Steven Kent Schaffer

Engineered Support Systems, Inc. was provider of advanced sustainment solutions including design, manufacture and supply of integrated military electronics, support equipment, technical and logistics services for armed forces, certain foreign militaries, homeland security forces and intelligence agencies. The company was headquartered in Saint Louis, MO

Viking Global Investors LP (VGI) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm was founded by O. Andreas Halvorsen and David Ott in 1999. VGI provides investment advice to various private investment funds. Investors in the funds include charitable foundations, endowments, pension plans, sovereign entities, funds-of-funds, investment companies, trusts and individuals.

Tiger Global Management LLC (Tiger Global) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2001 by Charles Coleman III. Tiger Global provides discretionary investment advisory services to private funds that are pooled and/or co-investment vehicles intended for sophisticated investors and institutional investors.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. (MSIM) is an investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSIM provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services and products to institutional clients and individual investors. The firm also advises clients as to the appropriate allocation of assets among multiple separate accounts and/or investment companies or other pooled vehicles that the firm advises.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Kaman Composites-Vermont, Inc. manufactures and designs fiberglass composite structures. The company provides services to the medical imaging, aerospace, military, and industrial markets. Its support functions include, design, analysis, tooling design, testing and all administrative functions. Its products include medical imaging tables and other composites structures used in diagnostic imaging & therapeutic applications, products for the aerospace and aircraft industries including fairings, radomes, electronic enclosures and other composite structures used in aircraft, launch vehicles, and spacecrafts. Kaman Composites was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Bennington, VT.

FN Herstal SA manufactures small arms and light weapons. It operates under the defense industry. The firm develops, designs firearms and accessories for defense, law enforcement, hunting and shooting. The company was founded in December 6, 1990 and is headquartered in Herstal, Belgium.

Cockerill Sambre SA owns and operates blast furnaces and steel mills. The firm produces metallic and organic coatings, uncoated sheets, and steel products for light packaging. The company was founded in 1817 by John Cockerill and is headquartered in Seraing, Belgium

Arsenal Capital Management LP (Arsenal Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Arsenal Capital Group LLC founded in 2000 by Terrence M. Mullen and Jeffrey B. Kovach. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Exostar LLC provides cloud-based solutions that enable secure, seamless, scalable collaboration, information sharing, and supply chain management for communities of partners, suppliers, and customers. Its secure, cloud-based, single-sign-on identity and access management platform and multi-enterprise collaboration solutions allow users to connect once and access all critical applications and information across the spectrum of partners and vendors they work with. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

Aviation Technical Services, Inc. provides transport aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul services. It offers services to airlines, cargo fleet operators and aircraft owners. The firm provides airframe, component and engineering services. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Everett, WA.

SONACA SA designs aircraft structures. It provides development, manufacturing, assembly and test of aerospace structures and its associated systems. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Gosselies, Belgium.

Part of Macquarie Group Ltd., Taurus Aerospace Group, Inc. is a manufacturer of aircraft components. The company is based in Everett, WA.

Sonaca Montréal, Inc. manufactures aerospace aluminum structures for customers in the commercial and general aviation industry. Its products include wing and empennage skins and assemblies, ribs, spars, bulkheads and stringers, stabilizers and assemblies. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Mirabel, Canada.

Polsinelli PC provides legal advisory services. The firm's practice areas include business, litigation, financial services, and real estate. It offers antitrust, corporate and transactional, government contracts, intellectual property, labor, employment and technology services. The firm serves construction, energy and utilities, environmental and natural resources, food and agricultural and healthcare industries. The company was founded by James A. Polsinelli in 1972 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Pacific Aero Tech has been dedicated to repairing and servicing aircraft windows, avionics, and instruments since 1987. They are certified as a repair station by the Federal Aviation Administration, the Chinese Aviation Administration, and the European Aviation Safety Authority. Financially stable, they maintain the highest quality standards by continuously investing in the best equipment and technical staff. In addition, and equally importantly, they are fortunate to have a dedicated staff who have worked together as a team for many years. Their expertise and experience, coupled with their state-of-the-art equipment, is part of their dedication to always providing clients with quality repair, dependable service and fast turn around, with no surprises. In 2003 they received the Boeing Supplier of the Year Award in recognition of their perfect quality and delivery records. Their success as a business has attracted media reports in the Puget Sound Business Journal, Business Week, and many other publications.

Founded in 1957, Bodart et Gonay is a manufacturer of wood and gas burning and heating appliances. Part of Nabel Co., the company is based in Harze, Belgium.

Pegard Productics SA is a Belgian company that operates machine shops. The private company is based in Andenne, Belgium. The company was founded in 1937.

Cadence Aerospace LLC manufactures flight critical components for the commercial aerospace and defense industries. It offers subassemblies and assemblies, provision of repairs and overhaul services for the manufacturers of aircraft, aerostructures, aeroequipment, and other defense platforms. The company is headquartered in Anaheim, CA.

AeroAdvisory LLC provides financial advisory and management consulting services. The American company was founded by Larry J. Resnick.

Sequoia Vaccines, Inc. is a clinical stage pharmaceutical company engages in developing vaccine to prevent recurrent urinary tract infections and small molecules treating cancers and bacterial infections. The company was founded by Gary Eldridge in 2012 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

NextGen Sponsor II LLC provides investment services.

Solis Agrosciences, Inc. is a plant sciences company located in the 39N Innovation District. The American company offers technology and research services to agricultural innovators with the goal of designing and delivering new biotech plant traits in multiple crops using their proprietary Plant Pipeline as a Service (PPaaS™) for gene-edited and transgenic plant generation and characterization. Solis has a team of experienced scientists, entrepreneurs, and agtech leaders to support research needs and accelerate agricultural innovation to solve food and climate challenges. The company was founded by Charlie W. Bolten and the CEO is Tom Cohen.

Hermann Cos., Inc. (Hermann Co) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1956. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Part of KVC Behavioral Healthcare Missouri, Inc., Great Circle is a company that provides behavioral health services. The company is based in St. Louis, MO. The company was founded in 2009. The CEO is Paula Fleming. Great Circle was acquired by KVC Behavioral Healthcare Missouri, Inc. on April 01, 2023.