Michael T. Spohn

BellSouth Telecommunications LLC provides wireless telecommunications services. It also offers wireless telecommunications and U-verse services for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The company was founded on December 19, 1983 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

IPC Systems, Inc. engages in the provision of integrated communication and network services. It offers global financial connectivity, exchange information, and mitigating risk solutions. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

Dodge & Cox is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Van Duyn Dodge and Morrie Cox in 1930. They manage money for individuals and institutions globally with a single investment philosophy.

Part of Masco Corp., NCFII Holdings, Inc. is a company that manufactures and markets home furnishing products. The company is based in High Point, NC.

Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing LP (GSEC) is an SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1931. The firm is a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GSEC provides brokerage services to their clients.

The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS Ohio) is a State-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1919 and manages pension assets for active, inactive and retired Ohio public educators. STRS Ohio operates under the guidelines of Chapter 3307 of the Ohio Revised Code as enacted by the Ohio General Assembly. They are legally separated from and fiscally independent of state and local governments.

Lincoln Investment Planning LLC provides investment advisory, brokerage, and dealer services for individuals and families, private and public entities, and institutions and corporations. It offers retirement planning, risk management, mutual funds, individual securities, annuities, insurance, and planning services. The company was founded by Nick Forst in 1968 and is headquartered in Fort Washington, PA.

Jasper Technologies LLC provides internet of thing services for connected devices, ranging from management and analytics to remote diagnostics and monitoring. The company was founded by Daniel Collins, Amit Gupta, and Jahangir Mohammed in 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Armor Defense, Inc. provides secure cloud web hosting solutions. Its services include professional, on-boarding, compliance, secure portal, and API. The firm also provides HIPAA and PCI compliant cloud hosting solutions to protect valuable websites and business assets. It offers secure cloud server, high performance cloud, compliance, managed, and business continuity solutions. The company was founded by Chris Drake in 2009 and is headquartered in Richardson, TX.

Virgin Mobile Latin America, Inc. provides mobile virtual network operating services. It offers voice and data services to mobile users in Latin America. The company was founded by Peter Langkilde, Jay Metcalfe and Philip Wallace in 2010 and is headquartered in Road Town, British Virgin Islands.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd (ST Telemedia) is a private equity firm founded in 1995. The firm is headquartered in Singapore with an additional office in China.

eir Group Ltd. provides fixed-line telecommunications services to domestic and international customers. It offer voice and data communications for both the retail and wholesale carrier markets. The firm also provides carrier services, data transmission, and Internet access as well as public payphones and home security and monitoring services. The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

BNP Paribas Asset Management USA, Inc. (BNPP AM USA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1972 as Fischer Francis Trees & Watts, Inc. (FFTW). In 2015, FFTW’s affiliated US registered investment advisor, BNP Paribas Asset Management Inc., was merged into FFTW. FFTW was re-branded as BNP Paribas Asset Management USA, Inc. in 2017. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas Asset Management USA Holdings, Inc. (BNPP AM), part of International Financial Services division of BNP Paribas (EPA: BNP) (BNPP). BNPP AM USA provides customized investment management services to institutional clients. They also provide non-discretionary investment management activities and/or act as collateral manager for structured products such as CDOs and CLOs.

Salem Investment Partners (Salem Investment Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Phillip W. Martin. The firm is headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Semper Capital Management LP (Semper) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Utendahl and Tom Mandel in 1992 and was formerly known as UCM Partners LP and as Utendahl Capital Management LP. Semper offers institutional and high-net-worth individuals multiple securitized debt-centric investment platforms that range from private absolute return and index-based strategies to registered mutual funds and custom managed accounts.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

John W. Henry & Co., Inc. provides asset management and investment advice services. The firm manages assets for retail, institutional and private investors in the Americas, Europe and Asia. The company was founded in 1982 by John William Henry and is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.

PSA International Pte. Ltd. engages in the provision of port marine and logistics services. Its portfolio includes deepsea, rail and inland terminals, as well ass affiliated businesses in distriparks, warehouses, and marine services. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Singapore.

LiveCargo, Inc. provides web based software and solutions for secure file transfer, online storage and remote access. The company was founded in 2003 by W. Douglas Young and Rick A. Reddel and is headquartered in Greensboro, NC.

The North Carolina Bankers Association is a business association based in Raleigh, NC. The association has subsidiaries in the United States. The CEO of the non-profit company is Peter Gwaltney.

Plexus Capital LLC (Plexus Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Kel Landis. The firm headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

NextGen Venture Partners LLC (NextGen Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Brown Advisory Inc, founded in 2011 by Daniel Mindus and Grant Allen. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Stanhope Capital LLP /Private Equity/ (Stanhope Capital) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Stanhope Capital LLP founded in 2004. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

FWM Holdings LLC engages in the provision of wealth management services. The company was founded by Keith M. Bloomfield and is headquartered in Palm Beach, FL.

CAZ Investments /Private Equity/ (CAZ investments) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Christopher Zook. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Shorepoint Capital Partners LLC (Shorepoint) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Timothy Vanech and Luis Raposo in 2009. Shorepoint provides customized wealth planning and investment management services to individuals and families, institutions, small businesses and retirement plans.

eircom Ltd. engages in the provision of fixed-line and mobile telecommunications services. It offers bundles, broadband, TV, mobile, phone, accessories and security. The firm also provides broadband, homephone and billing support. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Nucleus Connect Pte Ltd. designs, builds, and operates the active infrastructure of nationwide broadband network. Its broadband network enables retail service providers to select and deliver broadband connectivity services to their target markets, including homes, schools, government buildings, businesses, and hospitals. The company was founded on 14 April, 2009 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Cloud9 Technologies LLC provides cloud communications services for distributed work groups and teams. It offers C9Trader, a cloud based trader voice and messaging services for the institutional trading community; and Cloud9 Voice Transcription solution that provides firms with the ability to harness the insight in their voice trading recordings and data by converting speech to text. The company was founded by Gerald E. Starr, Stephen J. Kammerer and Leo Papadopoulos in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

STT GDC Pte Ltd. engages in provision of data center solutions. It offers colocation, connectivity, support and cloud services. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Singapore.