George R. Thomas

Exotel Techcom Pvt Ltd. offers cloud-based business phone systems to small and medium enterprises. It provides sales, marketing, support, and productivity tools and business intelligence. Its features include complete control over calls, seamlessly sync data between CRM and phone system, records calls, track actionable insights in real time, call analytics and real time notifications. The company was founded by Shivakumar Ganesan, Ishwar Sridharan, and Vijay Sharma in 2011 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Microsoft Corp. (India) Pvt Ltd. designs, manufactures and markets Microsoft software products. It offers Windows products, including Windows 8.1 and Internet Explorer. It also offers server and tool products, such as Windows, SQL, and Exchange servers; Visual Studio, an integrated development environment to create applications for Windows, Android, and iOS, as well as Web applications and cloud services; Microsoft Azure that offers cloud computing platform and services; Windows I tune for mobile device and application management, and PC management from the cloud; and SharePoint, a team collaboration software tools. Microsoft was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, India.

National Association of Software & Services Cos. operates as indian information technology and business process outsourcing industry. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Noida, India.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

The U.S.-India Business Council operates as a business advocacy organization. The private company is based in Washington. The CEO of the American company is Joseph Gilmour.

The Confederation of Indian Industry operates as a business association. The non-profit company is based in India and has subsidiaries in Singapore and India. The Indian company was founded by Ashok Khanna.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital arm of Sequoia Capital Operations LLC, founded in 1972 by Don Valentine. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

IRON Financial LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1994 by Aaron Izenstark and Howard Nixon. They are a subsidiary of IRON Holdings LLC, itself is owned by IRON Financial Management, Inc. IRON Financial also provides the advisory services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, investment companies (including mutual funds), pension and profit-sharing plans (other than plan participants), charitable organizations, and corporations and other businesses.

Loomis, Sayles & Co. LP (Loomis Sayles) is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Robert H. Loomis and Ralph T. Sayles in 1926. They are a direct subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers LLC, ultimately owned by BPCE SA in France. Loomis Sayles provides investment advisory or sub advisory services to institutional clients through separate account management services. In addition, the firm provides investment advisory or sub-advised services to various investment funds.

Metis Design Corp. provides technical consulting services on mechanical design, custom sensor systems and lean enterprise solutions. Its clients include ATK, Air Force Research Labs, Boston Consulting Group, Inc., Peninsula Plastics, and LRM Industries. The company was founded by Seth S. Kessler and Kristin Jugenheimer in 2002 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

The MathWorks, Inc. develops and supplies technical computing software for model-based design. Its people conduct research at technology companies, government research labs, financial institutions and universities. The company was founded by John N. Little and Cleve Moler in 1984 and is headquartered in Natick, MA.

Mila Star Retail Pvt Ltd. operates an online lingerie store. The firm offers different types of bras, briefs, nightdress, shorts, capris, track pants, pyjamas, tights and leggings, and swimwear. The company was founded by Richa Kar and Kapil Karekar in August 2011 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Part of SAP SE, SAP India Pvt Ltd. is an Indian company that develops business software applications. The company is based in Bangalore, India.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Wingreens Farms Pvt Ltd. operates as an online store for organic and healthy food products. Its products include dips, hummus, butters, spreads, chips and green tea. The company was founded by Anju Chaudhri Srivastava and Arjun Srivastava and is headquartered in Gurgaon, India.

Peak XV Partners (Peak XV Partners) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Sequoia Capital Operations LLC founded in 2000 by Kanarath, Payattiyath, Balaraj. The firm is headquartered in Bangalore India.

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.

Radiant Systems, Inc. provides Information technology solutions and services. Its services include contingent staffing services, recruitment process outsourcing, application development management, mainframes projects and staffing, master data management, data warehousing and business intelligence, legacy systems maintenance and migration, enterprise application integration, enterprise application integration and QA testing and validation services. The company was founded by Venu Myneni and Vinod Koduru in 1995 and is headquartered in South Plainfield, NJ.

Instinet LLC is a SEC-registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is the equities execution services arm of the Nomura Group. The firm was founded in 1969 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Instinet Holdings, Inc., which is ultimately owned by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604) in Japan. Instinet offers the institutional investment community a suite of tailorable solutions, which includes market insights and commentary, full-service trading desks, advanced algorithmic trading strategies, access to unique and specialized liquidity via their array of crossing pools, and a set of workflow solutions.