Matt K. Umscheid

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. is a learning company, which engages in instructional curriculum, assessment, technology, and professional learning. The company was founded in 1832 by William Ticknor and James Fields and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Blackboard, Inc. provides software applications and related services to the education industry. The firm offers recruitment, student success, and consulting services. Its services are utilized by academic institutions around the globe, including colleges, and universities. The company was founded by Michael L. Chasen, Daniel E. Cane, Stephen Gilfus and Matthew L. Pittinsky in 1997 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Isolation Network, Inc. provides marketing and rights management services for independent labels and artists. It also provides digital media distribution and publishing services. The company operates as a media marketplace which develops technology platforms and providing content creators and owners with distribution and marketing solutions. Isolation Network was founded by Charles Matthew Burns and Robb McDaniels in 2002 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Zayo Group UK Ltd. owns metropolitan networks. Its optical fiber network transfers bandwidth data traffic. The firm provides customers with connectivity between business markets. Its product portfolio includes dark fibre to provide an alternative to construct private business networks; IP Network offers access to the content provider and user to wholesale Internet transit and Metro-Express & Metro-Express Plus to allow the transport of a variety of protocols across single or multiple wavelengths on a dedicated pair of fibres. The company also offers Metro-Wave Division Multiplexing a network between business locations; Metro-IP to provide Internet bandwidth direct to business premises; Metro-wavelengths and Metro-Ethernet connectivity between various London Data centers. Zayo Group UK was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Ingram Industries, Inc. engages in book distribution, print and distribution services, marine transportation and digital fulfillment services. It offers trade books, textbooks, specialty magazines, and audiotapes to booksellers, librarians and specialty retailers. The company was founded by Erskine Bronson Ingram II in 1978 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

A.T. Kearney, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. Its services include strategic, operational and technology consulting executive search services. The company was founded by Andrew Thomas Kearney in 1926 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Simon & Schuster, Inc. engages in the publication of fiction and non-fiction books. It offers a wide range of genres and formats for children and adults both audio and in print. The company was founded by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster in 1924 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

MacMillan Holdings LLC publishes books and periodicals. The company publishes Scientific American magazine, a periodical devoted to developments in science and technology. Holtzbrinck's book units include St. Martin's Press, Henry Holt & Company, W.H. Freeman, Picador, and Farrar, Straus & Giroux. It is a subsidiary of Germany-based media and publishing company, Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck. It is headquartered in New York, NY.

AlixPartners LLP engages in the provision of restructuring, consulting, and financial advisory services. It specializes in management consulting, strategic planning, corporate restructuring, go-to-market strategies, business growth and performance investments, and accelerated business transformation. The company was founded by Jay Alix in 1981 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Paramount Global, Camsaw, Inc. is a company that publishes books. The company is based in New Canaan, CT. Camsaw was acquired by Paramount Communications, Inc. from Maxwell Communication Corp. Plc on February 28, 1994 for $552.80 million.

Parthenon Capital LLC (Parthenon Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by John C. Rutherford. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

LibreDigital, Inc. provides web-based warehouse and distribution platform services. The firm allows publishers to store and secure digital content in any form and to deliver content on-demand to any marketplace or device. The company was founded by Billy Taylor, Doug Dobbs and Tracy Jones in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Part of Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH, Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC publishes books, magazines, textbooks and scientific information. The company is based in New York, NY.

HotChalk, Inc. provides web-based collaborative software solutions to educational institutions to put their degree programs online. It serves online audience of educators, parents, and students. The company was founded by Edward M. Fields in 2004 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

The Association of American Publishers is an organization that advocates for strong copyright policies, protects free speech, and promotes the advancement of research and scholarship. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY. The company represents leading consumer, educational, professional, and scholarly publishers who connect people with books, trustworthy information, and learning materials. The organization presents the Professional and Scholarly Excellence Awards since 1976. The Association of American Publishers released its StatShot report for September 2023, reflecting reported revenue for trade, higher education course materials, and professional publishing. The CEO of the company is Maria A. Pallante.

