Michael A. Santer

UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC (UBS AM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as UBS Global Asset Management (Americas), Inc. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of UBS Americas, Inc., ultimately owned by UBS Group AG (SIX: UBSG; NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS AM provides investment products and services to corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions and advisors, central banks, charities, foundations and individual investors around the world.

Information Resources, Inc. engages in the provision of enterprise market information solutions and services. Its solutions include market performance and strategy, consumer and shopper intelligence, analytics and in-market execution, media, and technology. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

National Semiconductor Corp. develops and manufactures analog intensive and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The firm’s product portfolio includes power management circuits, audio and operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog converters, communication interface circuits, lighting and display circuits, adaptive voltage scaling circuits, and radio frequency integrated circuits, as well as power references, regulators, and switches. The company was founded by Arie Brish on June 29, 1959 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

BioReliance Corp. provides testing and manufacturing services to pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies. It provides outsourced services to customers from most healthcare disciplines, including pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and chemical companies in the world. The firm also provides safety testing services focused on the rapidly growing biologics sector of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The company enables emerging and clinical stage companies who may lack the staff, expertise and financial resources to conduct many aspects of product development in-house. BioReliance was founded by Charles E. Bender in 1947 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Nielsen Consumer Insights, Inc. provides market research services. It conducts its market research and polling primarily through an Internet panel consisting of millions of people from around the world. The company was founded by Dr. Gordon S. Black in 1975 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

InforMax, Inc. develops software used in the analysis of genomic, proteomic, and other bio-molecular data. The company was founded by Alexander Titomirov and James E. Bernstein on May 1990 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

HMSHost Corp. provides food, beverage, and retail services for travelers. It operates travel food, beverage and retail venues, convenience retail stores, newsstands, bookstores in airports, motorways travel plazas, malls, and specialty destinations. The company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Part of Oracle Corp., Paragren Technologies, Inc. is a company that provides software, systems integration, and consulting. The company is based in Reston, VA. Paragren Technologies was acquired by Siebel Systems, Inc. from APAC Customer Service, Inc. on January 18, 2000 for $18 million. The company was founded by Linda Boland Abraham and Magid M. Abraham.

Enfora, Inc. provides wireless networking solutions. Its services include embedded wireless software, network edge wireless platforms, embedded and integrated and enterprise software. The company was founded by Mark A. Weinzierl in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Visible World, Inc. provides targeted television advertising solutions. It provides necessary tools to value of television inventory. The company was founded in 2000 by Seth Haberman and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Advertising Council, Inc. promotes public service campaigns. It carries out pro bono ad campaigns on behalf of both government and private organizations. The company campaigns on children's issues, health, community, environment and family matters. The council relies on volunteer efforts from advertising firms. The Advertising Council was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

xAD, Inc. provides marketing and advertising services. It offers a global location marketplace that brings together buyers and sellers with ad targeting solutions focused on driving in-store traffic and sales. The firm focuses on capturing in-store visitation behaviors for ad targeting, insights, and measurement solutions. The company was founded by Dipanshu Sharma, Craig M. Hagopian, Chandra Kholia, and Sunil Kumar in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

New York State Bar Association is a non-profit organization, which provides legal services and offers a membership program for lawyers. It also publishes an array of books, bar journals, law digest, and State Bar news. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Alban, NY.

Northern Virginia Technology Council operates as a membership and trade association for the technology community in Northern Virginia. It serves businesses from all sectors of the technology industry, service providers, universities, foreign embassies, non-profit organizations and government agencies. The company is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

The Centre for Independent Studies is an organization that conducts research on the importance of a sound financial and monetary system for economic prosperity. The non-profit company is based in St. Leonards, Australia. The Australian company advocates for free choice and individual liberty, defend cultural freedom, and promote the open exchange of ideas. The organization provides media releases, opinion pieces, commentary, videos, and audio podcasts. The company also has experts who are available to provide insights. The Centre for Independent Studies believes that quality school education is crucial for individual potential and a healthy society, and that all children should have access to education.

Part of C & S Group Enterprises LLC, ES3 LLC is a company that specializes in supply chain management, 3PL warehousing, and LTL services for consumer packaged goods. ES3 is based in Keene, NH and was founded by David Michael Engert. The company's collaborative supply chain aims to improve service and reduce costs.

Maple Knoll Communities, Inc. provides elder and child care services. It services include exceptional retirement communities of Maple Knoll Village and the Knolls of Oxford, Maple Knoll Outreach Services for Seniors, three affordable HUD Senior Living Residences and Maple Knoll Home Health services. The company was founded in 1848 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Milo.com, Inc. operates an online shopping search engine. It offers electronics, books and media, home and garden, clothes and accessories and specialty products. The company was founded by Jack Abraham, Ted Dziuba and John Evans in December 2008 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Persado, Inc. provides digital marketing software services. It provides marketing software through a managed SaaS platform to enterprise and Internet consumer marketers in the telecom, financial services, retail, and gaming sectors. The firm develops and sells marketing persuasion technology, which uses data and software to determine the most effective marketing messages for multi-channel digital marketing strategies. The company was founded by Alex Vratskides, Assaf Baciu and Guy Krief in December 2012 and is headquartered in New York.

Shareablee, Inc. provides actionable social media insights for top brands and publishers. Its solutions include advertising sales; agencies; editorial and programming; research and analysis; and strategy and insights. The company was founded by Tania Yuki in February 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Upskill, Inc. develops enterprise software for smart glasses. The firm serves to aerospace, field services, inspection and audit, manufacturing, retail and grocery industries. The company was founded by Brian Ballard, Jeff Jenkins, Chris Hoyt and Alexander Watson in 2010 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

Poplicus, Inc. develops business intelligence platforms. It provides proprietary analytics from big data in the public sector. The company was founded by Eric Gillespie in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Roostify, Inc. operates online platform for processing loans and mortgage. Its application offers document management, process automation, collaboration tools and customer experience services. The company was founded by Rajesh Bhat, Nathaniel Sokoll-Ward and Jonathan Kirst in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Blacksky Holdings, Inc. provides real-time geospatial intelligence through their Spectra AI SaaS platform. The private company is based in Herndon, VA. The company's platform delivers satellite imagery insights and analytics that are crucial for decision-making. The company was founded in 2014, and the CEO is Brian O'Toole.

Neurawell Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage research and development company based in Boca Raton, FL. Neurawell Therapeutics, Inc. develops medicines for the treatment of CNS disorders. Neurawell Therapeutics was founded by Magid M. Abraham and he has been the CEO since incorporation.