Julienne Sugarek

Wedbush Securities, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1955 as Wedbush Morgan Securities, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Wedbush Financial Services LLC, which is owned by Wedbush, Inc. Wedbush Securities provides a wide range of securities brokerage, wealth management, and investment banking services to private and institutional clients. Their research focuses on providing coverage of small and mid-sized companies in the following industries: (1) consumer products and services (2) technology (3) entertainment and media (4) life sciences and (5) industrial growth and clean technology.

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by the Texas Legislature in 1937 to provide service and disability retirement benefits to teachers and administrators of the public school systems of Texas, which include institutions of higher education. In 1949, legislation expanded membership eligibility to include all employees of public education institutions. In 1985, TRS was assigned responsibility to administer health insurance program for public school retirees. The firm invests funds under its stewardship and delivers benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature.

University of Texas Investment Management Co. (UTIMCO) is a not-for-profit foundation headquartered in Austin, Texas. The Foundation was founded in 1996 to oversee investments for The University of Texas and Texas A&M University Systems. UTIMCO manages four major endowment funds under the fiduciary care of the UT System Board of Regents: the Permanent University Fund (PUF), the Permanent Health Fund (PHF), the Long Term Fund (LTF), and the Separately Invested Funds (SIF). The PHF and the LTF are pooled and invest in shares of the General Endowment Fund (GEF).

407 International, Inc. engages in the operation, maintenance, and ownership of the right to toll the electronic open-access toll highway. It provides transponders, an electronic device that customers attach to the interior of the windshield behind the rear-view mirror. The company was founded March 17, 1999 and is headquartered in Woodbridge, Canada.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Private Investments is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, founded in 1966. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Viterra Ltd. (Jersey), Viterra Botlek BV is a Dutch company that engages in petroleum refining services. The company is based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The company was founded in 1981. The CEO is David William Mattiske.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

ORIX Corporate Capital, Inc. is a private equity firm subsidiary of ORIX USA Corp founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Dataprise, Inc. engages in provision of information technology and systems integration services to small and medium-sized businesses. It offers technical support and consulting services including its Signature Network Support plans and its FantasTECH service. Its services encompass strategic consulting, information technology support and management, service desk and Cloud365. The company was founded by David E. Eisner in 1995 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

American Capital Asset Management LLC (American Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1986 by Malon Wilkus. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC provides legal services. Its services include corporate law and governance, public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions, securities class action litigation, intellectual property litigation, antitrust counseling and litigation, joint ventures and strategic alliances, technology licensing and other intellectual property transactions, tax, and employee benefits and employment law. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Scudder Law Firm PC LLO is a nationally recognized leader in the transportation industry and a premier corporate and business transactions advisor to clients across the country. The private company is based in Lincoln, NE, and Mark A. Scudder has been the CEO of the company since 1993. The firm focuses on providing strategic business advice and transactions for clients nationwide, with primary practice areas including mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, securities reporting and compliance, corporate finance, corporate governance, real estate, and commercial contracts. Scudder Law Firm is committed to delivering value to its clients every day through superior results at a reasonable cost.

Nebraska Angels, Inc. operates as a consortium of individual angel investors. It is a non-profit mutual benefit corporation organized to exchange information about investment opportunities in early-stage and emerging growth companies with ties to the state of Nebraska. The firm provides opportunities for its members to obtain outstanding financial returns by investing in promising early-stage companies primed for expansion. It also provides seed and early-stage capital in the range of $150K-$750K. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Lincoln, NE.

U.S. Army Research Laboratory provides research and analysis services for the army. It provides neuroergonomics, energetic materials and propulsion, individual warfighter protection, energy science, electronics technologies, network sciences, virtual interfaces and synthetic environments. The company was founded in October 1992 and is headquartered in Adelphi, MD.

Insight Equity Holdings LLC (Insight Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Victor L Vescovo and Ted W. Beneski. The firm is headquartered in Southlake, Texas.

