Scott D. Donahue

Founded in 2000 by Andrew Schroepfer, Tier 1 Research is an independent research firm located in New York City with additional offices in Bethesda, Maryland, Plymouth, Minnesota and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of the 451 Group. Tier 1 Research focuses on the financial and industry implications of developments affecting public and private companies within the information technology, communications and Internet sectors. They are particularly interested in consumer, enterprise and carrier information technology services, hosting, content delivery, Internet services, software-as-a-service and enterprise services. The firm's clients include institutional investors and technology vendors, as well as, end users and venture capitalists.

ADC is a global leader in providing network infrastructure products and services that enable the profitable delivery of high-speed Internet, video, data, and voice services to residential, business and mobile subscribers worldwide. Their innovative, high-performance fiber connectivity and wireless coverage and capacity solutions support a broad range of network applications that help their customers provide new and advanced services to meet their own customers' unrelenting demand for bandwidth. Founded 75 years ago, ADC continues to build on a strong heritage of providing solutions and services that support its customers' migration to next-generation networks in many countries across the globe. As the leading service providers and enterprises worldwide invest in infrastructure that delivers broadband services to business, residential and mobile subscribers, ADC's breadth of solutions and experience, together with its strong financial position, make the company a reliable partner in addressing today's network realities and preparing for tomorrow's communications demands.

Founded by Kevin R. Green and David A. Henderson in 1997, TripleTree LLC is an independent merchant bank headquartered in Edina, Minnesota.