William G. Messenger

USBX Advisory Services LLC provides investment advisory services. It is an investment banking firm that provides mergers and acquisitions advisory services including sales and divestiture, management buyouts, and recapitalization's. The company also offers private placement's in equity, subordinate debt, and growth capital. USBX Advisory Services was founded by John E. Mack III in April 2000 and is located in Santa Monica, CA.

Founded in 1997, Imperial Capital LLC is a full-service investment banking firm and broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles. The firm is a subsidiary of Imperial Capital Group LLC and their ultimate parent is Imperial Capital Group Holdings LLC. Imperial Capital offers a range of proprietary products and services to institutional investors, middle-market companies and private equity firms. The firm provides institutional clients research and sales and trading of high yield and distressed debt securities, bank debt, convertible bonds, preferred stocks, and equities. They also provide middle-market companies and financial sponsors with capital markets, M&A, capital structure, restructuring and recapitalization advisory services. For their institutional clients, Imperial Capital offers a variety of research products including bank debt, investment grade debt, high yield, distressed and special situations, convertibles and busted convertibles, equities, preferred securities and industry analysis. Imperial Capital's research focuses on the following sectors: aerospace, defense and government services; airlines/transportation; business services; clean energy; consumer; energy; financial services; gaming and leisure; general industrials; healthcare; homebuilding and real estate; media and telecommunications; security and homeland security; and technology.

Global Strategies Group provides security and risk mitigation services. It delivers national security initiatives in counter-terrorism, counter-narcotics, borders security, and peacekeeping operations. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in London, UK

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

BAE Systems, Inc. provides support and service solutions for defense, intelligence and civilian systems. The firm offers ship repair, maintenance, modernization, conversion and overhaul services for the U.S. Navy, government, commercial and private customers. It operates full-service shipyards in Alabama, Florida, California, Virginia and Hawaii. The company was founded on November 30, 1999 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Northside Hospital, Inc. operates hospitals and outpatient health facilities. It offers maternity, cancer institute, surgery, radiology, heart and vascular institute, spine center, emergency services, critical care, stroke center, diabetes and nutrition, sleep disorders center, GI center, clinical trials, pulmonary endoscope, women’s health, and other services. The company was founded on July 6, 1970 by Paul Janssen and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

The Acacia Group (Acacia Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Frederic Cassis, Craig Dawson, Matt Milstead and Gavin Long. The firm is headquartered in Tysons, Virginia.

LifeGate Counseling Center @ Peachtree, Inc. provides therapy and counseling services. It offer a vast array of faith-sensitive psychotherapeutic services and family life educational programs for parents, children, adolescents, couples, families and individuals. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Applied Insight LLC engages in the provision of information technology services. It specializes in cloud and next-gen infrastructure; advanced analytics; cyber security; and mission solutions. The company is headquartered in Tysons, VA.

Highmetric LLC provides information technology services. The firm provides managed services and consulting services. The company is headquartered in provider of Managed Services and Consulting Services, NY.

Civitas Group LLC provides advisory and consulting services. It offers strategy and management consulting, mergers and acquisition support and due diligence and cyber security services. The firm provides a range of strategic consulting services to senior corporate executives and due diligence support to investors. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.