Jack Vander Aarde

Founded in 2002, Maxim Group LLC is a registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm provides an array of financial services including: investment banking, equity research, private wealth management, structured products and global institutional equity, fixed-income and derivative sales and trading to a diverse range of corporate clients, institutional investors and high net-worth individuals. Maxim Group's niche is emerging-growth companies in a variety of sectors including healthcare, technology, retail and others. They utilize a fundamental, bottom-up approach to investment recommendations. The firm combines rigorous financial analysis of specific companies and industries with due diligence that includes frequent consults with suppliers, customers, competitors and senior management. The firm focuses on under-covered, small- to-mid-cap companies where valuation levels may be out of sync with fundamental trends. Maxim's coverage universe often represents attractive niche industries where stocks tend to be inefficient. This research coverage fills a void created by the downsized research ranks and shrinking coverage of small- to mid-cap stocks by large investment banks. Maxim Group is a member of FINRA, the MSRB, the SIPC, the ISE, NASDAQ and NYSE Arca.

Fortuna Advisors LLC is a management consulting firm that advises large companies on how to achieve their value creation goals. The private company is based in New York, NY, and Gregory Milano has been the CEO since incorporation. The company is a thought leader in designing financial measures that are better linked to how companies create value today. The company has been widely published and cited for their work, including a book by the founder and CEO, Gregory Milano, titled "Curing Corporate Short-Termism: Future Growth vs. Current Earnings."

Founded in 1989, KLS Professional Advisors Group LLC is a registered investment advisor located in New York City. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. They provide services to individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations and corporations or other business entities.