Robert Baron

ADTRAN, Inc. engages in the provision of networking and communications platforms and services focused on the broadband access market. It operates through the Network Solutions and Services and Support business segment. The Network Solutions segment includes hardware products and next-generation virtualized solutions used in service provider or business networks, as well as prior-generation products. The Services and Support segment offers ProCloud managed services, network installation, engineering and maintenance services, and fee-based technical support and equipment repair/replacement plans. The company was founded by Mark C. Smith in November 1985 and is headquartered in Huntsville, AL.

Vertiv IT Systems, Inc. engages in the development of total infrastructure management software solutions. The company is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne PC is a private company based in Huntsville, AL.

Part of Dean Foods Co., Barber Dairies, Inc. is a company that processes and distributes dairy products. The company is based in Birmingham, AL. Barber Dairies was acquired by Dean Foods Co. on August 11, 1998.

HII Defense & Federal Solutions, Inc. provides security, intelligence, training, and engineering services. Its solutions include agile software engineering and information technology, modeling, simulation, training, unmanned systems, intelligence analysis and operations, engineering and management, and all hazard. The company was founded in 1990 by Walter P. Batson and is headquartered in Huntsville, AL.

Part of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd., Coopers & Lybrand AG is a company based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Digium, Inc. engages in the provision of hardware and software products to enterprises and telecommunications providers. It offers business phone systems, telephony cards, asterisk training, and asterisk hardware. The company was founded by Mark Spencer in 1999 and is headquartered in Huntsville, AL.

EFT Holdings, Inc. provides chemical and biological decontamination solutions to civilian response teams, first responders and the U.S. Military. It also offers indoor air quality product for the remediation of airborne mold spores and a methamphetamine decontaminant for clandestine meth lab clean up. The company is headquartered in Huntsville, AL.

Halo Monitoring, Inc. manufactures as well as distributes activity and health monitoring equipment particularly for senior citizens. The company was founded by Christopher A. Ottone, Pamela A. Martin, and Chirag Patel in 2006 and is headquartered in Huntsville, AL.

Huntsville Angel Network, Inc. provides angel investment services. It also provides the investors services such as preparing an investment case, performing due diligence, making individual investment decisions, and participating in monitoring of investments through the group. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Huntsville, AL.

PricewaterhouseCoopers provides audit, assurance and crisis management services. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Muscat, Oman.

PeopleTec, Inc. provides research, development, and support to Department of Defense and Civilian Federal Sectors. Its services include diversified engineering, modeling and simulation, cyber security and intelligence, rapid prototyping, and program support. The company was founded by Terry Jennings and W. Douglas Scalf in 2005 and is headquartered in Huntsville, AL.

Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County is a non-profit organization, which focuses on economic development of Huntsville, Madison County. It engages in the development of commerce. The company is headquartered in Huntsville, AL.

FedCap Advisors LLC (FedCap Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 2010 by Rick Knop, Clark Knop and Leslee Gault Belluchie. The firm is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is a non-profit organization. It focuses on conducting genomics-based research to improve human health and well being; implementing genomic medicine, sparking economic development; and providing educational outreach to nurture the next generation of biotech researchers and entrepreneurs, as well as to create a biotech literate public. The company was founded by James R. Hudson, Jr. and Lonnie S. McMillian in 2008 and is headquartered in Huntsville, AL.