John Alar

RBC Global Asset Management (US), Inc. (RBC GAM-US), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded in 1983 and formerly known as Voyageur Asset Management Inc. They are a subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and their ultimate parent is Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE, TSE: RY). RBC GAM-US provides portfolio management services to registered mutual funds, private investment funds, trust programs, foreign funds such as UCITS funds, individuals (including high net worth individuals), wrap sponsors and other US and international institutions.

Metalmark Capital LLC (Metalmark Capital) is a private equity firm founded by John J. Moon in 1986. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Inrule Technology, Inc. provides business management solutions and services. It offers InRule for Microsoft Dynamics CRM and JavaScript software that enables business people to change business rules and calculations in applications without coding. The company was founded by Rik Chomko and Loren Goodman in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Pamlico Capital Management LP (Pamlico Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Frederick W. Eubank II, Watts L. Hamrick III and Scott Bullock Perper. The firm is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

HCI Equity Partners LLC (HCI Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1991 by Frederic Malek. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Harris Williams & Co. provides investment advisory services. It offers investment banking, sell-side mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, fairness opinion, and restructuring advisory services. The company was founded by H. Hiter Harris III and Christopher H. Williams in 1991 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Spire Capital Partners LLC (Spire Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by Andrew J. Armstrong Jr., Bruce M. Hernandez and Richard H. Patterson. The firm is headquartered in New York.

PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH provides accounting services. The company also provides industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services. PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

SPP Management Services LLC (Summit Park) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Robert G Calton and James L Johnson. The firm is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Sope Creek Capital Air, LLC (Sope Creek Capital) is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm founded in 2018 by Kevin Nolan. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Ten Oaks Group (Ten Oaks Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2020 by Matt Magan and Mike Hahn. The firm is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Court Square Capital Partners LP (Court Square Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1968. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Part of Two Roads Advisors LLC, Inflection Brands is a company that provides mergers & acquisitions advisory services. The company is based in Austin, TX. The company was founded by Richard Lindeman. Richard Lindeman has been the CEO since incorporation. Inflection Brands was acquired by Two Roads Advisors LLC on November 30, 2023.

LongueVue Capital LLC (LongueVue Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Rick S. Rees and John C. McNamara. The firm is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Avesi Partners LLC (Avesi Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2021. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

McKinsey & Co. Canada is a consulting firm that provides consulting services to companies and organizations. The private company is based in Halifax, Canada and was founded in 2003.

Crete Mechanical Group, Inc. is a nationwide multi-service solutions provider that offers commercial HVAC, electrical, plumbing, building automation, and controls services through a network of local partners. Crete Mechanical Group has subsidiaries throughout the United States and is based in Tampa, FL. The company focuses on building strong relationships with its customers and combines the resources of a large organization with the freedom to continue operating local businesses. The company was founded by Frank Zhang and Jake Sloane, and Michael L. Cox has been the CEO since 2022.

American Infrastructure Funds LLC (American Infrastructure Funds) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Bob Hellman. The firm is headquartered in Foster city, California.

Sheridan Capital Partners LLC (Sheridan CP LP) is a private equity firm founded in 2011 by Richard J Stephenson and Jonathan B Lewis. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Softdocs, Inc. provides enterprise content management, workflow and electronic forms. It offers implementation consulting, training, data migration, e-form design, record digitization and tax form processing for students, local government and commercial use. The company was founded by Michael Murphy in 1998 and is headquartered in Columbia, SC.

NSi Industries LLC designs, manufactures and supplies electrical and lighting products. The firm’s products include warrior wrap professional tape, easy-wrap general purpose tape, polaris mechanical connectors, connectors, connector bloks and terminal bloks, miniterms, switches and indicator lights, insulating, splicing, lubricants and panel channel, grounding, cable ties and mounts, hardware, tools, testers and firestop, tork, lighting, and display kits. The company was founded by Axel Rasmussen in 1975 and is headquartered in Huntersville, NC.

Part of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Barings Global Advisers Ltd. is a British company that provides investment advice. The company is based in London, UK and was founded in 2011.