J. Rick Creed

Sabre Holdings Corp. provides tours and travel services. It also offers online reservations for airlines, hotels, cruises, car rental companies and vacation packages. The company is headquartered in Southlake, TX.

AirNet Communications Corp. designs, manufactures and markets wireless infrastructure and telecommunications products. It offers conversion, RF planning and network design, enterprise network LAN and WAN management, program management and installation and integration services. The firm's products include AdaptaCell, SuperCapacity, RapidCell, AirSite and Backhaul Free. The firm serves wireless service providers and public safety organizations. AirNet Communications was founded by Terry L. Williams in January 1994 and is headquartered in Melbourne, FL.

Oak Hill Capital Management LLC (Oak Hill Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of OHCM Management LLC founded in 1986 by Robert M. Bass. The firm is headquartered in New York.

The NORDAM Group LLC engages in the manufacture and repair of aircraft components. It offers original equipment manufacturing for business, commercial, and military aircrafts; and provides repair and maintenance services. The company was founded by Ray H. Siegfried II on April 1, 1969 and is headquartered in Tulsa, OK.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

TRW Aeronautical Systems/Lucas Aerospace provides advanced technology products and services for the automotive and space defense industry. The private company is based in Cleveland, OH and has subsidiaries in Germany.

Blue Point Capital Partners LLC (Blue Point Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1990. The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio with additional offices in Charlotte and Seattle.

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.

Part of Triumph Group, Inc., Rolls Royce Gear Systems, Inc. is a company that manufactures aircraft gearing and gear drive actuators. The company is based in Park City, UT. Rolls Royce Gear Systems was acquired by Triumph Group, Inc. from Rolls-Royce Group Ltd. on January 19, 2004 for $36 million.

Synchronous Aerospace Group supplies of complex assemblies and precision components that serve mission-critical functions on aircraft in the commercial aerospace and defense markets. The company was founded on December 19, 2002 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Primus International, Inc. supplies structural components, kits, and assemblies to the global aerospace industry. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Covenant Health provides health care services. Its services include Clinical Services, Community Programs and Education, Innovation and Research and Support and Spiritual Health. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Knoxville, TN.

MidOcean US Advisor LP (MidOcean Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by James Edward Virtue. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Southern Air Holdings, Inc. provides air cargo charter and aviation solutions. It offers aircraft, crew and maintenance, and insurance solutions. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

Selmet, Inc. manufactures titanium castings for the aerospace industry. The firm provides nonferrous metal castings for the aerospace engine and airframe market. It has evolved into a state-of-the-art investment casting foundry manufacturing parts for programs including the Boeing 737, Airbus A320, and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The company was founded by Larry Sharpf in 1983 and is headquartered in Albany, OR.

Samaritan Health Services, Inc. provides healthcare services. It offers pharmacy, general surgery, weight management, internal medicine, podiatry, rheumatology, and nutrition services. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Corvallis, OR.

Part of Santee Partners LP, Southern Trust Insurance Co. is a property and casualty insurance provider that offers homeowners, auto, and business insurance products. Founded in 1968 by Billy Anderson, the company is based in Macon, GA, and has been offering competitively priced insurance products for independent agents for over fifty years. The company has a strong history of growth and profitability, maintaining an A.M. Best rating of "A-Excellent" for over thirty years. The CEO is Les Cole.

GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems, Inc. provides military transparency systems. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Garden Grove, CA.

21st Century Partnership operates as professional organization which provides business management consulting services. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Warner Robins, GA.

Avolon Aerospace Leasing Ltd. provides aircraft leasing and lease management services to airlines and aircraft investors worldwide. The company was founded by Domhnal Slattery in May 2010 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Part of Citigroup, Inc., Citigroup Capital Markets, Inc. provides financial advisory services. The company is based in New York, NY.

The Hendersonville Area Chamber of Commerce is an organization that supports and advocates for its members' businesses. The Chamber is based in Hendersonville, TN, and has over 12,000 members and 916 member companies. The private company offers opportunities for education, business assistance, and peer advice to improve economic opportunities for all. The Chamber provides unique opportunities for individuals and businesses to connect with customers, suppliers, and create strategic connections. The company also offers a variety of marketing opportunities to grow businesses.

Accurus Aerospace Corp. supplies metallic parts, kits and assemblies, and processing services to the aerospace and defense industry. Its machining and processing capabilities fabricate and treat small-to-large, and simple-to-complex, detailed parts in soft, hard, and exotic metals. The company was founded in November 2013 and is headquartered in Tulsa, OK.

Comply365 LLC provides software solutions to enterprise customers in industries like transportation, aviation, education and healthcare. Its products include documents and communication manager, Forms365, Workflow365, Content365, In-App Mail and ProChat. Comply365 was founded by Kerry Frank and Dude Frank in 2007 and is headquartered in Beloit, WI.

KeepTrax, Inc. operates as a patent-pending mobile location data platform that enables end users to automatically record, retain, and recall all the places they have visited. Its software enables location name, date, times, durations and photos that are automatically captured for the user and combined with additional contextual hooks to make location journaling for business. The company was founded by Kedar Benegal and Ismail Thanickel in 2013 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Western Metrology, Inc. manufactures precision components for the aerospace industry. The firm offers collision CMM programming solutions for the manufacturers of CMMs using their 3D CAD models. It also offers CMM inspection services, as well as zeiss certified training, zeiss CMM calibration, and metrology consulting services; and fixture tuning and calibration services. The company is headquartered in Salem, OR.

Fickling Management Services is a commercial property management company that operates in the Southeast region. The private company is based in Macon, GA. The company manages and lease over 1.75 million square feet of retail space, up to 9,000 apartment units, and several million square feet of office and industrial space. The company serves over 300 separate owners in the region and are an accredited management organization (AMO).

Aircraft Performance Group LLC operates as a flight operations engineering firm. It provides proprietary flight operations software solutions to the market of the aerospace industry. Its primary product and service focus is on takeoff, landing, and weight and balance services for airline and corporate operators. The company was founded by Rogers V. Hemphill and Mark Thelen in 1999 and is headquartered in Castle Rock, CO.

Part of Bromford Industries Ltd., Bromford Midco Ltd. is an investment holding British company. The company is based in Birmingham, UK. It was founded in 2018.