Peter D. Hamilton

Optimum Quantvest Corp. (OQC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 1987 and is a subsidiary of Optimum Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Gampoti, Inc. OQC offers discretionary supervisory portfolio management of securities portfolio services to pensions, insurance companies, corporations, endowments, foundations, individual and high-net worth individuals.

Hillswick Asset Management LLC is a registered investment advisor located in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was originally formed in 1987 as ABB Investment Management. In 1998, they were acquired by and became SEB Asset Management America, Inc. In 2004, the firm became Hillswick Asset Management, LLC as a result of the senior management buyout of the SEB fixed income business. Hillswick manages client funds held in separately managed accounts or invested in their private fund, or both. The firm offers portfolio management services to institutions and high net-worth individuals.

Foresight Capital Corp. offers consulting services to companies. It provides private equity and debt funding solutions. The firm's portfolio companies include Intellicell, Deep Dive Technologies, Isolagen Technologies, Third Pillar Systems, and Soho Resource Group. The company was founded by Michael K. Wilhelm and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.