Hemant G. Hirani

UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC (UBS AM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as UBS Global Asset Management (Americas), Inc. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of UBS Americas, Inc., ultimately owned by UBS Group AG (SIX: UBSG; NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS AM provides investment products and services to corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions and advisors, central banks, charities, foundations and individual investors around the world.

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price Associates) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. in 1937. They are a subsidiary of the T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW), which was formed in 2000 as the publicly traded parent holding company of Price Associates and their affiliated entities. Price Associates offers a variety of mutual funds, sub-advisory services and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans and financial intermediaries.

Sybase, Inc. engages in the development and provision of mobile and wireless software solutions for data integration. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (DIMA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of DWS USA Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (ETR: DBK) in Germany. The firm was founded in 1984 and formerly known as Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. In 2018, they changed their name into DWS as part of the rebranding of Deutsche Asset Management. DIMA provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to various institutional clients. They also provide investment advisory services for its municipal bond strategies through wrap fee programs.

American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The firm was founded by James E. Stowers, Jr. in 1958 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Century Cos., Inc. ACIM provides portfolio management services to financial advisors, individual investors and institutional clients.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Pixelligent Technologies LLC develops and manufactures high performance nanocomposites. Its PixClear dispersions are tailored to be compatible with a wide variety of monomers and polymers. The firm’s patented synthesis and surface modification technologies produce high quality dispersions that can be easily incorporated into many of the most widely used polymer systems, from acrylics and epoxies to silicones and spin-on glasses. It delivers next generation materials for demanding applications in solid-state lighting, flat panel displays, and optical components and films. The company was founded by Gregory D. Cooper September 2000 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

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.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Crowell & Moring LLP provides legal services. It offers litigation and arbitration, regulatory, and transactional matters. The firm serves the aerospace and defense, automotive and trucking, aviation, chemicals, education, energy, financial institutions, and government contracting industries. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC (SEIA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Brian D. Holmes in 1997. They are wholly owned by Signature Financial Service Group LLC, which is owned primarily by a consortium of employees and investors through Reverence Capital Partners Opportunities Fund V LP. SEIA provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations and other businesses.

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

Caelum Research Corp. provides information technology services. It offers applied science, system engineering, and program management solutions. The company was founded by Michael Yeh and Diana Yeh in 1987 and is headquartered in Rockville, MA.

Universidade Paulista is a privately owned institution of higher learning with over 60 campuses throughout Brazil. Founded by Brazilian physician and educator João Carlos di Genio, Universidade Paulista offers a variety of graduate and post-graduate degrees. Universidade Paulista is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

The District of Columbia Bar provides legal services. The private company is based in Washington.

Smartlink LLC engages in the provision of staffing and network deployment services. It offers development, engineering, and maintenance of new and existing infrastructure within the telecommunications, energy, and government industries. The company was founded by Brendan Kelly and Scott Garry on December 20, 2000 and is headquartered in Annapolis, MD.

Nissint Technologies LLC provides software and electrical engineering services. The firm’s software engineering services include custom software development in Java and C++, web applications and web services, geospatial information systems, network design and security, database services, and software systems integration. Its electrical engineering services include radar system development, board design and layout, digital systems design and simulation, FPGA (field-programmable gate array), CPLD (complex programmable logic device), and DSP (digital signal processing) design, and VHDL (VHSIC hardware description language), Matlab, and Simulink programming. The company was founded by Nissa O. Ellinwood and John-Thomas Ellinwood in 2006 and is headquartered in Davidsonville, MD.

Blacklynx, Inc. manufactures and designs electronic hardware solutions for embedded computing, instrumentation, radio frequency, signal processing and power management. Its product Ryft ONE is an appliance capable of providing real-time business insights into both historical and streaming data. The firm delivers the speed, scalability, simplicity and security required for real-time intelligence applications like smart retail, fraud prevention, cyber security and financial compliance. It serves the government agencies and university research institutions specializing in defense, intelligence, physics and energy applications. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Washington Building Congress operates as non-political association dedicated to building relationships with and among members, encouraging collaboration on best practices and working together to advance industry. The company was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

National Fire Protection LLC develops and designs fire protection systems. It offers fire protection systems contractor capable of performing any type of commercial, industrial, residential, and special hazards systems and construction. The firm also provides full design-build services from project conception, budgeting, and trending, through full contract documents and specifications. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Aegis Wealth Management LLC (Aegis Wealth) is an independent registered wealth management firm headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. The firm was founded by four founding partners in 2005. Aegis Wealth provides advisory services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, charitable organizations and corporations or other businesses.

Capital Bank NA (Rockville, Maryland) is a privately-held business bank in the Washington, D.C., that offers a range of services encompassing cash management, commercial lending, consumer credit and residential mortgage and veterans administration home loans. The company was founded by Li-Min Lee in 1999 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Companhia Sulamericana de Distribuição engages in the retail sales and distribution of grocery products. It operates a chain of supermarkets. The company was founded by Jefferson Nogaroli and Carlos Alberto Tavares Cardoso on January 12, 2010 and is headquartered in Maringa, Brazil.