John Gutfreund

C. E. Unterberg, Towbin is a global investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices in California and Israel. The firm provides investment banking, research and investment management services to emerging growth companies and investors in the technology, health care and defense, security and diversified technology sectors. C. E. Unterberg was founded in 1932 by Clarence Unterberg. In 1977, the firm merged with L. F. Rothschild to form L. F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin. In 1990, the firm again became privately owned and independent when Clarence Unterberg's son, Thomas I. Unterberg, re-launched the firm as a full-service investment bank.

Founded in 1991, Collins Stewart LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of UK-based Collins Stewart Plc. Their research focuses on the aerospace and defense, technology, telecommunications, biotechnology, Internet/software and semiconductors sectors

Montefiore Medical Center engages in the provision of healthcare, clinical and surgical services. It offers treatments including cardiology and cardiac surgery, cancer care, tissue and organ transplantation, children’s health, women’s health, surgery and the surgical subspecialties. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

Halle Capital Management LP (Halle Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2019 by JP Gutfreund. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Glenview Capital Management LLC (Glenview) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Lawrence Robbins in 2000 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of RINC Family Partnership LLC. Glenview manages capital for qualified investors through a series of private investment funds.

Planet Smile Partners, Inc. is a company that provides professional partnership services for pediatric dentists and orthodontists. The company is based in Wilmington, DE. The company specializes in administration and practice transition, and can help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of dental practices. Gary Heitzler has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Rockit Pest, Inc. is a company that specializes in acquiring and operating regional pest control businesses. The company is based in Inman, SC and has subsidiaries in the United States. Rockit offers advisory services in operating, business development, financial, and strategic areas to help its pest control partners scale their businesses. Founded by Halle Capital, the company provides capital solutions to pest control operators who are looking for an ownership transition or to partner with experienced executives to accelerate growth and build a pest control company. The company was founded in 2021, and Ryan Bradbury has been the CEO since then.

Founded in 1986, Merriman Capital, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer and investment banking firm headquartered in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERR), a financial services firm that focuses on fast-growing companies and their institutional investors. Merriman provides advisory and investment banking, equity research, institutional services, corporate services and venture services primarily to corporate clients. Merriman Capital provides research, brokerage and trading services primarily to institutional clients. The firm offers a full range of specialized and integrated services including: equity research, specialized trade execution, equity capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, sales and trading, market making, corporate and venture services, restructurings and strategic advisory services. Merriman Capital employs bottom-up, fundamental analysis of small-cap companies in select industries including clean technology, healthcare, technology and consumer/Internet/media. The firm also has expertise in emerging markets, with emphasis on emerging markets in China. Merriman Capital is known to engage in shareholder activist investment strategies. Merriman Capital is a member of the NASD, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm serves as an introducing broker/dealer for Pershing LLC. They do not hold or maintain funds or securities or provide clearing services for other broker/dealers.