David Barteld

Nollenberger Capital Partners, Inc. offers securities brokerage, asset management, equity research and fixed income trading to institutional and wealthy individual investors. Founded in 2002 by Chief Executive Officer Bruce Nollenberger, Nollenberger Capital Partners, Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Newport Beach, California, San Jose, California and New York City.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC is the investment bank asset management and brokerage arm of Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). The firm is headquartered San Francisco. Their services include fixed-income sales and trading, equities sales and trading, market analysis and research and investment banking and advisory services.

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.