Ryan Smith

Founded in 2002, Wedge Partners Corp. is an independent research firm headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The firm provides decision critical, sales volume, margin and market information for institutional investors. Wedge Partners focuses primarily on the technology, media and telecommunications sectors. They employ fundamental equity research based on bottom-up analysis

Founded in 2007, Wedge Securities LLC is a full service, registered broker/dealer located in Englewood, Colorado with additional offices in Hudson, Ohio and New York City. The firm provides institutional clients with the latest trading technology and the facilitation of orders across multiple asset classes. Wedge Securities is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wedge Partners Corp., an Englewood, Colorado-based investment research firm. Wedge Securities is a member of FINRA and the SIPC. The firm clears through Pershing LLC, a subsidiary of the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. Wedge Securities research focuses on the technology, media and telecommunications sectors.

Founded in October of 2000 by Kevin Dann, Kevin Dann & Partners LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They offer a full array of investment services. The firm focuses on trade execution for hedge fund and institutional clients. Their research covers quality small- and micro-cap firms that are underserved and have not attracted the attention of bulge bracket research firms

A subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide global equity and fixed research. The equity research department covers more than 100 sectors. They use a fundamental, quantitative, strategic and tactical research approach. In addition to these Lehman has also developed special products, such as 10 uncommon values and 10 uncommon eurovalues.

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.

Friess Associates LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Greenville, Delaware. The firm was founded by Foster Friess in 1974. They provide portfolio management services to charitable/religious organizations, high net-worth individuals, retirement plans, investment companies, private investment funds and other private institutions.

Founded in 1992, Banc One Investment Advisors (BOIA) is a multi-style money manager delivering individually managed portfolios and mutual funds to a broad spectrum of institutional and individual clients. BOIA an indirect subsidiary of Bank One Corporation (NYSE: ONE).