John R. Beals

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Ubee Interactive, Inc. manufactures and supplies broadband communications products. It has three product-based business units, communication, power, and packaging. The communication unit focuses on products such as V.90 modems, LAN modules, ADSL products, cable modems and wireless products. The power unit concentrates on producing DC-DC converters, backlight inverters, chargers, and gauge modules. The packaging unit produces packaging technologies and services. The company has R&D facilities in the United States & Taiwan and two major manufacturing plants in HsinChu and Taipei which provide hardware, software, and firmware systems. Ubee Interactive was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Hsinchu City, Taiwan.

IBM Credit LLC offers customer financing and commercial financing services, provides lease and loan financing, and offers term and revolver participation loans. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Armonk, NY.

Part of TechTarget, Inc., TheServerSide Communities is a company that provides an online XML community. The company is based in Needham, MA. TheServerSide Communities was acquired by TechTarget, Inc. on November 30, 2004.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Huawei-3Com Technology Co. Ltd. provides internet protocol based networking solutions. It also offers portfolio of IP-based networking solutions, including enterprise routers, switches, security, SOHO products, voice and video products and wireless LAN. The IP networking company was created as a joint venture by Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and 3Com Corp. The company was established in November 2003 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, China.

China Hewlett-Packard Co., Ltd. provides printing & personal computing products and information technology solutions. The firm's products include personal computers, servers, data storage devices, and networking equipment. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Beijing, China

The US-China Business Council is an organization that provides information, advisory, advocacy, and program services to its members. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The American company focuses on shaping the relationship between the United States and China. USCBC offers research and analyses on Chinese government personnel, member newsletters, and advisory services to answer sector-specific and general investment questions.

Pacific Telecommunications Council, also known as PTC, is a non-profit membership organization that promotes the advancement of information and communications technologies in the Pacific Rim. The non-profit company is based in Honolulu, HI. The organization hosts an annual conference in Honolulu, which is considered the premier telecommunications event in the region. PTC also fosters academic, developmental, regulatory, and legal perspectives and organizes conferences, exhibitions, and other forums to promote the open exchange of information, ideas, and views. Brian Moon has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Hangzhou H3C Technologies Co., Ltd. provides information technology products and solutions. It offers cloud computing, switches, routers, WLAN and security products. The firm provides management strategy, tools and resources, product licensing and software download. The company was founded in November 2003 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, China.

Pyroswift Holding Co. Ltd. is a Chinese company that manufactures and sells electric lamp bulbs and other parts. The private company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Obviyo, Inc. provides conversion rate optimization solutions. It offers conversion-rate optimization software that allows Internet retailers to efficiently test changes to websites that lead to more online sales. The company was founded by Zijad Aganovic in 2006 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.

Tele-Communication, Inc. provides audio and visual communications solutions. Its products include meeting room devices, unified communications, headsets, networking equipment, and phones and speakerphones. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

BofA Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of NB Holdings Corp., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York, the firm was founded in 2015 and offers trade execution, trading or brokerage services to institutional clients.