Daniel Carter

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Wellington Management Co. LLP (WMC) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1928 and is a subsidiary of Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP, ultimately held by Wellington Management Group LLP. WMC offers investment management services for a fee to separate account clients and mutual funds sponsored by unaffiliated parties, as well as to investment vehicles that the firm sponsors.

BP America, Inc. transports crude oil and petroleum products. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

HVVi Semiconductors is a fabless semiconductor company located in Phoenix, Arizona that manufactures high performance silicon RF power transistors. The company’s patented HVVFET™ is an impressive transistor architecture that combines high current density with high voltage operation. The transistor structure greatly reduces device parasitics which results in frequency performance greater than 10 times that of other vertical transistors, and has superior gain, linearity and ruggedness over bipolar transistors. In 2008, HVVi launched its first product families for the pulsed RF transistor market. Pulsed RF transistors are used in a variety of applications such as military/avionics, medical, and industrial technologies. These markets have been historically served by bipolar transistor technology, and LDMOS has made little penetration due to reliability issues. HVVi is poised to disrupt bipolar’s hold on the market due to the HVVFET’s superior gain, linearity, and ruggedness performance improvement over bipolar.

Broadbus Technologies, Inc. develops fully scalable, next-generation video on demand server systems. It is an entertainment infrastructure company that offers a diverse line of robust and massively scalable servers that deliver streaming media. The company was founded in 1999 and is located in Boxborough, MA.

Visage Mobile, Inc. provides technology services for mobile virtual network platform. Its products include MobilityCentral, VisagePulse, International Travel Roaming Alerts (ITRA) and Concur Travel Integration. The company was founded by David Fraze and Matthew Johnson in 2001 and is headquartered in Larkspur, CA.

EXFO Service Assurance, Inc. provides voice over internet protocol services. It offers real-time performance management and service assurance solutions that allow carriers, service providers, cable companies, large enterprises and government agencies to build, operate and assure their VoIP networks and services. The company was founded in 1999 by Thomas J. Pincince and is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA.

Auterra Inc. develops catalyst and process technologies. The firm engages in the development of catalyst and process technologies for the decontamination and upgrading of crude oil and oil distillates. It offers FlexDS, an oil desulfurization and upgrading process that includes FlexDS Upstream, a low CO2 catalytic process that removes value degrading contaminants from crude oil; and FlexDS Downstream, a process that uses air to remove sulfur, nitrogen, and trace metals. The company was founded by Eric Burnett and Partha Dutta in 2003 and is headquartered in Schenectady, NY.

Wakonda Technologies, Inc. develops solar photovoltaic products. It offers solar cells and solar electric technology services. The firm serves the commercial and military sectors. The company was founded by Leslie G. Fritzemeier and Ryne P. Raffaelle in 2005 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

AllianceBernstein LP (AB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). AB provides investment advice to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations and other business entities.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Riverside Partners LLC /New York/ (Riverside Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Bela Szigethy. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices across the globe.

Part of G Holdings, Inc., Grace Catalyst AB is a Swedish company that supplies catalyst and silica chemical products. The company is based in Stenungsund, Sweden.

UOP LLC operates as a supplier and technology licensor for the petroleum refining, gas processing and petrochemical production. Its products include catalysts and adsorbents. The firm offers design, commissioning, ongoing operations, and optimization services. The company was founded on June 17, 1914 and is headquartered in Des Plaines, IL.

ATV Capital Management Inc. (ATV Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1979. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Charles River Ventures, Inc. is a venture capital firm founded in 1970. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

OASYS, Inc. provides document storage and management solutions. It offers printers, copiers, multifunction systems, fax machines and scanners along with a host of document management systems to organizations. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Burlington, WA.

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

California Institute of Technology provides education focusing on science, engineering, academia, business, and public service. The company was founded in 1891 and it is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Weather Group Television LLC broadcasts weather related information. It provides information related to weather and forecasts, maps and radar, storms, travel and health. The company was founded by Frank Batten and John Coleman on May 02, 1992 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Chemrec AB is a holding company. It develops and implements solutions for the forest industries for production of biosynfuels, renewable power and increased recovery capacity. The firm technology is based on black liquor gasification. Its transforms pulp and paper mills into biorefineries. The company was founded by Nils Bernhard and Lars Stigsson in 1989 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Digital Alloys, Inc. engages in the development of metal additive manufacturing systems. Its Joule Printing machine is used to cut and design tool steel, titanium, and multi-metal parts. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Emerson Hospital, Inc. provides medical and health care services. The firm offers anticoagulation center, behavioral health, comprehensive breast health program, concussion care, nutritional counseling, orthopedics, pain management, palliative care, pathology, home care, hospice care, and infusion services. The company was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in Concord, MA.

Center for a New American Security is a non-profit organization which develops security and defense policies. It focuses on defense strategies and assessments, Asia-Pacific security, military, veterans, and society, Middle East security, and technology and national security. The organization was founded by Michèle Angelique Flournoy and Kurt Michael Campbell in January 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

G20 Capital Management LLC (G20 Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Bob C. Hower and William C. Wiberg. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Nextivity, Inc. develops wireless indoor coverage technology which optimizes the experience of wireless subscribers and increases radio frequency network capacity for mobile operators. The company offers cellular fidelity systems to eliminate indoor dead zones and work in harmony with a macro network, and IntelliBoost baseband processors that offer dynamic wireless broadband services to optimize the indoor transmission and reception of 3G wireless signals. The firm offers products to mobile network operators, subscribers, and operator-aligned retailers. The company was founded by Greg Mauro and Behzad B. Mohebb in 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.