Steven G. Schneider

Nuveen Investments, Inc. provides investment management and related services to retail and institutional investors. It offers investment management capabilities across a diversified set of asset classes and investment strategies through its investment management affiliates, including municipal bond, investment grade, global and high-yield bond, floating-rate bank loan, preferred securities, growth equity, value equity, global and international equity, equity income, core equity, equity index, quantitative and enhanced equity, asset allocation, balanced strategies, real asset and commodity. The company was founded by John Nuveen in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Palo Alto Investors LLC (PAI) is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The firm was founded by William L. Edwards in 1989 as Palo Alto Investors LLC and converted into a California limited partnership in 2018. They are a subsidiary of PAI LLC. PAI serves as the investment adviser to private pooled investment vehicles, the securities of which are offered to investors on a private placement basis.

WCM Investment Management LLC (WCM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Laguna Beach, California. The firm was founded in 1976 and is a subsidiary of Thalia Street Partners LLC. WCM provides innovative, equity investment advisory services for a variety of clients, such as corporations, private individuals, public and private funds, Taft-Hartley plans, endowments, and foundations.

Invesco Advisers, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a subsidiary of Invesco Group Services, Inc., ultimately held by Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ). The firm was founded in 1986 and previously known as Invesco Institutional NA, Inc. until April 2010 when Invesco Ltd. consolidated the businesses of their US investment advisors (Invesco AIM Advisors, Inc., Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc., Invesco AIM Private Asset Management, Inc. and Invesco Global Asset Management NA, Inc.) under the name Invesco Advisers, Inc. They provide discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to individuals, institutional and high net-worth clients through separate accounts, wrap fee programs and US registered investment companies and other Commingled Funds.

Westwood Management Corp. (Westwood) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded by Susan Byrne in 1983 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (NYSE: WHG). Westwood provides portfolio management services to individuals, investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, state and municipal government entities, pooled investment vehicles, and sovereign wealth funds.

GuideStone Capital Management LLC (GSCM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by GuideStone Investment Services, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GuideStone Financial Resources (GSFR) of the Southern Baptist Convention. GSCM provides investment advisory services to registered mutual funds and institutional investors. They also serve as the investment adviser to GuideStone Funds.

FOLIOfn, Inc. provides brokerage and investment solutions to investors. Its services include e-mail alerts, reports delivered online and direct deposits. The company was founded by Kathleen M. H. Wallman and Steven M. Wallman in 1998 and is headquartered in Vienna, VA.

VPIsystems, Inc. engages in the provision of network planning software and services for the global telecommunications industry. It enables optimized solutions through LTE network analytics for the escalating bandwidth requirements in backhaul and core networks. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Somerset, NJ.

Neohapsis LLC provides mobile and cloud security services. It offers cloud security, compliance services, information technology and security strategy, application and mobile security, network and endpoint security services. The company serves the financial services, insurance, healthcare, science and technology, retail, energy and transportation, government, education and nonprofit organizations. The company was founded by Greg Shipley in 1997 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

SunGard Expert Solutions LLC provides information technology solutions for the financial services industry. It offers web calculators, which help clients to assess financial needs for retirement, education, and estate planning. The company is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Vasona Networks, Inc. engages in the provision of mobile networking services. It develops software that improves mobile carrier infrastructure efficiency. It also offers edge solution, analytics, video in transforming networks, and business case. The company was founded by Joseph L. Babic III and Nery Strasman in 2010 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

AetherPal, Inc. provides mobile support management solutions for enterprises and mobile operators. Its mobile first product portfolio delivers a scalable, secure mobile support platform that provides real-time application and device support for a geographically dispersed mobile workforce while empowering end users with a mobile self-service solution. The company was founded by Daniel J. Deeney, Ramesh Parmer and Deepak Gonsalves in 2009 and is headquartered in South Plainfield, NJ.

Alaska Permanent Capital Management Co. (APCM) is a registered independent investment advisor headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska. The firm was founded by David A. Rose in 1992. APCM provides investment management services to both institutions and individuals. On the institutional side, their clients include State of Alaska public entities, municipalities, boroughs, Alaska Native Corporations, endowments, and non-profit organizations.

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.

Iconik Securities, Inc. operates as a trading platform that enables investors to create voting technology. The company is based in Laguna Beach, CA. The company was founded by Jerome Alan Reid, Samson Sprouse, Alex D. Thaler. Alex D. Thaler has been the CEO since incorporation.

Paladin Cloud Inc is a rapidly growing, open source, cloud security company that helps enterprises identify, prioritize and remediate the most important security risks in their multi-cloud environments. The company is based in Piscataway, NJ. The company's prioritization engine for cloud security helps security and developer teams reduce alert fatigue by connecting to existing security tools and clouds to unify findings and correlate data to remediate high priority vulnerabilities and threats. The company was founded by Daniel J. Deeney. Daniel J. Deeney has been the CEO since incorporation.

Touchdown Ventures, Inc. (Touchdown Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by David B. Horowitz, Scott Lenet and Rich M. Grant. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Slater Technology Fund Inc (Slater Technology Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997. The firm is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.

Johnston Associates, In.c (Johnston Associates) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1968 by Robert F. Johnston. The firm is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey and additional office in Reno, Nevada.

Mindimmune Therapeutics, Inc. develops drugs that target the immune system to treat diseases of the central nervous system. It focuses on the treatment of Alzheimer's, Huntington's disease, pain, and psychiatric disorders. The company was founded by Stevin Zorn, Frank S. Menniti, Robert B. Nelson, and Brian M. Campbell on July 12, 2016 and is headquartered in Kingston, RI.

Gila Therapeutics, Inc. provides developing therapies for obesity patients. The company was founded by Sergei Zolotukhin and Andres Acosta in January 2014 and is headquartered in Excelsior, MN.

Cadent Therapeutics, Inc. develops novel small molecule therapeutics to treat schizophrenia and other cognitive disorders. It focuses on modulating synaptic plasticity, the mechanism through which the brain builds and evolves the synaptic networks that carry out cognitive functions such as learning and memory. The company was founded by Kollol Pal, Frank S. Menniti, and Bertrand Leo Chenard in 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.