Neal T. Hare

OMNI Energy Services Corp. provides oilfield services. It operates various operating segments that includes equipment leasing, drilling and completion fluids, environmental services, transportation and disposal, and seismic drilling. The company was founded on September 12, 1997 and is headquartered in Carencro, LA.

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. engages in the business of designing, developing, and selling a family of proxy and other appliances, and related software and services that secure, accelerate, and optimize the delivery of business applications, web content, and other information to distributed users over a wide area network or across an enterprise’s gateway to the public internet. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and Asia and Pacific. The Americas segment includes North America, Central America, and Latin America. The company was founded on March 13, 1996 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

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.

Preventice Solutions, Inc. develops mobile health applications. It integrates technology from industries in health care, pharmaceuticals, medical device companies and mobile phone technology in an open, secure cloud-computing framework. The firm also offers HealthClips Rx, an interactive patient education platform that feeds data about patient compliance and post-surgical complications back into the clinical system. The company was founded in 2007 by Scott Burrichter, Dan Spors, Jonathan P. Otterstatter and Greg Wobig and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

NEXT Financial Holdings, Inc. provides investment management and brokerage services for professionals in the financial industry. It focuses on retirees and baby boomers. The company was founded by David Lee Holtz and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

ECM Biosurgery, Inc. develops a proprietary technology platform for bio surgery products. The private company is based in Houston, TX. The CEO of the company is David J. McQuillan.

Nevis Networks, Inc. develops and markets ASIC-based LAN security appliances designed to help corporations protect information privacy and integrity, ensure network availability, and maintain regulatory compliance. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Orgain, Bell & Tucker LLP provides legal services. The private company is based in The Woodlands, TX.

MHR Fund Management LLC (MHR) is a private investment firm founded by Mark H. Rachesky in 1996. The firm is a subsidiary of MHR Holdings LLC. Headquartered in New York City, MHR provides investment management services to private investment funds.

Common Fund is an independent asset management firm that manages $22.60 billion in assets for around 1,300 institutional clients. Common Fund was founded in 1971 and is based in Wilton, CT. The private company specializes in investment management and is active in all sectors of the capital markets, serving a broad spectrum of investors, including nonprofit organizations, healthcare organizations, family offices, and pension plans. The company also has subsidiaries in Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Cayman Islands, and China. The Investment Stewardship Academy is a workshop for investment professionals to learn and apply skills and knowledge for stewarding long-term capital.

John Henry Foster Co., Inc. distributes fluid power products. It provides assembly, maintenance and equipment rental services. Its products include air compressors, electronics and hydraulics. The company was founded by John Henry Foster in 1944 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

eCardio Diagnostics LLC provides remote cardiac monitoring products and services. It also provides an array of cardiac monitoring solutions designed to optimize patient care, increase patient compliance and decrease the time required to diagnose an arrhythmia. The firm offers cardiac event monitors, mobile cardiac telemetry. The company was founded in 2004 by Larry Wayne Lawson and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Continental Controls Corp. develops speed and temperature monitors and fuel control modules used primarily with Solar Turbine engines. It offers gas engine, gas turbine, and diesel engine products as well as field support. The company was founded by Ross Fisher in 1968 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.