CPIA started with the following organizations
- Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
- Boulder Nonlinear Systems
- CDM Optics, Inc.
- ColorLink A REAL D Company
- CVI Melles Griot
- Displaytech, Inc.
- Meadowlark Optics
- Oerlikon Optics USA Inc.
- Opto Mechanical Interface Organization
- Particle Measuring Systems
- Research Electro-Optics, Inc.
- Rocky Mountain Instrument Co.
- University of Colorado at Boulder Business Research Division
- University of Colorado at Boulder Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Veeco Instruments, Fort Collins
- Herzel Laor
- R.G. Zech