Danny Floyd

Marport Deep Sea Technologies, Inc. develops and manufactures software defined sonar technology and products for underwater sensing and communication applications. The company was founded by Anthony V. Paul in 1996 and is headquartered in St. John's, Canada.

Tannin Energy Services, Inc. provides industrial rotating machinery repair services. Its products include compressors, driver upgrades, filters, natural gas power units, power generation and parts. The firm offers compression services, power generation services, engineering, maintenance management, exchange engine services, restage, revamp and repower and crane services. The company is headquartered Broussard, LA.

Parthenon Capital LLC (Parthenon Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by John C. Rutherford. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Samson Resources Co. operates as an independent oil and natural gas company. It also engages in the exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas from properties located onshore in the United States. The company was founded on November 23, 1971 and is headquartered in Tulsa, OK.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Intel Capital Corp (Intel Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Intel Corp founded in 1991 by Les Vadasz, and Avram Miller. The firm is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

Hastings Equity Partners LLC (Hastings Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Edward Ted Patton. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Part of NOV, Inc., Robbins & Myers Energy Systems, Inc. supplies valves and wellhead equipment for the oil and gas industries. The company is based in Tomball, TX. Robbins & Myers Energy Systems was acquired by Robbins & Myers, Inc., a SUB of NOV, Inc. from J. M. Huber Corp. on December 19, 1997 for $109.30 million.