Joseph Vaughan

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

First Reserve Management LP (First Reserve) is a private equity firm founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Warburg Pincus LLC (Warburg Pincus) is a private equity subsidiary of Warburg Pincus & Company US LLC founded in 1966. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Lazard Freres & Co. LLC provides corporate advisory, capital market, and asset management services. The company was founded on April 13, 1992 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Seaport Global Securities LLC is a full service investment bank, capital markets advisory and research platform headquartered in New York City with offices across the US and in Europe. They are a subsidiary of Seaport Global Holdings LLC. The firm offers access to a broad selection of fixed income and equity products, as well as the market intelligence to provide insight to dynamic opportunities for its clients. Seaport Global Securities provides clients access to innovative trading solutions, competitive rates, quality execution, and superior service. Their equity trading team focuses on identifying liquidity in US, Canadian and European markets. The fixed income distribution platform covers all areas of the credit spectrum.

Citadel Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Miami, Florida. The firm was founded in 1990 by Kenneth Griffin and is wholly-owned by Citadel Advisors Holdings LP, ultimately held by GFH HFEVA LLC. Citadel Advisors manages private investment funds that are offered exclusively to sophisticated investors.

Natural Gas Partners LLC (NGP) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of NGP Energy Capital Management, LLC founded in 1988 by David Russell Albin and Kenneth Alfredo Hersh. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Accenture LLP provides management consulting, technology, and outsourcing services. Its services encompass customer relationship, finance, human resources, service, supply chain, information management, business process, and infrastructure outsourcing services. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

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.

Bares Capital Management, Inc. (BCM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by Brian T. Bares in 2000. The firm provides investment management services predominantly for institutional, pooled investment vehicle, and family office clients, and a small subset of high net-worth individuals and trust programs.

Part of Kirkbi A/S, Zowie Intertainment, Inc. designs technology based entertainment products. The company is based in San Mateo, CA. The company was founded by Amy Francetic.

JLL Partners, Inc (JLL partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Paul S. Levy. The firm is headquartered in New York, US.

Stone Point Capital LLC (Stone Point Capital) is a Private Equity firm founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

Digital Pay Network, Inc. provides mobile content services. The firm offers its customers with a mobile e-mail account. Its mobile e-mail account allows users to send, receive, and post messages worldwide and also messages can be sent and received via cell phones, PDA devices or web-based IP addresses. The company is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Founded in 2012, KLR Group LLC is an SEC-registered broker/dealer located in Houston, Texas. The firm is a subsidiary of KLR Group Holdings LLC, a full service investment and merchant bank. KLR focuses on the natural resources sector including oil & gas, metals & mining and agriculture. Their area of expertise includes exploration & production companies, service providers and midstream/infrastructure carriers and processors.

OFS Energy Fund LLC (OFS Energy Fund) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by Bruce L. Ross and Jerad McMayon. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Renovo Capital LLC (Renovo Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Mark Barbeau, Donald W. Jungerman and Scott Lavie. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Trive Capital LLC (Trive Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by Conner Searcy and Chris Zugaro. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Capital Factory Management LLC (Capital Factory) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Joshua Baer and Samuel Decker. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Tritium Partners LLC (Tritium Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Gradient Ventures (Gradient Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm subsidiary of Google LLC founded in 2017 by Zach Bratun Glennon. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Mage Technologies, Inc. provides technology related services. The company is based in Santa Clara, CA. The CEO of the company is Tam Tommy Dang.

Contractbook ApS provides platform for end-to-end contract management. It offers tools for client-portal for legal professionals and contract drafters that generate contract automatically based on customer questionnaires. The company was founded by Niels Martin Nielsen-Brøchner, Jaroslaw Mikolaj Owczarek, and Viktor Heide in 2015 and is headquartered in Nordhavn, Denmark.

RedBird Capital Partners Management LLC (RedBird Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Gerry Cardinale. The firm is headquartered in New York.

CVP, Inc. is a technology events company based in Texas. The American company specializes in developing high-profile technology events that showcase thought leaders to the larger ecosystem and highlight key stakeholders. The company also provides event consulting and public speaking services, and welcome opportunities to present on technology-related subjects. The company's suite of services includes conference vision and content program design, speaker recruitment and management, startup live pitch recruitment and showcase, advisory board recruitment and management, partner programming, pre-event logistics, keynote and featured speakers programming, panels, workshops, 1-on-1 meetings, mentors meet-ups, award ceremonies, budget and timeline management, audio/video logistics and production, online event registration, volunteer coordination, onsite management, experiential activities, and community engagement. The company has worked with several clients and have received positive feedback for their ability to navigate the dynamics of a growing and changing business market.

Mountaingate Management Co LLC (Mountaingate Capital) is a private equity fim founded in 2016 founded by Bennett R. Thompson, Stewart A. Fisher, and Bruce L. Rogers. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.