Andy Ellerhorst

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Part of Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd., Montpelier Reinsurance Ltd. is a Bermudian company that provides property, casualty reinsurance and insurance products. The company is based in Hamilton, Bermuda. The CEO of the company is Christopher Lloyd Harris.

DeepField Networks, Inc. provides cloud based analysis and services. Its products include defender, cloud intelligence and service assurance. The firm also offers software development services. The company was founded by Craig Labovitz and Joseph Eggleston in 2011 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Flex Logix Technologies, Inc. provides software services. Its products include embedded FPGA, SOC applications and EFLX compiler. The company was founded by Cheng Wang, Fang-Li Yuan and Geoffrey Tate in March 2014 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Helion Energy, Inc. manufactures power generation technology. It develops power plants that would produce electricity by running a nuclear-fusion reaction whereby atoms merge at extremely high temperatures. The company was founded by David Kirtley, John Slough, Chris Pihl and George Votroubek in 2009 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Parkifi, Inc. provides a real-time parking spot occupancy platform. Its platform provides real-time occupancy and analytical data for parking and property management. The firm’s sensor technology provides spot-by-spot data and average parking times, spot occupancy, pricing optimization trends, and outcomes. The company was founded by Ryan Douglas Sullivan, Evan Dietz, and Rishi Malik, in 2014 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) is a private equity firm founded in 1979 by Patrick Welsh, Russ Carson and Bruce Anderson. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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.

Fitch Ratings, Inc. is a global rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Knowles in 1913 as Fitch Publishing Co. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. Fitch Ratings seeks to provide independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data to the world's credit markets. Their approach is based on a foundation of local market experience that covers capital markets in over 150 countries. The firm's ratings analysis and rating decisions are based on established criteria, methodologies and ratings definitions which they apply in a consistent manner. Fitch Ratings provides coverage of the following markets: Economics, Banks, Insurance, Sovereigns, Corporates, Structured Finance, Public Finance – International, Public Finance – US, Infrastructure & Project, and Finance.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory provides technical and scientific research services. The firm performs basic and applied research in principal areas such as neutron science, energy, supercomputing, advanced materials and national security. It also has research programs in nuclear and atomic physics, nuclear fusion, and microscopy. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Oak Ridge, TN.

Monroe Capital LLC (Monroe Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Theodore Koenig. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Michigan Ross Zell Lurie Institute / Venture Capital/ (Zell Lurie Institute) is a venture capital subsidiary of Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies Studies founded in 1997 by Samuel Zell, Ann Lurie and Robert H. Lurie. The firm is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Openlane, Inc. is engaged in the operation of automotive online auctions. It offers remarketing solutions to automotive manufacturers, captive finance companies, lease and daily rental companies, financial institutions and wholesale automotive auctions. The company was founded by Michael Leon Stein and Gary Edelstein in 2006 and is headquartered in Carmel, IN.

Height Analytics LLC is an investment research firm headquartered in Washington, DC. The firm was founded by John Akridge and Andrew Parmentier in 2008 and they are a subsidiary of Height Capital LLC. Height Analytics provides differentiated and comprehensive insights to help clients make key investment and operational decisions. They bring a quantitative and market-centric approach to policy analysis, finding opportunities free of the rigidity of a defined coverage list.

Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser A PC provides legal services specializing in intellectual property. It specializes in patents, opinions, litigation, counseling and licensing, trademarks, and copyrights and trade secrets. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Garden City, NY.

Part of Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd., Endurance Business Services Ltd. is a British company that provides payroll and administrative services. The company is based in London, UK and was founded in 2007.

Huron River Venture Partners LLC (Huron River Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Ryan Waddington and Tim Streit. The firm is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

GE Aviation Systems LLC provides aircraft operations and maintenance support services. It offers it services related to avionics systems, electrical power systems, digital solutions, aircraft structures, and propellers. It was established in April 2006 and is headquartered in Bingham Farms, MI.

ArborMetrix, Inc. develops healthcare analytics software. It provides software for hospitals and health systems, hospital associations, accountable care organizations, societies and collaboratives. The company was founded by John D. Birkmeyer, Douglas Staiger and Justin B. Dimick in 2011 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Automatic Labs, Inc. develops software applications. Its product Automatic, helps customers drive safer and smarter with applications that diagnose engine trouble, detect accidents and send emergency response and help customers save money on driving. The company was founded by Thejo Kote, Ljuba Miljk and Jerry Jariyasunant in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

AlphaCat Opportunities Ltd. operates as a pooled investment fund. The company is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda.

Blue Capital Management Ltd. (Blue Capital) is an asset management firm headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda. The firm was founded in 2012 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sompo International Holdings Ltd., which is wholly-owned by Sompo Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8630) in Japan. Blue Capital provides innovative catastrophe reinsurance-linked investment products for institutional and retail investors. The firm also provides the management, administrative, underwriting and other services as well as operational infrastructure to Blue Water Re Ltd. (Blue Water Re).

InterOcean Capital Group LLC (IOC) is a SEC-registered investment adviser and wealth management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Focus Operating LLC, ultimately owned by Focus Financial Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOCS). IOC provides wealth management and portfolio management investment advisory services to individuals, family offices, and institutions.

Oklo, Inc. constructs reactor and distributes power. The company was founded by Jacob DeWitte and Caroline Cochran and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.