Keith Smith

Dell, Inc. engages in the manufacture of electronic devices. Its products include laptops, desktops, tablets, thin clients, printers, monitors, software, workstations and accessories. The company was founded by Michael Saul Dell on February 1, 1984 and is headquartered in Round Rock, TX.

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by the Texas Legislature in 1937 to provide service and disability retirement benefits to teachers and administrators of the public school systems of Texas, which include institutions of higher education. In 1949, legislation expanded membership eligibility to include all employees of public education institutions. In 1985, TRS was assigned responsibility to administer health insurance program for public school retirees. The firm invests funds under its stewardship and delivers benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

State Bar of Texas provides legal educational programming services. The private company is based in Austin, TX.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Ebony Media Operations LLC provides marketing consulting services. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Founded in 1989 by Don Rice, Jeffrey Sangalis, Jeffrey Toole and James Wilson, RSTW Partners is a private equity firm headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Association for Corporate Growth, Inc. is a global organization founded in 1954 by Kenneth S. Berryman and David H. Brenner. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Canada, and the United States. The company's mission is to drive middle-market growth and it serves 90,000 investors, executives, lenders, and advisers to growing middle-market companies. The company's core focus is on middle-market M&A, with more than 25 years of sell-side and buy-side advisory experience, closing more than 200 transactions with a combined value of more than $1 billion. The company also publishes Middle Market Growth, the official publication of the Association for Corporate Growth, which includes a print magazine, website, weekly e-newsletter, and daily newsfeed. The CEO of the company since 2019 is Brent A. Baxter.

EnCap Investments LP (EnCap Investments) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Gary Peterson and Robert Zorich and The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

MRE Consulting Ltd. provides information technology services, business consulting and staffing solutions. It offers information technology (IT) consulting services, such as architecture and technical applications design and integration, custom applications development, systems integration, disaster planning, recovery, development of Websites and Web services. The company was founded by Michael K. Short and Shane J. Merz in 1994 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Part of Scient, Inc., Digital Planet is a cloud hosting solutions provider that offers anti-virus, online backup, and managed firewall services to businesses. The company is based in Los Angeles, CA and was founded by Calvin Scharffs, Joshua Greer, Steven Chester, and Paul M. Grand. The company's anti-virus solution supports major operating systems and provides multiple layers of protection, while their IPS & IDS systems monitor network traffic for unwanted threats. Digital Planet was acquired by iXL, Inc. on May 18, 1998.

Lingotek, Inc. provides language translation software solutions. Its software helps companies achieve unprecedented control over the translation process. The firm’s technology enables companies to capture, grow, and re-use their linguistic assets. The company was founded by Timothy R. Hunt in 2005 and is headquartered in Draper, UT.

McCann Worldgroup, Inc. provides advertising and marketing services. The firm provides services through the divisions: McCann Erickson Worldwide, Universal McCann, FutureBrand and Weber Shandwick. It also offers relationship marketing services through MRM Partners and serves clients in the health care industry through McCann Healthcare. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Pixalate, Inc. provides fraud protection and data intelligence solutions for various advertisement events. Its proprietary technology analyzes data in real-time and enables media buyers to extract data, compare Ad server performance and expose waste and discrepancy within its digital campaigns. The company was founded by Jalal Nasir and Muhammad Amin Bandeali in 2012 and is headquartered Los Angeles, CA.

Luxor Capital Group LP (Luxor) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Christian A. Leone in 2002. Luxor provides primarily discretionary investment advice to private investment funds and may also do so for certain separately managed accounts or other investment advisers from time to time.

Accenture LLC operates as a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Rockland Capital (Texas) LLC (Rockland Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by Scott Harlan, Michael Del Giudice, Joseph Lambert and Dave Yeager. The firm is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.

Duke Energy Commercial Enterprises, Inc. provides energy distribution and project development services. The company was established in 1992 and is headquartered in Plainfield, IN.

El Paso Marketing LP (El Paso Merchant Energy) provides wholesale trading of natural gas, crude oil, electricity and other commodities. It also markets asset-based commodities. The firm also sells the unit's petroleum refining, coal mining, chemical production and LNG transportation operations. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. provides brokerage services. The company is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

The BG Group LLC provides general contractor & demolition services. The company was established in 2003 & is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.

Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. provides energy and environmental research services. It conducts research and development relating to the generation, delivery and use of electricity for the benefit of the public. The firm also provides technology, policy and economic analyses to drive long-range research and development planning and supports research in emerging technologies. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.