Bill Klages

Ultratech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets photolithography, laser thermal processing and inspection equipment. The firm’s products are designed to reduce the cost of ownership for manufacturers of semiconductor devices, including advanced packaging processes and various nanotechnology components such as thin film head magnetic recording devices, laser diodes, high-brightness light emitting diodes. The company was founded by Arthur W. Zafiropoulo in 1979 and is headquartered in San Jose CA.

Founded in 1980, Security Research Associates, Inc. is an independent broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

Founded in 2000, M. S. Howells & Co. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona with additional offices in Houston, Scottsdale, Arizona and Hampton, New Hampshire. The firm provides clients with a full array of investment services including portfolio reporting, research, direct access trading, trade desk access, portfolio risk analysis and administrative support. Their clients include established hedge funds, start-up hedge funds, Registered Investment Advisors, trading groups and money managers. The firm has a fully disclosed clearing arrangement with Jefferies & Co., Inc. and a secondary clearing agreement with Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing LP through Grace Financial Group LLC.

INFICON, Inc. provides gas analysis services It’s products include leak detector, quarts crystal, thin film deposition, manufacturing software, and wide vacuum gauges. The company was founded in December 1969 and is headquartered in New York, NY.