James Stuckert

J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. The firm is a subsidiary of HL Financial Services LLC. They provide a full array of investment services. J.J.B. Hilliard specializes in a variety of industries including banks, REITs, technology, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals, utilities, telecommunications providers, entertainment and leisure. The firm focuses on companies that provide niche products or services not easily duplicated. The companies they recommend must exhibit a combination of attributes including high returns on assets and equity, reliable earnings that are growing and manageable debt. J.J.B. Hilliard also prefers companies that generate excess cash. Through its predecessors, the firm's origins can be traced to 1854. In 1965, J.J.B. Hilliard & Son and W.L. Lyons and Co. combined to become J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons. In 1972, Hilliard Lyons exchanged its traditional partnership form of business for a corporation model. Then, in 1998, Hilliard Lyons was acquired by PNC Financial Services GroupI. In 2008, ownership of Hilliard Lyons was transitioned from PNC Financial Services Group to joint ownership by Hilliard Lyons’ own employees and Houchens Industries, Inc. of Bowling Green, Kentucky, a diversified, employee-owned company.

Part of International Business Machines Corp., DataBeam Corp. makes software that lets users share data and ideas online. The company is based in Nicholasville, KY. DataBeam was acquired by International Business Machines Corp. on September 16, 1998 for $38 million.

FreeWave Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures ISM band radios and wireless data solutions. It also provides network design, path studies and pre-installation engineering services. The firm's products inclide FGR, GX, HTPlus, I/O, LRS and MM2. The company was founded by Steve Wulchin and Jonathan Sawyer in August 1993 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Thomas Transportation, Inc. provides transportation services. The private company is based in High Point, NC.