Lauren Kennedy

West Monroe Partners LLC engages in the provision of business and technology solutions. It offers advance analytics, customer experience, mergers and acquisitions, operation excellence and performance services. It also provides services to private equity, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, energy, banking and credit unions. The company was founded by Dean Fischer, Susan Stelter, and Kevin McCarty in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Crest Rock Management Co LP (Crest Rock Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2019 by Steve Johnson and Jeff Carnes. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

Founded in 1999 by Rob Merrilees, Spot Trading LLC is a technology-focused proprietary trading firm located in Chicago. The firm specializes in investments in equity options. They employ proprietary technology and processes to make volatility-based pricing decisions and to exploit inefficiencies in the equity options markets. To maximize risk-adjusted returns, Spot Trading's proprietary trading model uses automation, qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis and sound risk management principles.