Lee Collins

Harris Corp. engages in the provision of technology-based solutions for tactical communications, geospatial systems and services, air traffic management, avionics and electronic warfare, and space and intelligence. It operates through the following business segments: Communication Systems, Electronic Systems, Space and Intelligence Systems, and Corporate. The Communication Systems segment services markets in tactical communications and defense products, including tactical ground and airborne radio communications solutions and night vision technology, in public safety networks. The Electronic Networks Systems segment provides electronic warfare, avionics, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance solutions for the defense industry and air traffic management solutions for the civil aviation industry. The Space and Intelligence systems provides intelligence, space protection, geospatial, complete earth observation, universe exploration, positioning, navigation and timing, environmental solutions for national security, defenses, civil and commercial customers, using advanced sensors, antennas and payloads, as well as ground processing and information analytics. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Melbourne, FL.

Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC (GGHC) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Richard Gilder in 1968. GGHC provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, LLC’s, partnerships, pension and profit-sharing plans, and investment clubs.

BNP Paribas operates as an investment advisor. It provides capital markets, securities services, financing, treasury and advisory solutions. The firm’s services are provided via four core business lines: Global Markets, Securities Services, Financing Solutions and Advisory. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Brown Advisory LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm is a subsidiary of Brown Advisory Management LLC and their ultimate parent is Brown Advisory, Inc. The firm was founded and launched in 1993 as an investment management division of Alex. Brown & Sons, a Baltimore-based investment bank founded in 1800. In 1998, they became independently owned through an employee-led buyout. Brown Advisory provides investment management services to individuals and institutions.

ClearBridge LLC is an investment advisory firm headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Bill Miller in 1982 as Legg Mason Capital Management LLC. They are a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., which is owned by Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN). ClearBridge provides investment advice to high net-worth individuals, investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, other pooled investment vehicle, charitable organizations, endowments, foundations, corporations, state or municipal government entities, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and other tax-exempt entities.

Wasabi Ventures Partners LLC (Wasabi Ventures Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by TK Kuegler and Chris Yeh. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Deloitte LLP (New York) engages in the provision of audit, consulting, tax, and advisory solutions. It offers services relating to tax, consulting, audit and assurance, Deloitte private company services, mergers and acquisitions, risk and financial advisory, analytics, and cloud. The company was founded by William Welch Deloitte, George A. Touche, Charles Waldo Haskins, and Elijah Watt Sells in 1845 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Baltimore-Washington Financial Advisors, Inc. (BWFA) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Columbia, Maryland. Founded in 1986, BWFA manages investments primarily for individuals, families, trusts, estates, foundations, and religious, charitable, and other non-profit organizations.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

MDV Management Co. LLC (MDV Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

NextGen Venture Partners LLC (NextGen Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Brown Advisory Inc, founded in 2011 by Daniel Mindus and Grant Allen. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

RightNow Technologies, Inc. provides customer relationship management software and services. The company offers RightNow CX, a customer experience suite for consumer-centric organizations to enable interactions across Web, social, and contact center touch points. Its RightNow CX suite includes RightNow Web Experience, which integrates into an existing Web infrastructure to provide an online customer experience providing customer access to Web self-service; RightNow Social Experience that enables organizations to listen and respond to conversations with their consumers on the social Web and to build branded communities to cultivate their own conversations; RightNow Contact Center Experience, which enables organizations to deliver consistent customer experiences across multi-channel interactions; RightNow Engage, which provides horizontal service, sales, and marketing business processes that support, span, and inter-connect the Web, social, and contact center experiences; RightNow CX Cloud Platform that provides a platform for scalability, performance, flexibility, and security; RightNow Mission Critical Operations, a cloud delivery platform; and RightNow CX Commitment, which describes the way to deliver a customer experience. The company also provides professional services, including project management and consulting services. It serves various industries, such as technology, public sector, retail/consumer packaged goods, entertainment, financial services, telecommunication, and travel and hospitality industries. The company was founded in September 1997 by Greg R. Gianforte and is headquartered in Bozeman, MT.

Skyline Network Engineering LLC provides information technology services. Its services include Networking, Security, Infrastructure and Intelligent Transit solutions for commercial, federal, state and local clients. The company was founded by Brian Holsonbake in July 2004 and is headquartered in Glen Burnie, MD.

Signal Hill Equity Partners Inc(Signal Hill Equity Partners) is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 2007 by James C. Johnson and Patrick W. A. Handreke. The firm is headquartered in Toronto.

Sandy Spring Bank engages in the provision of commercial banking, retail banking, and mortgage and trust services. It also offers personal, insurance, and wealth management services. The company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Olney, MD.

Mid-Atlantic Venture Association represents private equity and venture capital companies. The private company is based in Timonium, MD. The company was founded by Charles W. Newhall.

Morgan Keegan Healthcare Investment Banking provides investment banking and financial advisory services. It also provides strategic advisory, merger and acquisition advisory, placements of debt and equity, taxable and tax-exempt debt underwriting, financial advisory, derivatives, reinvestments, and real estate transaction services. It serves hospitals, senior living, managed care, pharmaceuticals, medical distribution, outsourcing, healthcare information technology, real estate, higher education, and specialty not-for-profit organizations. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in New York, NY.