Eric I. Blachno

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.

FormFactor Beaverton, Inc. designs, develops and manufactures instruments for measuring and testing of electricity and electrical signals. The firm markets wafer probing, thermal solutions for the electrical measurement and testing of advanced semiconductor devices, which include integrated circuits and chips. The company was founded by Eric W. Strid and K. Reed Gleason in 1983 and is headquartered in Beaverton, OR.

Synacor, Inc. engages in the provision of email and collaboration software, cloud-based identity management platforms, managed web and mobile portals, and advertising solutions. The company was founded by George G. Chamoun and Douglas S. Fish in January 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Eagle Broadband, Inc. manufactures and supplies telecommunications equipment for paging and wireless communications. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in League City, TX.