Brittney L. Abbott

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as the result of Chase Manhattan's purchase of Robert Fleming Holdings and the subsequent merger of Chase and JPMorgan. In January 2010, JPMorgan Investment Advisors merged into JP Morgan Investment Management. JPMIM is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The firm primarily provides investment advisory services to both US and non-US institutional and retail clients.

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.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Founded in 1984, Noble Financial Capital Markets is a broker/dealer headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. The firm is a subsidiary of Noble Financial Group, Inc. Noble Financial Capital Markets' sales & trading team provides strategic insight and reliable solutions to nearly 500 of the dominant small-cap money managers in North America. They are members FINRA, SIPC and MSRB. Noble Financial Capital Markets offers a full array of investment services with a particular focus on under-followed, undervalued, out-of-favor small-cap emerging growth companies. Their research coverage universe includes healthcare, business services & software, defense/defense technology, energy, enterprise hardware, and media & entertainment.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

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.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Sidoti & Co. LLC (S&C) is a registered broker and equity research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Sidoti Holding Co. LLC and was founded in 1999. S&C provides research exclusively to institutional investors. The firm covers the following sectors: housing, retail, basic industries, technology, business services, capital goods, automotive, computer software, regional banking, telecommunications, entertainment, healthcare and consumer products. Their analysts conduct their own due diligence which includes visiting companies and meeting with operating and financial management. In addition, the firm's analysts focus on fundamentals, particularly cash flow from operations and EPS.

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1967 and is a subsidiary of Alliance Capital Management LLC, ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. provides trading and executions services to their clients.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Arcano Asesores Financieros SL provides financial advisory services. It operates through its business division including; investment banking, asset management, and wealth management. The company was founded by Alvaro de Remedios in 2003 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

Navigant Cymetrix Corp. provides revenue cycle management solutions, consulting services and proprietary business intelligence to healthcare organizations. It provides comprehensive revenue cycle management solutions, consulting services and proprietary business intelligence, eligibility and financial counseling, comprehensive self-pay, clinical documentation integrity, coding, payment variance review, accounts receivable management and physician solutions to healthcare organizations and hospital-affiliated physician practices. The company was founded in 2001 by Michael Halberda and Jeffrey MacDonald and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Endeavor Global, Inc. is an Venture Capital firm founded in 1997 by Linda Rottenberg, Casares wenceslao and Peter B.Kellner. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

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.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, also known as UNHCR, is an organization that is committed to protecting the rights of refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless individuals. The non-profit company is based in Suisse, Switzerland. The Swiss company's mission is to save lives and provide assistance to those who have been forced to flee their homes due to conflict, persecution, or other forms of violence.

Curri, Inc. engages in the development and operation of a one-stop shop platform for supply stores. The company was founded by Brian Matthew Gonzalez and Matthew Richard Lafferty and is headquartered in Ventura, CA.

Part of Intercorp Peru Ltd., Inteligo USA, Inc. is a company that provides investment advice. The company is based in New York, NY and was founded in 2019.

Samsung Next LLC is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. founded in 2013. Samsung Next LLC is headquartered in Mountain View with additional offices in Suwon and Berlin.

Optimal Dynamics, Inc. provides AI to the supply chain and logistics industry. The company is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, CA.

Vector AI Ltd. develops software solutions. The firm offers catch compliance risks, automate financing decisions and optimize regulatory reporting services. The company was founded by James Coombes and Nisarg Mehta in 2017 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Cypress.io, Inc. develops end-to-end automation framework for web applications. It is a software company which operates test engine that runs unit and integration tests in browser. The company was founded by Brian Mann and Kent Randall in 2015 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Tackle.io, Inc. engages in the development of a cloud marketplace subscription platform. It offers in Tackle downstream and upstream. The company was founded by Dillon Woods and Brian Denker and is headquartered in Boise, ID.

DealerScience LLC develops digital software tools for the automotive industry. Its products include desking tools, website plugins and payment search. The company was founded by Andrew Gordon in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Keystone Strategy LLC is an innovative strategy and economics consulting firm that provides transformative ideas and cutting-edge solutions to Fortune 500 companies, top law firms, and government agencies. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company's expertise includes technology-led strategy, AI-driven digital transformation, product development, healthcare, finance, antitrust, and litigation. The company leverages strategic insights from leading industry and academic experts with the practical expertise of their accomplished professionals to deliver extraordinary impact for their clients. The company was founded by Marco Iansiti, Greg Richards. Greg Richards has been the CEO since incorporation.

Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP engages in the provision of accounting, tax, and advisory services. The firm offers employee benefit plan audits, internet audit services, statutory financial audits, cost segregation, tax accounting, transfer pricing, healthcare consulting, risk advisory, and information technology advisory. The company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.