Jean W. Thomas

Founded in 2001 by Jean W. Thomas, Quantitative Research Group (QRG) is an independent research firm located in Tarrytown, New York with an additional office in Dallas, Texas. The firm provides comprehensive quantitative products and services to help clients develop structured products to exploit market inefficiencies. QRG's products are built on a variety of top-tier financial databases, which are combined and organized into a single integrated source. QRG offers two categories of products. Their basic service level provides firms a competitively-priced package of stock selection models. The second category of products is more suitable for larger firms. These products include value-added analytical solutions to allow the sophisticated application of QRG's models as components in a multivariate framework, as well as consulting services to build customized multifactor models and strategies based each client's specifications.

Part of Woodbridge Co. Ltd. /New/, Bridge Information Systems America, Inc. provides real-time financial information. The company is based in Topeka, KS. Bridge Information Systems America was acquired by Bridge Information Systems, Inc. from Knight-Ridder, Inc. on July 26, 1996 for $275 million.

Citibank NA engages in the provision of banking services. It offers retail and commercial banking; credit cards; banking, capital markets, and advisory; markets and securities services; private banking; and treasury and trade solutions. The company was founded on June 16, 1812 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Franklin Advisers, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in San Mateo, California. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN), a holding company that, together with its various subsidiaries, is referred to as Franklin Templeton Investments. Franklin Advisers provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to US and non-US, registered open-end and closed-end funds and unregistered funds, as well as separate accounts.

Dais, Inc. provides a cloud-based mass communication platform called Regroup Mass Notification. The company is based in Overland Park, KS and was founded by Chris Utah. The platform enables organizations to send emergency and day-to-day communications to millions of people through mobile devices, landlines, social media, email, websites, and more. Regroup Mass Notification has been trusted by healthcare, enterprise, higher education, and other industries since 2006.