Dan Ripp

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Tactical Diversified Futures Fund LP engages in the speculative trading of commodities. The company was founded on December 3, 2002 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Vidyo, Inc. provides video conferencing solutions. Its services include adoption, deployment, project management, and telehealth clinical design. The firm's products include mobile, desktop, huddle room and board room. Its core capabilities include management and call control, media routing and optimization, recording and webcasting, and interoperability. The company was founded by Tal Dilian, Ofer Shapiro, Isaac Levy, Avery More, and Alexandros Eleftheriadis and in 2005 and is headquartered in Hackensack, NJ.

Leeo, Inc. provides consumer electronics. The product it offers are Leeo Smart Alert, Leeo Ping, and Leeo Labs. The company was founded by Adam Gettings and Eddy Chan in 2013 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

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.

Neuberger Berman BD LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. It is directly owned by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, which is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Neuberger Berman Group LLC, which is owned by NBSH Acquisition LLC. The firm traces their origin back to the 1939 founding of Neuberger & Berman, its predecessor firm. In 1950, Neuberger Berman became one of the first firms to offer a no-load mutual fund to individual investors. Neuberger Berman BD manages a range of equity, fixed income, private equity and hedge fund strategies on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors worldwide.

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.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP provides legal services. Its areas of practices include corporate, litigation, banking and credit, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, private funds, intellectual property, restructuring and bankruptcy, and tax. The firm serves the energy, financial services, healthcare, insurance and reinsurance, technology, retail, defense, education and transportation industries. The company operates through its offices located in Beijing, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, São Paulo, Seoul, Tokyo and Washington, DC. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

New York State Bar Association is a non-profit organization, which provides legal services and offers a membership program for lawyers. It also publishes an array of books, bar journals, law digest, and State Bar news. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Alban, NY.

Lazard Asset Management LLC (LAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1970 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, ultimately held by Lazard, Inc. (NYSE: LAZ). LAM manages investment portfolios and provides investment advice to institutional and individual investors around the world.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center operates as a private cancer center. It offers cancer care services to adult; and child and teen patients. Its services include risk assessment and screening; diagnosis and treatment; clinical trials; patient and caregiver education; and pediatric clinical trials. The company was founded by John J. Astor and Charlotte Astor in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Children's Hospital Corp. engages in the provision of pediatric care services. It offers acupuncture, angioplasty, antibiotic allergy testing, audiogram, baclofen pump, biochemical genetic testing, blended diet, bone scan, brain scan, breast augmentation surgery, cardiac catheterization, cardiac MRI in children, chest reconstruction surgery, and CO2 laser treatment. The company was founded by Francis Henry Brown in 1869 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Part of Morgan Stanley, Ceres Managed Futures LLC is a company that provides investment advisory and management services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Visionnaire Ventures LLC (Visionnaire Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Susan Y. Choe. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California with an additional office in Japan.

Helpshift, Inc. provides customer relationship management platform for mobile app publishers. It provides a native mobile software development kit that can be integrated into any mobile app to enable two-way communications, helping companies talk to their customers directly inside their apps. The firm operates through its offices located in Pune and San Francisco. The company was founded by by Abinash Tripathy and Baishampayan Ghose in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Banco Santander International provides private banking products and services in Latin America. It provides a wide range of services and products including deposits, mutual funds, custodial and administrative services, portfolio management, credit services, and foreign exchange. In addition, fiduciary services are offered through affiliated units abroad. Banco Santander International was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Credit Suisse (New York Securities Branch) is based in New York, NY. Part of UBS Group AG, Credit Suisse (New York Securities Branch) is a company that provides investment banking and asset management services.

The International Multimedia Telecom Consortium, Inc. operates as a non-profit organization which promotes and facilitates the development and use of interoperable and multimedia telecommunication products and services. The firm hosts interoperability testing events and demonstrations throughout the world. The company was founded in September 1994 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

Part of Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley DW, Inc. is a broker/dealer. The company is based in Purchase, NY.