Charles S. Howerton

Galaxy Nutritional Foods, Inc. manufactures cheese alternatives. The firm’s products include lactose intolerants, healthy lifestyle, gluten intolerants/celiac, soy allergies, lactose intolerants, healthy lifestyle, gluten intolerants/celiac, dairy allergies/sensitivities, vegans, lactose intolerants, healthy lifestyle, heart smarts and gluten intolerants/celiac. The company was founded by Angelo S. Morini in 1980 and is headquartered in North Kingstown, RI.

Part of Pitney Bowes, Inc., Alysis Technologies, Inc. develops and delivers software products for electronic bill and statement delivery. The company is based in Emeryville, CA. Alysis Technologies was acquired by Pitney Bowes, Inc. on May 03, 2001 for $18.89 million.

Metavante Corp. provides account processing services. The firm offers outsourced account processing, electronic bill payment, online banking and mortgage services, customer relationship management and consulting services. It also provides solutions that drive customer relationship management, electronic banking, electronic funds transfer and card solutions, electronic presentment and payment, financial account processing, investment technology and retirement plan services. The company is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Language Line Holdings, Inc. provides over-the-phone interpretation services. The firm provides language, technology, and document translation services. It serves government, healthcare, telecom, financial services and insurance companies. The company was founded in December 1999 and is headquartered in Monterey, CA.

Language Line, Inc. operates as a development stage company. The firm provides over-the-phone interpretation services from English into other languages. Its customers include the government, health care, telecom, financial services, and insurance industries. The company was founded in April 2004 and is headquartered in Monterey, CA.

Incisive Surgical, Inc. engages in the development of mechanical surgical solutions for skin closure. The firm's product INSORB-20 Subcuticular Skin Stapler is a skin closure device designed to combine the cosmetic result of absorbable sutures with the rapid closure times associated with metal skin staplers and eliminate the need to remove metal staples post-operatively. The company founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Trumbull, CT.

Aspirity Holdings LLC provided electricity contracts trading and electricity supply services. It offered commercial lending, consumer lending, retail energy services and financial services. The company was founded by Timothy S. Krieger in 2005 and was headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Argos Risk LLC develops risk intelligence software. The firm offers vendor management, accounts receivable management, indirect lending, commercial lending, business development and supply chain management. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Edina, MN.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Stifel) is a dual-registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, the firm is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial service holding company. Stifel provides full-service brokerage and investment advisory services to individuals and their families, institutions and businesses, and financial advisors.

Language Line Ltd. provides language interpreting services. It offers interpreting, translation, innovation, consultancy, training, and support services. It offers financial translation solutions, legal translation solutions, manufacturing translation solutions, and technical translation solutions. The company was founded in April 1990 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Language Line Services, Inc. provides telephone interpreting and language solutions. Its solutions include over-the-phone interpreting, onsite interpreting, on demand video remote interpreting, direct response, personal interpretation, localization and testing and training of bilingual staff and in-house interpreters, as well as translation of documents, websites and multimedia in various languages. The firm serves healthcare, government, enterprise, insurance, and utility industries, as well as individual businesses. The company was founded by Jeffrey Munks and Michaek McFerrin in 1982 and is headquartered in Monterey, CA.

Part of Concentrix Corp., Arista Knowledge Systems, Inc. provides Internet-based learning management systems. The company is based in Alameda, CA. The company was founded by Jeffrey Munks. Arista Knowledge Systems was acquired by DigitalThink, Inc. on July 06, 2000 for $26.11 million.

Likewize Corp. provides wireless distribution and supply-chain services. The firm specializes in accessories, supply chain solutions, handset protection & insurance programs, reverse product solutions, buyback & trade-in solutions and financial solutions. The company was founded by Raul Marcelo Claure in 1997 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Texas Children's Hospital provides health care services. Its offers include audiology , dental, dermatology, critical care, nephrology, electrodiagnosis, heart transplant, and kidney transplant. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

MainStreet Bank provides banking services to both the business community, as well as individual consumers through airbanking. The bank offers business banking and consumer airbanking. Its services include checking, certificates of deposit, loans, credit cards, money market mainstreet connect and airbanking. MainStreet Bank was founded by Thomas J. Chmelik and Jeff W. Dick on March 28, 2003 and is headquartered in Fairfax, VA.

Cedar Point Capital LLC provides investment banking services. The company was founded by Richard Nigon and is headquartered in Edina, MN.

Iroquois Capital Group, Inc. provides investment services. It offers private capital advisory, mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring advisory to middle-market companies. The company was founded by John F. Jacques and Michael A. Koban, Jr. in 2006 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.