Chris Crespi

Finisar Corp. operates as an optical communications company. The firm provides components and subsystems to networking equipment manufacturers, data center operators, telecom service providers, consumer electronics and automotive companies. Its products include optical transceivers, active optical cable, optical engines, communication components, sensing components, and optical instrumentation. The company was founded by Frank H. Levinson and Jerry S. Rawls in April 1987 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Sirenza Microdevices, an ISO 9001:2000-certified supplier (registered by QMI), is a designer and supplier of high-performance RF components for wireless and wireline communications equipment manufacturers. Their product lines include amplifiers, power amplifiers, discrete devices, RF signal processing components, and signal source products, mil/aero components, and high-performance multi-component modules (MCMs) for transmit and receive applications.

Optium Corp. designs and manufactures optical subsystems for use in telecommunications and cable TV network systems. Its offers transceivers, transmitters, analog RF over fiber products, line cards, circuit packs, and optical add/drop multiplexer products that deliver voice, video, and other data services. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Horsham, PA.

Avantek, Inc. is an American company that specializes in creating innovative home decor solutions. The private company's flagship product, the Ferrous Wall, allows users to modernize their rooms to a futuristic level by eliminating the need for nails or screws to attach shelves and cabinets. This gives users complete freedom to move around shelves and picture frames. Additionally, Avantek has created the world's first retractable magnetic hinge, which uses magnetic force that can be turned on and off with the click of a button.

Founded in 2007, Wedge Securities LLC is a full service, registered broker/dealer located in Englewood, Colorado with additional offices in Hudson, Ohio and New York City. The firm provides institutional clients with the latest trading technology and the facilitation of orders across multiple asset classes. Wedge Securities is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wedge Partners Corp., an Englewood, Colorado-based investment research firm. Wedge Securities is a member of FINRA and the SIPC. The firm clears through Pershing LLC, a subsidiary of the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. Wedge Securities research focuses on the technology, media and telecommunications sectors.

Deutsche Bank Alex Brown, Inc. provides wealth management services. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.