Paul N. Andrecola

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.

Knight Capital Group, Inc. is a global financial services firm, which provides access to the capital markets across multiple asset classes to a broad network of clients, including buy and sell side firms, dealers, brokers, institutions, and corporations. It operates business through four segments: Market Making, Institutional Sales and Trading, Electronic Execution Services and Corporate and Other. The Market Making segment consists of market making in global equities and listed domestic options. It includes client, and to a lesser extent, non-client electronic market making activities in which they operate as a market maker in equity securities. The Institutional Sales and Trading segment includes global equity, exchange traded funds and fixed income sales and trading; reverse mortgage origination and securitization; capital markets; and asset management activities. Its business consists of execution and facilitation equities and fixed income transactions as agent on behalf of institutional clients, and they commit capital on behalf of its clients when needed. The Electronic Execution Services segment offers access via its electronic agency-based platforms to markets and self-directed trading in equities, equity options, fixed income, foreign exchange and futures contracts. The Corporate and Other segment invests in strategic financial services-oriented opportunities, allocates, deploys and monitors all capital, and maintains corporate overhead expenses and all other income and expenses that are not attributable to the other segments. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

Founded in 1922, Weeden & Co. LP is a broker/dealer headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut with additional offices in Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis and San Francisco. The firm offers a full array of investment services with independent value-added research covering various sectors. Weeden's research goal is to produce independent, actionable long/short ideas that are free from the inherent conflicts created by investment banking. The firm vigilantly monitors proprietary, quantitative and fundamental indicators across all asset classes to identify and communicate important inflection points within the marketplace to clients. Their equities trading division specializes in difficult-to-execute orders. They are a member of the FINRA, NASDAQ and the SIPC.

Sanders Morris Harris LLC (SMH) is an SEC-registered broker-dealer and member FINRA, SIPC, located in Houston, Texas. The firm is also an SEC-registered investment advisor. SMH was formed in January 2000 as the result of a merger between Sanders Morris Mundy, Inc. and Harris Webb & Garrison, Inc. The firm is now wholly-owned by Summer Wealth Management LLC. The ultimate principal owners of Summer Wealth Management, LLC are Lee Equity Partners LLC and The Edelman Financial Center, Inc. through intermediaries. SMH provides provides brokerage, asset management and similar services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, estates, and corporations and other business entities.

Galesi Group engages in the provision of real estate development services. It offers industrial and residential real estate development and management services. The company was founded by Francesco Galesi in 1969 and is headquartered in Schenectady, NY.

Cross Match Technologies, Inc. develops biometric identity management solutions. It offers authentication and verification solutions, ten-print and palm print live scan solutions for enrollment, identification, and forensic analysis; portable and handheld identity management solutions designed for a range of users, applications, and environments; and software development kits for end-users, developers, and integrators. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

Part of Verdant Brands, Inc., Southern Resources, Inc. is a company that makes liquid pesticides. The company is based in Tifton, GA. Southern Resources was acquired by Ringer Corp. on December 16, 1997 for $10.83 million.

Marleau, Lemire Securities, Inc. is a private company based in Toronto, Canada. The Canadian company was founded by Richard T. Groome.

Cantor Fitzgerald LP provides brokerage services. It offers capital market, investment banking and portfolio business services. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Center for Economic Growth is a professional economic and business development organization located in Albany, NY. The non-profit company's team of professionals can connect businesses to the right resources to relocate or expand in the capital region. The company focuses on providing business growth solutions to small to medium-sized companies in the manufacturing and technology sectors across several industries. The CEOs of the company are Michael J. Hickey, Andrew Kennedy.

Part of Barclays PLC, E.F. Hutton & Co., Inc. is a company that provides investment and financial services. The company is based in Providence, RI.

Part of Galesi Group, Distribution Unlimited, Inc. is a company that provides warehousing and logistic services. The company is based in New York, NY.

World Water, Inc. manufactures products and solutions for water purification and treatment. The private company is based in Downey, CA.

Part of WR Managed Accounts LLC, WR Platform Advisors LP provides compelling, memorable identities to companies across the globe. The company is based in Stamford, CT. WR Platform Advisors has provided domain names to hundreds of businesses, including Cracke.com, Moz.com, and Rustico.com, among others. The company offers a curated collection of resonant domain names with strong brand appeal, matching a product or service with an intuitive brand. The company's domain portfolio includes thousands of domain names, such as Abalone.com, Aquamarine.com, and Wildwest.com, among others. The company's domains have helped businesses achieve instant brand recognition, ignite a business, and massively accelerate value creation.

Nirvana Water Sciences Corp. engages in the activities of a non-classified establishment. The company is headquartered in Sarasota, FL.