Wayne Karpoff

Advent International LP (Advent) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1984 by Henry H. Haight. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

North American Construction Group, Inc. provides heavy construction services. Its services include pipelines, highways, earthworks, underground utilities, design build, mining and piling. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

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.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Leerink Partners LLC is a full-service brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Jeffrey Leerink in 1995 and formerly known as SVB Securities LLC. They rebranded as Leerink Partners in 2023. The firm is a subsidiary of SVB Securities LLC. Leerink Partners provides institutional sales, equity research, institutional trading, and corporate finance and asset management services to the healthcare and technology industries. They offer superior execution capabilities in common stock, convertibles and derivatives with a singular focus on healthcare and a knowledge-led approach.

Part of NOV, Inc., R & M Energy Systems LP is a company that manufactures equipment for the process industry. The company is based in Dayton, OH.

MRIGlobal operates research and development organizations. The firm's programs include environmental research, health, pharmaceutical product development, agriculture & food safety, and national security, defense & energy. The company was founded in 1944 and headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. engages in the production of drugs and medical products. It researches, innovates, and develops pharmaceuticals for various diseases. The company was founded on June 1, 1963 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

FreeBalance, Inc. provides resource planning software solutions. The firm’s products include accountability suite, government performance, public financials, government treasury, public expenditure, civil service, and government receipts management, transparency and eprocurement portals, and accountability platform. Its solutions encompass id projects and GRP shared services. The firm caters to the central government, agencies, authorities, and regional and local government. The company was founded by Kevin Higgins in 1984 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

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.

The American Academy of Actuaries provides leadership, objective expertise, and actuarial advice on risk and financial security issues to assist public policymakers on all levels. The private company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. The academy also sets qualification, practice, and professionalism standards for actuaries credentialed by one or more of the five U.S.-based actuarial organizations.

The Society of Actuaries is an organization that provides research and industry news on various topics such as health care, predictive analytics, climate change, risk management, life insurance, modeling, pension and retirement, public policy, law and regulation. The private company is based in Schaumburg, IL. The company aims to help individuals advance their careers.

Milliman, Inc. engages in the provision of business consulting and actuarial services. The firm solutions include analytics and technology, healthcare, insurance, investment, retirement and compensation, risk management and financial services. The company was founded by Wendell Milliman and Stuart Robertson in 1947 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Metabolic Modulators Research Ltd. Operates as a biotechnology and pharmaceutical company. It specializes in scientific expertise, drug development, multilevel drug screen and therapeutic applications. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

Junior Achievement of Nova Scotia provides hands-on experiential learning in the classroom and through extra-curricular activities. Its programs focuses on three educational pillars financial literacy, workplace readiness, and entrepreneurship. The company is headquartered in Bedford, Canada.

Alberta Enterprise Corp. invests in venture capital funds that finance early stage and technology start-ups. It invests in Accelerate Fund II which provides local entrepreneurs with a new resource for startup capital. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

The Aerospace Corp. provides information on launch vehicles, satellite systems, ground control systems, and space technology. It operates a Federally Funded Research and Development Center for the United States Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office. The firm also provides independent technical and scientific research, development, and advisory services to national-security space programs. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

Braemar Energy Ventures (Braemar Energy) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by George S. Reichenbach, William D. Lese and Neil S.Suslak. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Danesco, Inc. distributes kitchenware products and accessories. Its brands include OXO Good Grips innovative kitchenware, BIA Cordon Bleu porcelain, Joseph Joseph dynamic kitchenware, Prepara kitchen tools, Durobor glassware, Full Circle eco friendly cleaning products and Artland glassware. The firm offers gourmet housewares, quality giftware and specialty tableware products. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Kirkland, Canada.