Howard Schneider

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Dow Jones & Co., Inc publishes financial information and news. It offers news through newspapers, newswires, websites, apps, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, conferences and more. The firm?s premier brands include The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch and SmartMoney. The company was founded by Edward Davis Jones, Charles Henry Dow and Charles Milford Bergstresser in 1882 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Lycos, Inc. provides search-based Internet properties and services. The firm operates through the following divisions: LYCOS Media, LYCOS Advertising, and LYCOS Life. Its products and services include tools for blogging, web publishing and hosting, online games, e-mail, and search. It operates a network of sites and services including Lycos.com, Tripod, Angelfire, HotBot, Gamesville, WhoWhere, and LYCOS Mail. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Part of Comcast Corp., Women.com Networks, Inc. operates a website dedicated to women. The company is based in San Mateo, CA. The company was founded in 1992. Women.com Networks was acquired by iVillage, Inc., part of Comcast Corp. from May 15, 2006 on June 18, 2001 for $21.55 million.

International Strategies, Inc. develops and provides software solutions. The company was founded by Andrew Bagley and Abby K. Shapiro in 1998 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Mubadala Development Co. PJSC (Private Equity) is the private equity operating division of Mamoura Diversified Global Holdings PJSC founded in 2002. The firm is headquartered in Abu Dhabi.

Scratch Wireless, Inc. provides free mobile services. It offers wifi for calls and text. The firm is wi-fi first mobile operator with free unlimited voice, data and texting on its android smartphones and no contracts, advertising, catch just free services. The company was founded by Alan Berrey and Eric R. Giler in 2011 and is headquartered in Acton, MA.

AcuStream LLC developes web-based solutions that enable users to get patient charge data for revenue recapturing. Its products are acustream revbuilder and acustream revreview. The company was founded by Jeff Curran and Russ Curran in 2007 and is headquartered in Lafayette, CO.

Accenture LLP provides management consulting, technology, and outsourcing services. Its services encompass customer relationship, finance, human resources, service, supply chain, information management, business process, and infrastructure outsourcing services. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Shiva Corp. provides broadband security appliances and technologies along with virtual private networks and remote access equipment. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Newton, MA.

Epylon Corp. engages in the provision of management consulting and information retrieval services to education and government institutions. The firm offers eProcurement software and value-added services including strategic sourcing, catalog and cooperative management, financial system integration, and customer support. The company was founded by Kelly F. Blanton and Tim Blanton in 1999 and is headquartered in Danville, CA.

Part of Paramount Global, ZDNet is an internet service provider. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded by David Shnaider, Kevin Wells, Michael E. Kolowich. ZDNet was acquired by CNET Networks, Inc. from SoftBank Group Corp. on October 17, 2000 for $197.65 million.

Part of Brightcom Group Ltd., Whowhere, Inc. provides internet search services and email. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. The company was founded by Ashutosh Roy, Gunjan K. Sinha. Whowhere was acquired by Lycos, Inc., part of Brightcom Group Ltd. from August 16, 2010 on August 13, 1998 for $124.18 million.

Siperian, Inc. provides master data management software platforms. It helps companies unify critical data about customers, products and organizations that is fragmented across systems to deliver reliable, complete views of this data within existing business processes. The firm specializes in master data management enterprise software provider. The company was founded by Ken Hoang in 2000 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

Shopping.com, Inc. provides online shopping services. The company was founded by Dion Lim in 1998 and is headquartered in Brisbane, CA.

OpenAir, Inc. provides software solutions. It serves internal professional services groups, information technology & management consulting firms, law firms, accounting firms, advertising & public relations agencies and internet services firms. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Cantata Technology, Inc. provides technological products and services for the communications industry. It offers telecommunications system integration and manufacturing services to value added resellers, original equipment manufacturers, and application developers. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

NewsBank, Inc. provides online information services. It offers web based research products to publishers, public libraries, colleges and universities, schools, government and military libraries, genealogists, professionals and researchers. The company is headquartered in Naples, FL.

Bank of America, NA (Private Banking) (Bank of America-PB) is the private banking arm of Bank of America, NA, which is a subsidiary of Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1947 and is also known as US Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management. Bank of America-PB provides comprehensive wealth management products and services that focuses on wealth structuring (wealth planning, trusts and estates, philanthropy, custody services), investment management (portfolio consulting, asset management, capital markets, specialty asset management) and credit and banking (financial management tools, liquidity services, custom credit, real estate finance) for high net-worth and ultra-high net-worth individuals and families.

Reach Analytics LLC provides cloud-based predictive marketing solutions. Its predictive technology solutions have helped a variety of service-based companies and specific product teams identify and execute solutions that require far deeper insights than single-source data or desktop analytics can provide. The company was founded by Michael Green on February 5, 2013 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

AIdentified LLC is a company that specializes in AI-powered relationship-based prospecting and 1st party data enrichment. The company offers brands a 360º view of clients and prospects, along with the best path for engagement by combining professional and household data. The company's proprietary algorithms and relationship cloud functionality provide organizations with unparalleled insights into customer and prospect analytics, real-time wealth events, and nuanced relationship mapping. Brands across various industries rely on AIdentified to make better decisions based on client and prospect analytics. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Concord, MA. The company was founded by Tom Aley, Darr Aley, and Tom Aley has been the CEO since incorporation.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Energy Impact Partners LLC (Energy Impact Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Steven Hellman. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Kantar SAS provides data, insight and consulting services. The company is headquartered in Paris, France.

Kilonova Capital LLC (Kilonova Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Mark Watt. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.