Joseph M. Melvin

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 due to Chase Manhattan's purchase of Robert Fleming Holdings and the subsequent merger of Chase and JPMorgan. In January 2010, JPMorgan Investment Advisors merged into JP Morgan Investment Management. JPMIM is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The firm primarily provides investment advisory services to both US and non-US institutional and retail clients.

Sunglass Hut International, Inc. operates retails stores of sunglass. It offers designer sunglasses for men, women, and kids. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Mason, Ohio.

Toys "R" Us, Inc. engages in the distribution and retail of toys and baby products. The firm's products include Hello Kitty City Cruiser, Bugaboo Cameleon and Bugaboo Donkey Strollers, Buckyballs high-powered magnet sets and Hug and Tugs, Puppy and Monkey. It offers a selection of private label merchandise under names such as Babies "R" Us, Journey Girls, Imaginarium, Fast Lane, You and Me, Just Like Home, True Heroes, Totally Me!, Dream Dazzlers, and Fao Schwarz. The company was founded by Charles P. Lazarus in February 1948 and is headquartered in Wayne, NJ.

The Hearst Corp. operates as a media, information, and services company. It engages in broadcasting; and provides magazines and newspapers. The company was founded by William Randolph Hearst and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Independence Community Bank Corp. used to provide banking services. The company operated branches in New York and New Jersey. It offered community oriented services, using deposit products (checking & savings accounts, money market & retirement accounts and CDs) to originate a variety of loans, primarily residential mortgages for apartment buildings and mixed-use buildings. The company was founded in 1850 and was headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

SunCom Wireless Holdings, Inc. provides digital wireless communications services. The firm offers switched interconnection/backhaul, long distance, roaming, network monitoring, and information technology services. It also provides GSM network and wireless AMBER alerts. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Putnam Investment Management LLC (PIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1971, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam US Holdings I LLC and became an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in 2024. PIM provides investment advice across all asset classes to individuals and institutions worldwide through separately managed accounts and pooled investment funds.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Waste Services, Inc. operates as a integrated solid waste services company. It provides collection, transfer, landfill disposal and recycling services for the commercial, industrial and residential industries. It was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Burlington, CA.

Alphatec Spine, Inc. is focused on the design, development, manufacturing, and marketing of products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders, with a focus on treating condition affecting the aging spine. The firms product portfolio and pipeline include spinal disorder products and systems. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Motif, Inc. offers business process outsourcing services. Its services include contact center, fraud prevention, research & analytics and back office support. The company was founded in August 2008 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Goodwill Industries of Southern California provides services to people with barriers to employment. It provides education, job training, and placement programs to people with disabilities or vocational disadvantages through a chain of retail stores, donation centers, campuses, and job service/program sites in California. The company offers recruitment solutions, raping response, document imaging and secure shredding, E-waste services. It also provides placement, veteran employment and training services. Goodwill Industries of Southern California was founded by Edgar James Helms in 1918 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. (BFM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a direct subsidiary of BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BFM manages assets for institutional and high net-worth clients, separate accounts, pooled investment vehicles, private investment funds and US registered investment companies.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Goode Partners LLC (Goode Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by David Joseph Oddi, Ronald R. Beegle and Joe Ferreira. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Sprout Group (Sprout) is venture capital subsidiary of Credit Suisse Private Equity LLC founded in 1969. The firm headquartered in New York.