Faisal Nisar

Custom One Design (C1D) is a privately held mixed-signal semiconductor supplier specializing in high performance application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) involving analog, digital, RF, and power management / conversion. With particular focus on the medical and wireless markets, C1D has designed and produced solutions for the following applications: Bio-medical and other diagnostic devices, GPS / wireless, Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) and associated applications requiring data acquisition combining RF functionality, CT Scan / Medical Imaging and Lighting.

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.

Teem Photonics SA manufactures optical network components. The firm specializes in Q-switched micro lasers as well as photonics integrated circuits based on ion exchange technology. Its products are used in a variety of industrial and biophotonics applications includes fluorescence, spectroscopy, gem marking, microdissection, communications, ranging, and as seeds for fiber lasers and supercontinuum generation. The company was founded by Antoine Kévorkian and Denis Barbier in 1998 and is headquartered in Meylan, France.

Baker Capital Corp. (Baker Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by John C. Baker and Henry G. Baker. The firm is headquartered in New York.