Michaela M. Pewarski

Afiniti, Inc. provides call center routing technology solutions. It uses intelligent data analytics and pattern recognition technology in real time to pair callers with agents, delivering contact center interactions that improve revenue and collections, enhance customer experience, and lower business costs. The company was founded by Zia Chishti in 2006 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

MDC Partners, Inc. engages in the provision of marketing, advertising, activation, communications and strategic consulting solutions. It operates through the following business segments: Integrated Networks-Group A, Integrated Networks-Group B, Media & Data Network, and All Other. The Integrated Networks-Group A and Integrated Networks-Group B segments provide a range of services for its clients, primarily including strategy, creative and production for advertising campaigns across a variety of platforms, which includes print, digital, social media, television broadcast, as well as public relations and communications services, experiential, social media and influencer marketing. The Media & Data Network segment is comprised of a single operating segment that combines media buying and planning across a range of platforms with technology and data capabilities. The All Other segment provides a range of services including advertising, public relations and marketing communication services. The Corporate segment consists of corporate office expenses incurred in connection with the strategic resources. The company was founded on December 19, 1986 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.