Vladimir O. Gourdous

Oscient Pharmaceuticals Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company that sells and markets products to community-based primary care physicians through its primary care sales force in the United States. It markets two products namely, ANTARA fenofibrate capsules, a cardiovascular product and FACTIVE gemifloxacin mesylate tablets, a fluoroquinolone antibiotic. It also has late-stage antibiotic candidate, Ramoplanin for the treatment of clostridium difficile-associated disease. The company was founded on May 09, 1961 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Aames Financial Corp. provides banking and other financial services. The company offers residential mortgage equity loans through both wholesale and retail channels. It has offices in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, and New Jersey. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Founded in 1985, NatWest Markets Securities, Inc. is a financial services and brokerage firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm is a subsidiary of RBS Holdings USA, Inc. and their ultimate parent is the Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (LSE: RBS). The firm was formerly known as RBS Securities, Inc., RBS Greenwich Capital, and Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. NatWest is an institutional fixed-income firm that provides a full range of debt capital markets services to both those seeking to raise capital and those seeking to invest it. The firm is an industry leader in the U.S. Treasury, agency and MBS markets and in providing real estate and asset-backed financing to their clients. NatWest also provides futures brokerage services and trade strategies to select clients.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Burril LLC (Burrill) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 1994 by G. Steven. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center operates a hospital that provides healthcare services. It specializes in cancer, endocrinology, gynecology, neurology, orthopedics, and respiratory disorders. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute is a non profit organization that provides healthcare plans and services. It focuses on total health of its members and guided by personal physicians, specialists, and team of caregivers. Its expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading technology advances and tools for health promotion, disease prevention, care delivery, and chronic disease management. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., PPD Discovery is a company that provides integrated-product-development services for pharmaceutical and biotechnology. The company is based in Wilmington, NC.

NeuroGeneration, Inc. provides neural stem cell therapy products. It develops therapies for patients faced with irreversible illnesses. The company was founded by Michel F. Levesque in 1996 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Bank for Development & Foreign Economic Affairs provides banking services. It operates an international commercial bank. The firm provides financial support for interstate agreements, government programs and large-scale projects implemented under interstate agreements. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russian Federation.

Part of Woodbridge Co. Ltd. /New/, Buzzcompany.com, Inc. is a company that provides e-community Internet products and services. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Zor Gorelov, Ruth Brown. Buzzcompany.com was acquired by Multex.com, Inc. on May 10, 2000 for $22.32 million.

MTS Bank PJSC provides retail and corporate banking services. It offers account opening and maintenance, debit and credit cards, deposits, loans and mortgage, payroll projects, safekeeping of valuables, trade finance, money transfers, foreign exchange, acquiring, treasury, as well as settlement and cash operations. The company was founded by Vladimir Petrovich Evtushenkov, Vitaliy Semenovich Gurfinkel, Anatoliy Ivanovich Yarochkin, Stanislav Kemalyevich Arbiyev, and Valeriy Viktorovich Kryukov on October 22, 1992 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.

Soyuz Bank OJSC is a universal commercial bank, founded in 1993. The company's main businesses are retail, corporate and investment banking, and services for wealthy private customers. SOYUZ Bank has been registered for obligatory insurance of retail deposits. It was among the first banks authorized by the State Corporation 'Deposit Insurance Agency' to effect payments to depositors of bankrupt banks. Accreditation by the Agency confirms the Bank's reliability. Its regional network includes 36 points of sale and covers the main industrial and cultural centers of Russia such as St Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Sochi, Volgograd, Ekaterinburg, Izhevsk, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Tomsk, and Tumen. Moscow has 11 operating offices. The Bank has proved its worth in the market of corporate, trade and factoring financing. The largest corporate customers include Hyundai Com Trans Rus LLC, Luding LLC, Korea Motor, RUSAL Group, OJSC Agency, Rospechat, OJSC, Agricultural Union Kuban OJSC, Aviakor - aircraft plant, IJSC 'Ingosstrakh', OJSC 'Russian Machines', OJSC 'Irkutskenergo', OJSC 'Krasnoyarsk Hydro-Power Station', OJSC 'Sochi International Airport'. It has become traditional to see rapid development of the investment business. SOYUZ Bank has an established credit record in the public financial market. SOYUZ Bank is a leading arranger and underwriter in the market of corporate and municipal ruble bonds.

Russian Bank for Small & Medium Enterprises Support provides banking services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russian.

Deloitte & Touche provides audit, enterprise risk management, and financial advisory services. The company delivers services in four professional areas: audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services. It provides its clients with global services such as entering foreign markets, raising funds, and investing in Mainland China. The company was founded in June, 2003 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

Nero AG develops software applications and platforms. The firm’s products include Nero 2016 platinum, Nero 2016 classic, Nero burning ROM 2016 and Nero Mobile Apps. Its Nero MediaHome platform enables consumers to access and share their digital content across PCs, smart phones, tablets and online social networks. The company was founded by Richard Lesser in 1995 and is headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany.

DTEK LLC operates as a privately-held energy company. Its key business segments are coal mining and preparation, electrical power generation, and electrical power sales and supply. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Kiev, Ukraine.

Squid Solutions SA is a customer intelligence software company. It offers software solutions for the collection and use of volumes of data and a cloud-based platform. Squid Solutions was founded by Adrien Schmidt, Grégoire Pauty and Serge Fantino in January 2004 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Gravitec Instruments Pty Ltd. develops and commercializes gravity and magnetic gradiometers. The company’s technology include two proprietary sensor systems, a magnetic gradiometer and a gravity gradiometer. The company was founded by Clive Hayley and Simon Fraser in 1996 and is headquartered in Crawley, Australia.

UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

BiotaTec OÜ is a holding company engaged in the development of test systems for the microorganism sector. It offers DNA and RNA extraction, DNA purification, gene expression analysis, immunogenicity, and cytotoxicity profiling services. The company was founded by Toomas Neuman and Madis Metsis in 2007 and is headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia.

Cellin Technologies OU provides contract manufacturing and clinical research services. It has developed technology for rapidly cultivating stem cells from human tissue or bone marrow into tissue preparations suitable for medical treatment. The firm technology can be used in cosmetic medicine (e.g. smoothing the facial skin) and regenerative medicine (e.g. restoration of joint cartilage). The company was founded by Mart Raik in 2008 and is headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia.

DTEK Holdings Ltd. engages in investment activities. It also provides power generation and distribution services through subsidiaries. The company was founded on April 10, 2006 and is headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus.