Jonathan Lesser

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Baird-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., an investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 1919 and is ultimately owned by Baird Financial Group, Inc. Baird-Broker offers a full suite of comprehensive trading services for institutional clients.

Founded in 2002, Wedge Partners Corp. is an independent research firm headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The firm provides decision critical, sales volume, margin and market information for institutional investors. Wedge Partners focuses primarily on the technology, media and telecommunications sectors. They employ fundamental equity research based on bottom-up analysis

Founded in 2007, Wedge Securities LLC is a full service, registered broker/dealer located in Englewood, Colorado with additional offices in Hudson, Ohio and New York City. The firm provides institutional clients with the latest trading technology and the facilitation of orders across multiple asset classes. Wedge Securities is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wedge Partners Corp., an Englewood, Colorado-based investment research firm. Wedge Securities is a member of FINRA and the SIPC. The firm clears through Pershing LLC, a subsidiary of the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. Wedge Securities research focuses on the technology, media and telecommunications sectors.

Founded in 2004, Cowen Securities is an investment banking firm and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of the Cowen Group. They were formerly known as Dahlman Rose & Co. Cowen Securities provides value-added research, trading and advisory services to clients in the US and abroad. The firm focuses on growth industries that are the direct beneficiaries of global trade, infrastructure development and urbanization. Their research focuses on various distinct verticals within the global natural resources supply chain including: metals/mining, agriculture, chemicals, oil & gas exploration and production, electric utilities and surface transportation. Cowen Securities follows a variety of companies across geographies, market-caps and strategies. The firm employs a top-down approach that focuses on global themes and macro trends within these sectors. They look for drivers that create opportunities for well-positioned companies.

FIG LLC, operates as Fortress Investment Group (Fortress), is a hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of Fortress Operating Entity I LP, ultimately owned by SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO: 9984) in Japan. Fortress manages assets on behalf of institutional clients and private investors worldwide across a range of credit and real estate, private equity and permanent capital investment strategies.

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm provides a comprehensive range of equity execution services exclusively to institutional clients worldwide. Their clients include private banks, mutual funds, hedge funds, independent asset managers and investment advisors and other brokers.