 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Karma Automotive LLC designs, produces and distributes electric vehicles with extended range. It offers hybrid electric cars under the Karma brand name. the firm also manufactures automobiles with hybrid electric engines. The company was founded in August 2007 by Bernhard Koehler and Henrik Fisker and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, CA.

Pegasus Research Group LLC provides end-to-end marketing and sales solutions. The firm offers demand generation, sales pipeline solutions, data quality technology, marketing automation and teleservices. The company was founded by James H. Hooker in 1995 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Next Autoworks Co. manufactures fuel-efficient cars. It converts highly enriched uranium into low enriched uranium for uses in commercial power reactors. It also offers various nuclear materials for commercial power, research reactors, and naval reactors, as well as supplemental materials for aerospace and pottery industries. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.