Matthew Ryan

Fidelity Management & Research Co. (FMR) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1946 and is a subsidiary of FMR LLC, also known as Fidelity Investments. FMR provides investment supervisory services, which include sub-advisory services, to Fidelity's family of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, qualified tuition programs, privately offered unregistered investment funds, separately managed account clients, and various other institutional accounts.

Part of Infor, Inc., Software 2000, Inc. develops enterprise-level business software. The company is based in Hyannis, MA.

CheckFree Corp. provides financial electronic commerce services and products. The company works with the financial institutions, web portals and organizations that issue regular bills and statements to give consumers the ability to receive and pay bills online. It offers services such as core processing, electronic billing, risk management, payments, and wealth management. CheckFree was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Norcross, GA

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.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

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.

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.

Founded in 1988 by Richard Messina, the Benchmark Co. LLC is a full-service broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm provides equity research, sales and trading services for institutional and private clients. They focus on the media, energy, enterprise software, infrastructure software, biotechnology, specialty pharmaceuticals, REITs, Internet and communications sectors. The Benchmark Co.'s clearing agent is JP Morgan Clearing Corp.

SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (SSgA FM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1978 and is a subsidiary of State Street Global Advisors, Inc., ultimately held by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). SSgA FM provides investment advisory services to US investment companies and certain pooled investment vehicles.

Confer Technologies, Inc. operates as a cloud-based platform for prevention and detection of threats. The firm provides endpoint detection and response solutions to detect and prevent cyber security threats from targeted attacks. It offers a proactive security service that protects servers, laptops, and mobile devices from cyber attacks. The company was founded by Mark Quinlivan, Jeff Kraemer, and Paul Morville in 2013 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Susquehanna International Group LLP engages in the provision of investment and other financial services. It offers institutional brokerage, trading, research, and market making services for equities. The company was founded by Lon Taylor and Gordon Apple in 1987 and is headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, PA.

Guidepost Growth Management Co. LLC (Guidepost Growth Mgmt) is a private equity subsidiary of North Bridge Venture Partners founded in 2007 by Doug A. Kingsley and Jim M. Moran. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Part of Citigroup, Inc., Citibank (China) Co., Ltd. is a financial institution based in Beijing, China. The Chinese company provides a range of financial services including credit cards, debit cards, deposits, housing loans, insurance, and investment management. Citibank (China) Co. offers credit card installment payment services and provides tips on safe credit card usage. The company also offers structured investment products that use a variety of financial instruments for investment and provide 100%% principal protection at maturity. Citibank (China) Co. was founded in 2007, and the CEO is Yu Hua Lin.

Firm58 Inc. provides financial management software solutions. It offers revenue management & billing, CSA/Soft dollar program and compliance and surveillance. The company was founded in 2005 by Samuel Mele and James Mullen and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

SpringCM, Inc. provides an enterprise-class document management and workflow solution designed for online collaboration. Its cloud platform manages contracts and all types of documents across desktop, mobile, and partner applications like Salesforce. The company was founded by Christine Mason, Greg T. Buchholz, and Jeffrey Piper in 2005 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

China International Capital Corp. Ltd. (Broker) (CICC) is the brokerage division of China International Capital Corp. Ltd. which was established in 1995 as a strategic partnership between Chinese and international financial institutions and corporations. Headquartered in Beijing, CICC was the first joint venture investment bank in China. The firm's core business departments were investment banking, capital markets, sales & trading, research, fixed-income and asset management. CICC offers a range of brokerage services to international and domestic institutional and individual investors. In 2007 the firm set up a wholly-owned subsidiary specializing in private equity investments and focusing on buyout opportunities within China.

Paydiant, Inc. provides mobile payment services. Its services include mobile payments, offers, ATM cash access and related commerce services. The company was founded by Christopher Gardner, Kevin E. Laracey and Joseph Paratore in 2010 and is headquartered in Wellesley, MA.

Elastic Path Software, Inc. provides ecommerce software services. Its products include elastic path commerce, extended commerce, experience driven commerce and proven performance. The company was founded by Harry Chemko and Mark Williams in 2000 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Awareness, Inc. provides on-demand social marketing management software solutions. It offers clients a unique blend of measurement, analysis and implementation technology that provides insight into consumer interaction and behavior online and streamlines content creation, dissemination and measurement across social media channels. The firm also helps social media channels to make buying decisions, find local services, research products and interact with brands. Awareness was founded by David Carter and Robin Hopper in 1998 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

OutSystems, Inc. delivers and manages web business applications using agile methodologies. It provides a low-code rapid application development and delivery platform that enables seamless integration of custom code. The firm offers enterprise Rapid Application Development (RAD) platform to accelerate digital transformation. Its platform creates, deploys, changes, and manages custom mobile and web applications - delivered seamlessly across all devices. The company was founded in March 2001 by Paulo Rosado and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Currensee, Inc. provides forex social trading services. It also provides investors and financial institutions with access to emerging managers in a first-of-its-kind, transparent, convenient and trusted way. The company was founded by Avshalom Leventhal and Asaf Yigal in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Perfecto Mobile, Inc. provides on-demand mobile testing infrastructure services. It offers a shared environment for testing pre-loaded applications on pre-launched handsets and automating the handset validation processes, application store solutions for network operators and device manufacturers and solutions for mobile application developers and mobile content providers. The firm also provides mobile handsets, which enable users to develop, test, deploy, and monitor their mobile applications and services. The company was founded by Yoram Mizrachi, Jacky Allal and Eran Yaniv in 2006 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. designs and manufactures lighting control systems. It offers light dimmers, whole-home and whole-building dimming systems, controllable window treatments, color-matched accessories, including wallplates, receptacles and fan controls. The company was founded by Joel S. Spira and Ruth Spira in 1961 and is headquartered in Coopersburg, PA