Part of Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., Zayo Group LLC is a company that provides tailored connectivity and edge solutions. The company is based in Boulder, CO. Zayo Group was founded in 2007 by John Louis Scarano, Matthew Erickson, Daniel Philip Caruso, and Sandi Mays. The company's future-ready network spans over 17.5 million fiber miles and 142,500 route miles, enabling carriers, cloud providers, data centers, schools, and enterprises to deliver exceptional experiences from core to cloud to edge. Stephen Michael Smith has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

ThinkBox Media, Inc. engages in the provision of educational programs and entertainment for children. The company was founded by Brian A. Napack and Alison Napack Kallman in 1998 and is headquartered in San Marino, CA.

ZERO TO THREE provides support and services for infants and toddlers. It informs, trains, and supports professionals, policymakers and parents in its efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers. The company was founded by T. Berry Brazelton, Selma Fraiberg, Stanley I. Greenspan, J. Ronald Lally, Bernard Levy, Reginald S. Lourie, Peter B. Neubauer, Robert A. Nover, Sally Provence, Julius B. Richmond, Albert J. Solnit, and Leon J. Yarrow in 1977 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Zayo France SAS provides network and hosting services for telecommunications operators, institutional players and Internet professionals. The company was founded by Florian du Boys and Didier Soucheyre in 2003 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Burning Glass International, Inc. designs and develops an analytics software that delivers labor market data products and analysis. The firm offers labor insight, program insight, career insight, NOVA, lens suite, burning glass APIs, and applied research. The company was founded by Ted Crooks, Krishna Gopinathan, and Anu Kumar Pathria in 1999 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Ascend Learning, Inc. provides educational services. It offers middle, lower and high school program. The company was founded by Steven F. Wilson in 2007 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.

H.I.G. Growth Partners LLC (High Growth Partners) is a private equity/venture capital firm, a subsidiary of H.I.G. Ventures LLC founded in 1993 by Sami W. Mnaymneh and Anthony A. Tamer. H.I.G. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Synergis Education, Inc. provides educational services designed for college and university leaders. Its services include 3 modality, marketing and enrollment, academic services, student retention, and system integration. The company was founded by Norman F. Allgood in 2011 and is headquartered in Mesa AZ,

myON LLC provides digital literacy services for the K-12 education market. It allows the students to access a personalized literacy ecosystem that offers unlimited reading of digital books with multimedia supports, real-time assessments, and a growing literacy. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Edina, MN.

Zayo Canada, Inc. provides communication infrastructure services. The firm serves to wireless and wireline carriers, media and content companies and finance, healthcare and other large enterprises. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Part of Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., Geo Metro Ltd. is a British company that provides telecommunication infrastructure network and associate services. The company is based in London, UK.

Part of Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., Zayo Group International Ltd. is a British company that provides bandwidth and connectivity services. The company is based in London, UK. The company was founded in 1999. Jesper Parlov Aagaard has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Part of Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., Zayo Group EU Ltd. is a British company that provides internet protocol connectivity services. The company is based in London, UK.

Part of Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., Zayo Infrastructure France SA is a French company that provides wired telecommunication services. The company is based in Paris, France. W. Matthew Steinfort has been the CEO of the company since 2017.

Allstream Business, Inc. is a leading provider of business communication services in North America. Allstream is big enough to deliver and small enough to care, providing customers with access to an expansive network of experts and a team focused on reliability. The company is based in Mississauga, Canada, and was founded in 2001. The Canadian company offers a range of innovative, highly scalable, managed services including IP, cloud, voice, and data solutions for enterprise customers. Allstream accelerates business innovation through cloud technologies that open opportunities and connect enterprise clients to colleagues, customers, and communities. The company was founded over 170 years ago in parallel with Canada's first transcontinental railroad and has continually re-invented itself to remain a leader in business communications. The CEO is Michael P. Strople.