Laurie Ann Sims

Part of STERIS Plc (Ireland), AMSCO International, Inc. makes infection control and decontamination products. The company is based in Pittsburgh, PA. AMSCO International was acquired by STERIS Corp. on May 13, 1996 for $619.50 million.

The Baupost Group LLC (Baupost) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Seth Klarman in 1982 and is a subsidiary of The Baupost Group LP, which is owned by Baupost Group Holdings LP. Baupost serves as the managing general partner to various domestic investment limited partnerships. Investors, which may be high-net-worth individuals, corporations, charitable institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, individual retirement accounts and other entities.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Battelle Memorial Institute operates as a science and technology development company. It offers services for government and commercial. The company was founded by Gordon Battelle in 1929 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

G.research (formerly known as Gabelli & Co., Inc.) is a registered institutional research and brokerage firm headquartered in Rye, New York and was founded in 1976. The firm is a subsidiary of Gabelli Securities, Inc. and their ultimate parent is GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE: GBL). G.research has an emphasis on small and mid-cap ideas. Their core competencies include aerospace and defense, automotive aftermarket, food and beverage, gaming and lodging, industrials, media, specialty chemicals, telecom and utilities. They publish daily research notes and full reports utilizing their proprietary Private Market Value (PMV) with a Catalyst methodology.

Novian Health, Inc. provides minimally invasive treatment for cancerous and non-cancerous tumors. The firm develops tested, and patented a treatment procedure, Novilase, which uses interstitial laser therapy (controlled heating) for the ablation of breast tumors as an alternative to the surgically invasive, traditional lumpectomy. It has operations in France and The United States of America. The company was founded by Kambiz Dowlatshahi in 1991 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

JEC Capital Partners LLC (JEC Capital) is an independent hedge fund management firm headquartered in Randolph, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Peter K. Heiland in 2009. JEC Capital manages assets of high net worth clients.

AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. provided voice, data and video telecommunications services. It was acquired by Cingular Wireless LLC in October 26, 2004. The company was headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Westinghouse Electric Corp. engages in the distribution and marketing of home appliances. It offers air purification, bakeware and baking tools, blenders and juicers, ceiling fans, cookers and steamers, cooking utensils, cookware, electric cooktops, electric kettles, food preparation, and fryers. The company was founded by George Westinghouse in 1886 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Schneider Downs & Co., Inc. is a regional accounting and business consulting firm that provides tax, audit, and business advisory services to public and private companies and nonprofit organizations. The private company is based in Pittsburgh, PA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The firm offers more than 80 services from five business units, including assurance and tax advisors, business advisors, technology advisors, wealth management advisors, and corporate finance advisors. Schneider Downs partners with clients to provide comprehensive IT audits and compliance reviews that ensure effective and efficient technology controls that better align the technology function with their business and risk strategies. Steven D. Thompson has been the CEO of the company since 2001.

Part of Milaver-Rus OOO, SDM-Bank PJSC operates as a commercial bank. The company is based in Moscow, Russian Federation. The Russian company was founded in 1991. Maxim Mikhailovich Solntsev has been the CEO of the company since 2005. SDM-Bank PJSC was acquired by Milaver-Rus OOO on March 20, 2013.

iNetworks Advisors Inc (iNetworks) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Anthony M. Lancenere and Charlie A. Schliebs. The firm is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

University of Nevada functions as a college and university. It provides education, research, scholarship, creative activities, and clinical services. The company was founded on September 10, 1957 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

Raffles Capital Management LLC (Raffles Capital) is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1996, Raffles Capital provides investment advice solely to one private investment fund, Raffles Associates LP.

Kingstown Capital Management LP (KCM) is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Michael Blitzer and Guy Shanon in 2006. KCM provides portfolio management services to private funds.

VITAC Corp. provides closed captioning services to clients in the media and entertainment, education, corporate and government verticals. The firm services include live, offline and spanish captioning, subtitling, auto description and encoding. The company was founded by Chuck Karlovits in 1986 and is headquartered in Canonsburg, PA.

Propel IT, Inc. develops technology that monitors fuel efficiency. Its products include FUELOPPS, SAFETYOPPS and EMISSIONOPPS. The company was founded by Timm Rawa in 2003 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Part of Big Brothers Big Sisters International, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh, Inc. provides children welfare activities and services. The company is based in Pittsburgh, PA. The CEO of the company is Jan Glick.

Camac Partners LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Eric Shahinian in 2011. Camac Partners manages funds for a small number of sophisticated clients focused entirely on fringe investing.

Hudson Executive Capital LP (Hudson Executive) is an independent, SEC- registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Douglas L. Braunstein and James C. Woolery in 2015. Hudson Executive provides discretionary investment advisory services to pooled investment vehicles that operates as private investment funds which are organized as domestic or foreign limited partnerships or corporations.

Vizsafe, Inc. operates a Geoaware SaaS platform which provides risk mitigation with incident reporting, mapping and visual communications services. It offers products for the sports and entertainment venues, schools and universities, shopping malls, hotels, resorts, office complexes, transit systems, ports and borders. The firm’s crowdsourced and communication platform enables public safety and law enforcement agencies. The company was founded by Claude P. Sheer and Peter Mottur in 2012 and is headquartered in Middletown, RI.

Dream Center Education Holdings LLC provides post-secondary education services. The company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Part of Automattic, Inc., Podcast Media LLC is a company that provides advanced listening, search, and discovery tools through its product Pocket Casts. The company is based in Brooklyn, NY. The company offers hand-curated podcast recommendations and allows users to manage all their shows seamlessly across different platforms. The company was founded by Philip Simpson and Russell Ivanovic. Podcast Media was acquired by Automattic, Inc. on July 16, 2021.

Integrated Dynamics Engineering, Inc. is a women-owned business that manufactures environmental disturbance control systems. Its products include acoustic, material handling modules, robotics, vibration isolation and integrated systems. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Randolph, MA.

Great North Capital Consultants, Inc. provides investment advice. The private company is based in Wayzata, MN. The company was founded by Douglas Michael Polinsky. Douglas Michael Polinsky has been the CEO since incorporation.