Founded in 1997, Imperial Capital LLC is a full-service investment banking firm and broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles. The firm is a subsidiary of Imperial Capital Group LLC and their ultimate parent is Imperial Capital Group Holdings LLC. Imperial Capital offers a range of proprietary products and services to institutional investors, middle-market companies and private equity firms. The firm provides institutional clients research and sales and trading of high yield and distressed debt securities, bank debt, convertible bonds, preferred stocks, and equities. They also provide middle-market companies and financial sponsors with capital markets, M&A, capital structure, restructuring and recapitalization advisory services. For their institutional clients, Imperial Capital offers a variety of research products including bank debt, investment grade debt, high yield, distressed and special situations, convertibles and busted convertibles, equities, preferred securities and industry analysis. Imperial Capital's research focuses on the following sectors: aerospace, defense and government services; airlines/transportation; business services; clean energy; consumer; energy; financial services; gaming and leisure; general industrials; healthcare; homebuilding and real estate; media and telecommunications; security and homeland security; and technology.

Lone Star Investment Advisors LLC (Lone Star Investment) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Arthur W. Hollingsworth. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Improving Holdings LLC provides technology consulting, training, and recruiting services. It offers training, coaching, consulting services, application development, recruiting services including agile services, workshops, dedicated classroom, technical consulting, digital transformation, business intelligence, cloud, mobile, and system development services. The company was founded by Curtis A. Hite in 2007 and is headquarter in Plano, TX.

Intelligent Management Solutions LLC provides expert witness and litigation consultant delivery services. It offer services to the accounting, banking, biotechnology, chemistry, computing, corporate, economics, electronics, energy and natural resources, engineering, environmental, finance, healthcare, insurance, intellectual property, labor and employment, manufacturing, medical and related industries. The company was founded by Mike Wein, Theodore J. Gorder, William Hueter and Bill Wein in 1992 and is headquartered in Pensacola, FL.

Trinity Hunt Partners (Trinity Hunt Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Peter J. Stein and Daniel S. Dross. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

RS Acquisition LLC, through its brand Fleet Response, offers restoration services to individuals and businesses affected by water, fire, smoke, or mold damage. The company is based in Englewood, CO, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company provides immediate response and empathetic support to minimize disruption to the lives and work of its clients. Fleet Response takes care of the complicated restoration process, allowing clients to focus on their families and businesses. The CEO of the company is Dean Murphy.

Delve LLC is a product development company based in Madison, WI and has subsidiaries in the United States. Delve LLC's team of experts provides end-to-end innovation processes to guide clients' ambitious ideas through product development. The company collaborates to produce strategic solutions and improve product development as a team. With over five decades of innovation experience, Delve LLC offers clients sound advice informed by over 10,000 product strategy projects. The company was founded in 1967, and George S. Demou has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

The Law Society of Upper Canada engages in the provision of legal services. The company was founded in 1797 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Vinson & Elkins LLP provides legal services. It maintains civil practice, covering areas such as litigation, public policy, transaction, and energy law. The firm serves the clients including companies from the aviation, energy, financial services, health care, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

American Capital Group Inc. operates as private equity firm. It offers application-only programs, mid-ticket financing, fasttrack program, flex-pay structures, start-up programs and master lease programs services. The company is headquartered in Laguna Hills, CA.

Balyasny Asset Management LP (BAM) is a multi-strategy hedge fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm’s predecessor, Balyasny Capital Management LLC (BCM), was founded in 2001 by Dmitry Balyasny, Scott Schroeder and Taylor O'Malley. In 2003, BCM converted from a limited liability company to a limited partnership. Then, in January 2004, their name was changed to Balyasny Asset Management LP. They are a subsidiary of Balyasny Asset Management Holdings LP. BAM provides investment advisory services to high net-worth individuals and institutional clients through privately offered pooled investment funds.

Crestone Peak Resources LLC operates as an independent energy company focusing on the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil and gas reserves in the Rocky Mountain Region. The company was founded on November 16, 2015 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.