Brad Bloomquist

Ceradyne, Inc. develops and manufactures advanced ceramic systems and component for defense, industrial, nuclear power, oil and gas, solar energy, electronic, automotive, and medical markets. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, CA.

GeoResources, Inc. owns and operates oil and gas properties. It operates a single business segment involved in the acquisition, development and production of exploration of crude oil, natural gas, and related products. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Wisconsin Public Service Corp. provides electricity and natural gas utility services. The company operates through the following segments: Utility and Other. The Utility segment includes electric and natural gas utility operations. The electric utility operations engages in the generation, distribution, and sale of electricity in north-eastern Wisconsin. The natural gas utility operations engages in the purchase, distribution, and sale of natural gas to retail customers and the transportation of customer-owned natural gas in north-eastern Wisconsin. The Other segment includes non-utility activities, as well as equity earnings from its investment in WRPC. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Green Bay, WI.

SHINE Technologies LLC manufactures radioisotopes for nuclear medicine. Its products include Molybdenum-99, Iodine-131, Iodine-125, and Xenon-133. The company was founded by Gregory R. Piefer and is headquartered in Monona, WI.

Covaron, Inc. provides polymeric ceramic component solutions to the molding, aerospace, manufacturing, and sensor sectors. It focuses on the development of patterns, cores, and molds made of thermosetting ceramics for metal sand casting, plastic thermoforming, and plastic injection molding. The firm serves automotive, aerospace, energy, manufacturing, and coatings industries. The company was founded by Cameron Smith, Reed Shick, Dave Hatfield, and Vincent A. Alessi in 2013 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

American Transmission Co. owns and operates the high-voltage electric transmission system. It provides electric transmission services in portions of Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, and Illinois. It serves electricity producers and electric distribution companies. The company was founded by José M. Delgado in 2001 and is headquartered in Waukesha, WI.

IHS Herold, Inc. is an investment research firm headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 1948 and is a subsidiary of IHS Markit, Inc., which is owned by S&P Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPGI). IHS Herold typically offers research, advisory and strategic planning advice on company evaluations, company strategies and associated company and industry transactions for energy-related domestic and foreign equity securities.

Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. provides energy and environmental research services. It conducts research and development relating to the generation, delivery and use of electricity for the benefit of the public. The firm also provides technology, policy and economic analyses to drive long-range research and development planning and supports research in emerging technologies. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

TrafficCast International, Inc. provides travel time forecasting and traffic information and digital traffic data services. Its products include dynaflow, bluetoad, and trafficcarma. The company was founded by Connie Li and Bin Ran in 1999 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Silatronix, Inc. develops and manufactures highly stable organosilicon electrolytes for advanced lithium-ion batteries and capacitors. It is commercializing a new class of patented materials based on organosilicon compounds that are environmentally friendly, non-flammable, high temperature materials suited for use as electrolytes, binders, and coatings in energy storage devices. The firm’s organosilicon compounds are used in rechargeable and non-rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and lithium based electrochemical systems. The company founded by Winslow L. Sargeant, Robert C. West and Robert Hamers in 2007 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Superna Life Sciences, Inc. focuses on the commercialization of treatments for niche diseases and indications, primarily hematology and oncology. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Venture Management LLC (Venture Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1994 by Terence F. Kelly. The firm is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.

Part of Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Canada, Inc. is a Canadian biopharmaceutical company that has been inventing medicines and vaccines for over 130 years. The company is based in Kirkland, Canada and is committed to increasing access to healthcare through policies, programs, and partnerships. Merck Canada continues to be at the forefront of research to prevent and treat diseases such as cancer, HIV, and Ebola. The company aspires to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world. Marwan Akar has been the CEO of the company since 1997.

Phoenix Nuclear Holding Co. operates as a manufacturing company. The company is headquartered in Monona, WI.

Vrrk Medical Innovations, Inc. distributes carealine sleeves and wraps. The private company is based in Barrie, Canada.

Illuminated Holdings, Inc. operates as an investment holding company. The company is headquartered in Janesville, WI.

Part of Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc., the company is based in Fort Washington, PA. The company specializes in developing semiconductor and electronics assembly solutions for various markets, including advanced display, automotive, communications, compute, consumer, data storage, energy storage, and industrial. The company was founded in 1971. The CEO is Fusen Ernie Chen.