Alan Sikora

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. is a credit rating and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Moody's Corp. (NYSE: MCO). The firm performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities and provides a variety of analytic tools for assessing credit risk. Their clients include creditors, investment banks and commercial banks.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA operates as a commercial bank. It offers investment products including bank managed accounts and custody, personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. The company was is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Part of Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (Rhode Island), Citizens Asset Finance, Inc. is a private investment banking partnership that serves companies in the internet infrastructure, software & next generation IT services, and communications sectors. The company is based in Chicago, IL. DH Capital, the parent company, provides a full range of advisory services including mergers and acquisitions, private capital placements, financial restructuring, and operational consulting. Since its formation in 2001, DH Capital has completed over 180 transactions and private capital placements totaling more than $30 billion in value.

NEC Corp. of America provides Information Technology, network and visual display solutions. Its services include server & storage solutions, digital presentation and visual display systems to biometric identification, optical network & microwave radio communications, IP voice and data solutions. The company was founded in July 2006 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Part of SmithBucklin Corp., Tech Image Ltd. is a digital PR agency based in Buffalo Grove, IL. The company offers solutions that grab attention, change minds, and build meaningful relationships. Tech Image has established relationships with strategic media outlets that will increase your share of voice via the latest digital methods and technology. The company was founded by Michael L. Nikolich and was acquired by SmithBucklin Corp. on January 15, 2007.

Rockford Health System provides healthcare services. It operates Rockford Memorial Hospital, a healthcare facility that includes children's medical center, pediatric intensive, level-III neonatal intensive care unit, heart and vascular, brain and spine center, level-I emergency/trauma services department and Rockford Health Physicians, a primary care physicians practice that provides healthcare services in the areas of childhood and adult immunizations, diabetes, prenatal, postnatal care, breast and cervical cancer screenings. The company was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Rockford, IL.

Heller Financial, Inc. provided mercantile financing. It was acquired by GE Capital Corp. The company was located in Chicago, IL

The American Marketing Association operates professional associations for marketers. The company offers services to marketing professionals including best practices and research studies, job resources, publications and directories. Its publications include flagship semi-monthly magazine Marketing News, as well as journal of marketing, journal of public policy and marketing and a variety of newsletters. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Birds Eye Foods, Inc. manufactures and distributes processed and frozen foods. It offers vegetable products under the brand names Birds Eye, Birds Eye Steamfresh, Birds Eye Voila!, Freshlike, C&W (California & Washington), and McKenzie's. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

Part of Coöperatieve Rabobank UA, Tokai Financial Services, Inc. is a provider of financial services. The company is based in PA. Tokai Financial Services was acquired by Coöperatieve Rabobank UA from The Tokai Bank Ltd. on March 31, 1999 for $410 million.

Part of Silverline Technologies Ltd., CIT, Inc. is a Canadian company that provides eBusiness solutions and services. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. CIT was acquired by Silverline Technologies Ltd. on May 01, 2000.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Rehmann Robson & Co. provides accounting services. The company was founded by Wayne Wagar in September 1941 and is headquartered in Troy, Australia.

IDI Billing Solutions, Inc. provides telecommunications operations and billing software for the convergent communications market. It offers customer management, market management, order management and automation, usage and metered billing, business intelligence and reporting, credit scoring, and real-time provisioning. The company was founded by Donald J. Culeton in 1996 and is headquartered in Victor, NY.

Rochester Institute of Technology is a privately endowed, coeducational university with ten colleges emphasizing career education and experiential learning. It was founded in 1829 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.