Mary Nielson

Sotheby's operates as an art auction house. It operates through the following segments: Agency, SFS, and All Other. The Agency segment accepts property on consignment, and match sellers to buyers through the auction of private sale process. The SFS segment offers financing packages to clients who wish to obtain immediate access to liquidity from their art assets. The All Other segment comprises of advisory services, retail wine business, and brand licensing activities. The company was founded by Samuel Baker on March 11, 1744 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Hemedex, Inc. is a private company that focuses on the development of multi-modal monitoring (MMM) in neuro intensive care units. Hemedex is based in Cambridge, MA. This technology provides a more complete insight into severe traumatic brain injury and subarachnoid hemorrhage, which in turn leads to better management and outcomes for patients.

Madison Williams & Co. LLC The firm was founded as the result of a management buyout of the principal capital markets business of Sanders Morris Harris Group (NASDAQ: SMHG). Madison Williams & Co. provides investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales, trading and research services to institutional and corporate clients throughout the US. Their research efforts focus on the following sectors: oil & gas exploration and production, engineering and construction, business services, healthcare services and various master limited partnerships (MLPs). The company was founded in 2010 and was headquartered in New York, NY.