San Jose State University Research Foundation

Founded in 1996, Acumen is a business management consulting firm that offers information services to policymakers who design and revise welfare and educational programs at the national, state and local levels. It features a multidisciplinary staff of senior researchers and technical analysts. The firm provides policy analysis, technical, and data development and collection services. Acumen conducts research on a variety of health policy issues, including health insurance coverage, the provision of health care services and quality care assessment. It offers research projects on home visitation, foster youth services and child care assistance. The firm specializes in program assessment in the areas of employment, work force development and compensation. It serves various clients that include the Department of Health Services, National Institutes of Health and Social Security Administration. Acumen is located in Burlingame, Calif.

Agilent Technologies is one of the world's leading measurement companies and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's approximately 20,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of over $5 billion in fiscal 2005. It delivers critical tools and technologies that sense, measure and interpret the physical and biological world. The company s solutions enable a wide range of customers in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis to make technological advancements that drive productivity and improve the way people live and work. Agilent Technologies has facilities in more than 30 countries and develops products at manufacturing sites in the United States, China, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and the United Kingdom. The company maintains its headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange.