Michael Cole

Madison Dearborn Partners LLC (Madison Dearborn Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by John A. Canning Jr., Paul J. Finnegan, Samuel M. Mencoff, Robin P. Selati, James N. Perry Jr. and Timothy P. Sullivan. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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.

Madison River Telephone Co. LLC provides local and long distance communications services. It also owns and operates four rural telephone companies which include Madison River Communications LLC, Coastal Communications, GulfTel, and Gallatin River Communications. The company was founded by Paul H. Sunu and Steve Vanderwoude in 1996 and is headquartered in Mebane, NC.

Star Technology Group provides website design, hosting, and maintenance services. The private company is based in Elizabethton, TN.

MessageLabs Ltd. provides managed e-mail protection services against email threats such as viruses, spam, identity theft and targeted blackmail campaigns. Its services defend organizations against such dangers, allowing clients to control email content and to secure communications. The company was founded on September 1, 1999 by Ben White and is headquartered in Gloucester, United Kingdom.

Merrick Ventures LLC (Merrick Ventures ) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Michael W. Ferro. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Merge Healthcare, Inc. provides innovative enterprise imaging, interoperability, and clinical systems. It offers solutions for enterprise imaging solutions for radiology, cardiology, orthopedics, and eye care. It also offers clinical trials software with end-to-end study support in a single platform and other intelligent health data and analytics solutions. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.