Jim Rooney

Novellus Systems, Inc. manufactures and services advanced automated wafer fabrication systems. The company was founded by Brad Mattson on April 11, 1984 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Sola International, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes broad range of eyeglass lenses. Its products include progressive, photochromic, coated and specialty plastic lenses. The firm's clients include Wal-Mart, Alain Afflelou, Specsavers, LensCrafters, U.S. Vision, Kaiser Permanente, and Vision Service Plan. Sola International was founded in 1960 and is located in San Diego, CA.

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. engages in the business of designing, developing, and selling a family of proxy and other appliances, and related software and services that secure, accelerate, and optimize the delivery of business applications, web content, and other information to distributed users over a wide area network or across an enterprise’s gateway to the public internet. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and Asia and Pacific. The Americas segment includes North America, Central America, and Latin America. The company was founded on March 13, 1996 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Flux Power, Inc. develops and sells lithium-ion energy storage systems. Its products include battery packs for motive power in the lift equipment, tug and tow and robotics markets, portable power for military applications, and stationary power for grid storage. The company was founded by Christopher L. Anthony, and Michael Johnson in 1998 and is headquartered in Vista, CA.

Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest provides medical services. It offers birth control for women and men, emergency contraception, yearly evaluation and screening, cervical cancer screening, men's health, abortion, breast exams, and complex gynecology services. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Aptera Motors Corp. operates as electric automobile manufacturer. The company was founded by Michael Johnson and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

ROTH Capital Partners LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a subsidiary of CR Financial Holdings, Inc. They offer institutional sales and trading services. Their broad institutional coverage includes investors in North America, Canada, UK, Europe and other international territories.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Part of Daré Bioscience, Inc., Daré Bioscience Operations, Inc. provides pharmaceutical products. The company is based in La Jolla, CA. The company was founded by Lisa Walters-Hoffert, Mark Walters, Roger L. Hawley. Daré Bioscience Operations was acquired by Cerulean Pharma, Inc. on July 19, 2017 for $1.99 million.

Altamont Pharma Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company. It engages in effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was founded on January 6, 2021 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Vistage Worldwide, Inc. engages in the provision of business and executive coaching services. It offers programs such as chief executives, small business owners, key executives, and professional service providers. The company was founded by Robert Nourse, Fred Chaney and Bill Hall in 1957 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Springbok Services, Inc. provides prepaid credit card solutions. The firm's services include program development, card designing and fulfillment, transaction processing, and risk management. The company was founded by Dwayne Jones and Taylor Ohlsen in 1998 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.

AVX Antenna, Inc. provides embedded antennas and radio frequency system solutions. The firm's products include active antenna systems, RFIC's, Bluetooth, cellular, industrial handsets, tablets, laptops, net books, portable television, routers, healthcare devices, GPS, WiFi, WiMAX, WLAN, mobile entertainment and unique applications. The company was founded by Laurent Desclos, Sebastian Rowson and Eli Yablonovitch in 2000 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Rising International, Inc. is a private company that manufactures and retails women's clothing such as dresses, skirts, trousers, and jackets. The company is based in Duarte, CA. The company's products are sold online.

UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. provides logistics, transport and distribution services. It provides contract logistics, customs brokerage, consulting services and industry solutions. The company headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Famgro LLC provides real estate services. The private company is based in Carlsbad.

Visa International, Inc. provides credit card services. The company was founded by Dee Hock and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

Founded in 1986, Merriman Capital, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer and investment banking firm headquartered in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERR), a financial services firm that focuses on fast-growing companies and their institutional investors. Merriman provides advisory and investment banking, equity research, institutional services, corporate services and venture services primarily to corporate clients. Merriman Capital provides research, brokerage and trading services primarily to institutional clients. The firm offers a full range of specialized and integrated services including: equity research, specialized trade execution, equity capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, sales and trading, market making, corporate and venture services, restructurings and strategic advisory services. Merriman Capital employs bottom-up, fundamental analysis of small-cap companies in select industries including clean technology, healthcare, technology and consumer/Internet/media. The firm also has expertise in emerging markets, with emphasis on emerging markets in China. Merriman Capital is known to engage in shareholder activist investment strategies. Merriman Capital is a member of the NASD, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm serves as an introducing broker/dealer for Pershing LLC. They do not hold or maintain funds or securities or provide clearing services for other broker/dealers.