Dmitriy Shapiro

Founded in 2005, Global Hunter Securities LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. The firm is a subsidiary of Seaport Global Holdings LLC. Global Hunter Securities employs a disciplined quantitative and qualitative research approach. They focus on small-cap companies with unique value and above average growth primarily in the following sectors: consumer, energy, healthcare, industrial services and technology. Global Hunter Securities also has analysts specifically focused on special situations and international opportunities.

Founded in 2012, Umbrella Research LLC is an independent investment research firm located in New York City. The firm seeks to fill a growing information vacuum in the equity universe as diminishing investment banking prospects has resulted in the underinvestment of traditional sell side research support for small-cap and emerging growth companies. The result has been a growing universe of underfollowed or orphaned companies for which investor exposure and education is essentially non-existent. Umbrella Research & Advisory's efforts focus exclusively on lesser known companies where their research, whitepapers and investor outreach can create greater incremental value to both their subject companies and investors. While the universe of orphaned companies is large, the firm's resources remain focused on a limited number of companies to ensure quality and depth of coverage.

Founded in 2003 by Cliff Rodman and Charles Renshaw, Rodman & Renshaw LLC is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer located in New York City with an additional office in Boston. The firm is a subsidiary of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group (NasdaqGM: RODM). The firm provides corporate finance, strategic advisory and related services to public and private companies across multiple sectors and regions. They also provide research and sales and trading services to institutional investors. Rodman & Renshaw is a leader in the PIPE and RD (registered direct offering) transaction markets. The firm's research focuses on Asia, clean technology, community & regional banks, energy, industrial and commercial services, life science/healthcare and metals and mining. Rodman & Renshaw is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.