John Brent Cooper

Needham & Co. LLC (Needham) is a registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Needham Group, Inc. Needham provides corporate and institutional clients with high quality research, corporate access, capital markets and trading execution services in both the public and private markets, with an emphasis on growth companies.

Part of Merck & Co., Inc., Merck-Medco Managed Care LLC discovers, develops, and markets a broad range of human and animal health products. The company is based in Whitehouse Station, NJ.

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

Annex Advisory Services LLC, do-business-as Annex Wealth Management (Annex), is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Elm Grove, Wisconsin. The firm was founded by David "Dave" Spano in 2003. Annex offers a wide range of advisory services to individual investors, high net worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, trusts, small businesses, partnerships, corporations, and other similar entities.