Sharmila Kassam

USAA Real Estate Co. provides insurance, financial, and real estate services. It also offers acquisition and development services to corporate, institutional, and individual investors. The company's clients include Kraft, Federal Express, and IBM. USAA Real Estate is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.

American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The firm was founded by James E. Stowers, Jr. in 1958 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Century Cos., Inc. ACIM provides portfolio management services to financial advisors, individual investors and institutional clients.

Avondale Partners LLC is an independent broker/dealer headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded by Robert Shepherd and Philip Krebs in 2001. Avondale Partners provides financial advisory services as well as equity and fixed income underwriting and private placement services to public and private companies throughout the US, Canada and Europe. They focus on middle-market companies in the healthcare sector.

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.

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.

Part of AMP Ltd., ipac Securities Ltd. is an Australian company that provides financial and investment advice. The company is based in Sydney, Australia. The company was founded by Suvan de Soysa, Peeyush K. Gupta, Paul Clitheroe. ipac Securities was acquired by Resolution Life AAPH Ltd., part of AMP Ltd. from March 30, 2011 on July 19, 2002 for $113.04 million.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

New Zealand Funds Management Ltd. (NZ Funds) is a privately-owned wealth management firm headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand. Originally founded in 1988 as a joint venture between Lion Nathan and ipac Securities, the firm has progressively evolved to being wholly owned by past and present employees. NZ Funds provides integrated advice and portfolio management services for New Zealand individuals, families, trusts and charitable entities.

Santander Investment Securities, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm was formerly known as Santander Central Hispano Investment Securities. They are a subsidiary of Santander Investment I SA and their ultimate parent is Banco Santander (NYSE: SAN). Santander Investment Securities offers a full array of investment services with a particular focus on Latin American companies in various sectors.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Stewardship Partners Investment Counsel, Inc. (Stewardship Partners) is an independent registered investment advisor headquartered in Matthews, North Carolina. The firm was founded by Howard "Rusty" Leonard and Carol Leonard in 2000. Stewardship Partners provides investment advisory services, on a discretionary and nondiscretionary basis, for high net worth individuals and institutional clients.

Bank of America, NA engages in the provision of commercial banking services. It offers financing, checking and savings accounts, and investment banking for individual clients. The company was founded on March 1, 1927 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

7signal Solutions, Inc. provides wireless performance optimization solutions for wireless LAN applications. Its product Sapphire system is a vendor agnostic solution that works with any wireless access point which allows users to manage WLAN performance and generate Wi-Fi analytics as well as obtain information and directions for step-by-step Wi-Fi network optimization. The company serves hospitals, universities, enterprises, and distribution centers. 7signal Solutions was founded by Veli-Pekka Ketonen and Marko Pirinen in February 2006 and is headquartered in Akron, OH.

WordStream, Inc. develops online marketing software. Its products include WordStream advisor, a pay-per-click (PPC) software that allows to create, optimize, manage, and measure high-performing PPC and social advertising campaigns. It offers free keyword tool, online marketing tools, and search marketing fundamentals. The company was founded by Larry E. Kim and Gerard Escalante in 2007 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Ziften Technologies, Inc. provides endpoint threat detection solution. Its products include ziften zenith and ziften zflow. The firm’s solutions include IT operations and security operations. The company was founded by Michael Little and Mark Obrecht in 2010 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Star Mountain Fund Management LLC (Star Mountain) is a private equity firm founded in 2010 by Brett A. Hickey. The firm is headquartered in New York.

ENSO Financial Management LLP provides hedge funds and asset managers portfolio reporting and data analytics services. The firm gives hedge funds and asset managers a backdrop for improved daily fund performance based on insights that might otherwise remain hidden. The company was founded by Michael Gentile, Matthew Bernard and Dwaine Alleyne in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Standard Bariatrics, Inc. operates as a surgical procedure company focused on the development and commercialization of medical devices. It offers STANDARD CLAMP, a laparoscopic surgical device designed to clamp the entire length of the stomach, enabling surgeons to plan and hold the staple line prior to dividing the stomach during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. The company was founded by Jonathan Thompson in 2014 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Folio Photonics Inc. engages in the design and development of optical data storage disc with two terabyte scale capacity. Its technology is based on a multi-layer disc produced by polymer co-extrusion, a manufacturing method used primarily for food packaging. The company was founded by Kenneth D. Singer in 2012 and is headquartered in Solon, OH.

Factorial, Inc. is a company based in Woburn, MA. Factorial, Inc. manufactures engineered materials for lithium ion batteries. The company was founded by Siyu Huang, Yingchao Alex Yu, and Siyu Huang has been the CEO since incorporation.

Smartmatic Corp. operates as an electronic voting industry. It offers election commissions a portfolio of solutions that increase the transparency, efficiency and integrity of elections while making voting more accessible. The company was founded by Antonio Mugica and Roger Piñate in 2000 and it is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance is an advocacy group that aims to promote the adoption of distributed ledger technology in financial markets. The American company engages with market participants and offer working groups for members to share information and make strategic decisions.