Paul Dickson

Beacon Capital Strategies, Inc. provides fixed income trading platform solutions. The firm offers trade discovery, an electronic trading platform and a bid list application for creating, launching and monitoring multiple BWICs. The company was founded by Norman M. Epstein, Erik Carlson, Robert M. Barsky and David R. Audley and is headquartered in New York, NY .

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

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Tiger Management LLC is an independent hedge fund manager founded by Julian Robertson in 1980. Headquartered in New York City, the firm manages Mr. Robertson's personal assets.

Founded in 1998 by William R. Hambrecht, WR Hambrecht + Co. LLC is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm offers a full array of investment services. They provide research that focuses on the (1) Asia-Pacific, biotechnology, business applications and services sectors (2) the China Internet and technology sector (3) consumer (4) enterprise software and Internet (5) gaming technology (6) Internet (7) medical technology (8) nanotechnology (9) networking and data infrastructure (10) semiconductors and devices and (11) specialty pharmaceuticals.

Sova Capital Ltd. (Sova Capital) is the Great Britain-based brokerage and investment banking subsidiary of Despacio Associated Ltd., itself a subsidiary of Concern Rossium LLC in the Russian Federation. Formerly known as Otkritie Capital International Ltd., established in 2007, the firm is headquartered in London with additional offices in Moscow, New York and an affiliate office in Cyprus. Sova Capital provides a range of investment services to Russian and global institutional and corporate clients including independent research, securities sales & trading, financing and direct and reverse REPO. Through their state-of-the art technology they provide customized direct, low-latency access to leading equity and derivative markets and multi-lateral trading facilities.

Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd. (Credit Suisse Europe) is the Great Britain-based brokerage subsidiary of Credit Suisse Investment Holdings (UK), itself a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. The firm was founded in 1966 and formerly known as Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Ltd. Headquartered in London, Credit Suisse Europe arranges financing in international capital markets, provides financial advisory services and acts as a dealer in securities, derivatives and foreign exchange on a principal and agency basis for corporate and institutional investors.