Michael Smith

United States Surgical Corp. engages in the manufacture of wound closure products and surgical devices. It produces tools used in surgery including staplers, sutures, laparoscopic instruments, cardiovascular surgical products and electrosurgical devices. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in North Haven, CT.

General Atlantic LLC (General Atlantic) is a private equity firm founded in 1980 by Charles F. Feeney. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Crescendo Bioscience, Inc. develops and commercializes quantitative blood tests for rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases. It develops quantitative, objective, reproducible blood tests to provide rheumatologists with deeper clinical insight to help enable more effective management of patients with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded by Mike B. Centola and Christopher L. Sutton in July 2002 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

BreatheAmerica, Inc. provides services for health care management services. It offers its services in the areas of allergy tests, including skin tests, blood tests, and oral challenges; computerized tomography scans; endoscopy; immunotherapy; infusion therapy; and pulmonary functions. The company was founded by Ronald R. Charpentier, Joseph C. Hutts, Derril W. Reeves, Brook Bishop and David Hagaman in July 2007 and is headquartered in Franklin, TN.

Medtronic Monitoring, Inc. treats cardiac arrhythmias. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

3M Health Care, Inc. manufactures and distributes medical and surgical products. Its products include tapes, dressings, surgical drapes, pharmaceuticals, dental products, orthodontic products, personal care products, and monitoring equipment. It markets its products under Nexcare, Post-it, Scotch, Scotch-Brite, and Scotchgard brand names. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN

Roark Capital Group, Inc. (Roark Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Neil K. Aronson. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC provides legal services. Its services include corporate law and governance, public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions, securities class action litigation, intellectual property litigation, antitrust counseling and litigation, joint ventures and strategic alliances, technology licensing and other intellectual property transactions, tax, and employee benefits and employment law. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

National Children’s Oral Health Foundation is a non profit organizization which engages in the provision of support to the oral health of children. It offers dental resource program, mobile outreach initiative, and special kids program. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

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.

Essex Woodlands Management, Inc. (EW Healthcare Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1985 by Jim L. Currie and Martin P. Sutter. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Xenex Disinfection Services, Inc. provides ultraviolet room disinfection systems for healthcare facilities. The firm's patented pulsed xenon UV room disinfection system is a pesticidal device used for the advanced cleaning of healthcare facilities and due to its speed and ease of use, the Xenex system has proven to integrate smoothly into hospital cleaning operations. The company eliminates harmful bacteria, viruses and spores that can cause hospital acquired infections in the patient environment, and to become the new standard method for disinfection in healthcare facilities worldwide. The company was founded by Julie A. Stachowiak, Brian Cruver and Mark Stibich in August 2008 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.

ProteinSimple engages in the proprietary systems and consumables for protein analysis. Its products include simple plex, ice, simple western, micro-flow imaging, and single-cell western. The company was founded by Linda Cahill, Nancy Allbritton, Christopher Sims, Scott Lockard, and Jim Schlater in December 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Shore Capital Partners LLC (Shore Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Justin Ishbia. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Southern Orthodontic Partners, LLC provides orthodontic and clinical care services. The company is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

FFL Partners LLC (FFL) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by Tully Friedman, Spencer Fleischer, David Lowe, and Christopher Masto. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The Tech Interactive is a science and technology center located in downtown San Jose, CA. The non-profit company offers hands-on activities, experimental labs, and design challenge experiences to inspire innovation and problem-solving skills in people of all ages. The company is committed to providing immersive STEM experiences for learners and educators through their exhibits, IMAX films, and signature programs like The Tech Challenge. The Bowers Institute also offers online resources and workshops to teach educators about new advances in STEM teaching. The company was founded by Edwin V. Zschau and David S. Lee.

Stanford Health Care provides healthcare services. It services includes cardiac care, cancer treatment, neurosciences, surgery and organ transplants. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Stanford, CA.

Center for Strategic & International Studies, Inc. provides strategic insights & policy solutions to decision makers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society. Its projects focus on areas such as AIDS, arms control, conflict resolution, NATO, the environment, immigration, intelligence, trade, health care, OPEC, space policy, and terrorism. The company was founded in 1962 by David M. Abshire and Admiral Arleigh Burke and is headquartered in Washington, DC.