John Kelly

Halo Technology Holdings, Inc. operated as a holding company. The firm through its subsidiaries, developed, marketed and supported software products that enable software programmers to create enterprise class applications. Its products were SQLBase, a relational database that is embedded in applications; and Team Developer that enabled to execute more lines of code to connect to the database, retrieve the data, format the data, and display the data. The company was founded in 1992 and was headquartered in Westport, CT.

AmeriCares is a nonprofit disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization which provides immediate response to emergency medical needs and supports long-term humanitarian assistance programs for all people around the world, irrespective of race, creed or political persuasion. The organization was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

USA Synthetic Fuel Corp. is an environmental energy technology company, which engages in the business of converting solid hydrocarbons such as coal and petroleum coke, into ultra clean synthetic fuel products that are used in place of fossil fuels, such as crude oil, as well as other synthetic fuel products. The company was founded on March 2, 1998 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

SG Americas Securities LLC (SGAS) is the securities broker/dealer subsidiary of SG Americas Securities Holdings LLC, which in turn is owned by Société Générale SA (EPA: GLE) in France. Headquartered in New York City, SGAS offers capital markets and securities services for retail and institutional clients.

Liquidnet Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of electronic brokerage services. It offers Liquident technology, Liquident labs, and information security. The company was founded by Seth I. Merrin and Eric Jean LeGoff in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.