James Hong

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

D. A. Davidson & Co. is a dually SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA broker-dealer headquartered in Great Falls, Montana. The firm was founded in 1935 and is a subsidiary of D.A. Davidson Companies, a financial service holding company. They provide liquidity and execution in small & mid-cap stocks to a wide range of institutional investors, including mutual fund and money managers around the world.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Founded in 1990, BFSG LLC is a an SEC-registered investment advisor located in Irvine, California. In Jamuary 2017, BFSG's parent company, Focus Operating LLC, acquired Pacwest Financial Management, Inc., an SEC-registered investment advisor. Pacwest Financial Management, Inc. and BFSG have been merged into a single registered investment adviser, BFSG LLC, doing business as Benefit Financial Services Group (BFSG). BFSG has two divisions: BFS Institutional Services and BFS Wealth Management. Pacwest operates as a unit of BFS Wealth Management, doing business as Pacwest and Pacwest, a part of the BFS Wealth Management division. BFSG's clients include individuals, high net-worth individuals, pooled investment vehicles, pension and profiting sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporations or other businesses.

loanDepot.com LLC provides mortgage and non-mortgage lending products. It engages in retail, consumer direct, wholesale, personal loan, affinity and servicing operations. The firm offers fixed rate, adjustable rate, jumbo, federal housing administration and veterans administration loans. It also provides information regarding home purchase process and refinancing. The company was founded by Anthony Hsieh in January 2010 and is headquartered in Foothill Ranch, CA.

CTBC Bank Corp. (USA) operates as a state commercial bank. It offers personal banking services that include checking accounts; savings accounts, money market accounts, and time deposits; debit cards and ATM cards, wire transfers, safe deposit boxes, and Internet and mobile banking services; consumer credit cards and residential mortgages; and wealth management services. The firm offers business banking services, which include commercial real estate financing, including acquisition financing, refinancing of existing property, and bridge, interim and reposition financing; and commercial banking services. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

ROTH Capital Partners LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded in 2001 and is a subsidiary of CR Financial Holdings, Inc. They offer institutional sales and trading services. Their broad institutional coverage includes investors in North America, Canada, UK, Europe and other international territories.

Five Elms Capital Management LLC (Five Elms Capital) is a private equity firm founded by Fred Coulson in 2007. The firm is headquartered in Kansas.

L Squared Capital Partners LLC (L Squared Capital) is a private equity firm founded in2014 by Robert P. Healy and Jeff Farrero. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

Founded in 1985, Green Street Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and broker/dealer located in Newport Beach, California. The firm is affiliated with Green Street Investors and is a subsidiary of Green Street Holdings, Inc. Green Street Advisors' research concentrates on publicly-traded real estate securities including REITs and other publicly-traded real estate companies. The firm provides insight, advice and service to a variety of clients worldwide who seek thorough, timely analysis on private and public commercial real estate markets. Green Street Advisors' clients use their research at the macro, sector, market and company levels to improve their decision-making in many aspects of the real estate capital allocation process.

Pathway Capital Management LP (Pathway Capital) is a private equity/ venture capital firm founded in 1993. The firm is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Charles Fish Investments, Inc. (CFI) is an independent, SEC-registered asset management firm headquartered in Irvine, California. The firm was founded in 1984 by Charles Fish. CFI offers individually tailored investment services to families of great wealth and institutional clients.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Great Gable Partners LP is an alternative asset management firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was co-founded by Jacques A. Soenens and Simon Baker, and they are owned by Great Gable Investments LLC. Great Gable Partners manages a family of funds for private clients, family offices and institutional investors.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

FMR LLC engages in the provision of financial and investment services. It offers financial planning and advice, wealth management, retirement plans, trading and brokerage services, and investment products. The company was founded by Edward C. Johnson II in 1946 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Chandler Asset Management, Inc. (Chandler) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Diego, California. The firm was founded by Mary Catherine (Kay) Chandler in 1988. Chandler provides fixed income investment management services to the public sector, as well as to hospitals, foundations, endowments, individuals and corporations.

B. Riley Securities, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm is a subsidiary of B. Riley Securities Holdings LLC, ultimately owned by B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY). The firm was formed in 2017, when B. Riley Financial, Inc. merged two of their brokers, B. Riley & Co. (founded in 1997) and FBR Capital Markets & Co. (founded in 1989), under the name of B. Riley FBR, Inc. B. Riley Securities provides research and trading ideas to institutional clients and high net-worth individuals. They provide investment banking services to a wide range of middle-market private and public companies.

A.G.P. / Alliance Global Partners Corp. (AGP) is a FINRA-registered broker-dealer headquartered in Westport, Connecticut. Formerly known as Euro Pacific Capital, Inc., the firm was founded by Peter Schiff in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Alliance Global LLC. AGP provides prime brokerage services to hedge funds, family offices, professional traders and top tier small/mid-cap investment funds. It offers multi-clearing, cloud based, high-touch client service solutions tailored to each client’s business needs.