Brian Peter Skorney

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Baird-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., an investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 1919 and is ultimately owned by Baird Financial Group, Inc. Baird-Broker offers a full suite of comprehensive trading services for institutional clients.

Brean Capital is an independent investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1973 and provides equity research, corporate finance and advisory investment banking, equity institutional sales and trading, and asset management to institutional investors and corporate clients. Their fixed income business provides sales, trading, research and banking services on a wide range of mortgage and asset-backed, US Treasury and government agency securities, structured products, corporate bonds, and municipal debt. The fixed income sales team employs a highly analytical approach to bond selection, trade execution, and overall bond portfolio management. Under the guidance of fixed income strategists, the fixed income team uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses to create custom investment portfolios and develop targeted, executable bond trading strategies to complement their clients? balance sheets.

ThinkEquity LLC, formerly ThinkPanmure LLC, is a broker/dealer located in San Francisco with additional offices in New York City, Minneapolis and Chicago. The firm was formed as a result of the merger between Panmure Gordon & Co. and ThinkEquity Partners LLC. They are a member of FINRA and the SIPC. ThinkEquity focuses exclusively on the growth sectors of the economy. The firm offers targeted research, investment banking, institutional sales and trading, wealth management and asset management services for private clients, institutional investors, corporate and private clients, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and financial sponsors. They specialize in identifying, analyzing and understanding the technological, macroeconomic and cultural trends that impact key growth verticals. ThinkEquity focuses on the following sectors: software, communications, Internet/media, semiconductors, green technology and healthcare. The firm provides advisory services including raising capital for public and private companies, institutional brokerage and trading, asset management, wealth management and mergers & acquisitions.

Susquehanna Financial Group LLLP (SFG) is an institutional broker-dealer headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 2002 and is a direct subsidiary of SFG Holding LLC, which is owned by Bodel, Inc. SFG offers a full range of order execution and trading flow services, with a focus on delivering innovative trading strategies and execution services to institutional clients.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Inc. engages in the provision of biomedical research services and science education programs. It funds grants to both institutions and individuals in support of a wide range of science and research-related initiatives, including precollege and undergraduate science education, pre- and post-doctoral research fellowships, and international research activities. The company was founded by Howard R. Hughes in 1953 and is headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD.