Brian Pope

Barings LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in 1940, the firm is direct subsidiary of MM Asset Management Holding LLC and their ultimate parent is Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (MassMutual). MassMutual?s affiliated companies include financial services companies that provide investment management services and individual protection insurance to clients worldwide. Barings provides a broad range of investment advisory and management services to institutional clients, registered investment companies, and other pooled investment vehicles.

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.

Reynolds American Inc. manufactures and sells cigarettes in United States. It operates through the following segments: RJR Tobacco, American Snuff, and Santa Fe. The RJR Tobacco segment consists of the primary operations of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The American Snuff segment consists of the primary operations of American Snuff Co. The Santa Fe segment consists of the primary operations of SFNTC, Niconovum AB, Niconovum USA, Inc. and RJR Vapor. The company was founded on January 2, 2004 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

EVP LGCY LLC provides investment banking and financial advisory services. Its services include merger, acquisition and strategic advisory and financing services to middle market companies. The company was founded by Matthew B. Salisbury, Andrew J. Quartapella and David B. Patterson in 2001 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Passport Labs, Inc. provides cloud-based parking management solutions. The firms products include parking, transit, permits, enforcement, and gateway. It serves government, transit agencies, campuses, private operators, and business program. The company was founded by Charlie G. Youakim and Robert Youakim in 2010 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Task Force X Capital Management LLC (Task Force X Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Brandon Shelton. The firm is headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Carolinas Fintech Management LLC (CFV Ventures) is a venture capital arm of RevTech Labs LLC founded in 2017 by Daniel J. Roselli and Nathaniel Clarkson. The firm is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Quility Insurance Holdings LLC is a company that uses innovative and proprietary technology to modernize the process of qualifying for and purchasing life insurance. The company is based in Swannanoa, NC. The company offers clients the option to apply for life insurance online through a 10-minute application or with the support of a licensed insurance agent. Quility empowers agents with an industry-leading sales enablement platform and a suite of proprietary, fully digital insurance products, creating a frictionless experience from quote to underwriting to policy placement. Brian W Pope, Brandon Ellison has been the CEOs since 2020. The company was founded in 2020 by Brian W Pope, Casey Watkins, Brandon Ellison.

Silverport LLC is an American private company that functions as an alternative investment manager.