Scott Bieling

Founded in 2002, Wedge Partners Corp. is an independent research firm headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The firm provides decision critical, sales volume, margin and market information for institutional investors. Wedge Partners focuses primarily on the technology, media and telecommunications sectors. They employ fundamental equity research based on bottom-up analysis

Founded in 2007, Wedge Securities LLC is a full service, registered broker/dealer located in Englewood, Colorado with additional offices in Hudson, Ohio and New York City. The firm provides institutional clients with the latest trading technology and the facilitation of orders across multiple asset classes. Wedge Securities is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wedge Partners Corp., an Englewood, Colorado-based investment research firm. Wedge Securities is a member of FINRA and the SIPC. The firm clears through Pershing LLC, a subsidiary of the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. Wedge Securities research focuses on the technology, media and telecommunications sectors.

FTN Equity Capital Markets Corp., formerly FTN Midwest Securities Corp., is an institutional equity research, sales and trading firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. They provide institutional investors with bottom-up, fundamental research on domestic companies in a broad array of industries including consumer, health care, manufacturing, business services, technology and financial services. The firm is also a full-service investment banking firm offering equity and debt underwriting and mergers and acquisition services. FTN Equity Capital Markets Corp is a registered broker/dealer and a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Tennessee Bank NA, which is owned by First Horizon National Corp. (NYSE: FHN). The firm is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.

Terranova Corp. provides real estate advisory services. The firm’s services include highstreet retail, acquisitions/joint ventures, leasing/property management, tenant representation, dispositions, financing and development/construction management. The company was founded by Stephen H. Bittel in 1981 and is headquartered in Miami Beach, FL.