Mike Kirkman

Candela Corp. develops and manufactures lasers for aesthetic and cosmetic procedures. It offers LEDs, ballasts, fluorescents, HIDs, miniature lamps, sockets, incandescent, fixtures and induction lighting solutions. The company was founded by Horace Furumoto in 1986 and is headquartered in Wayland, MA.

EMD Millipore Corp. engages in the provision of laboratory materials, technologies, and services to the life science industry. The company was founded by Jack Bush in 1954 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Netsmart Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of software solutions to the health and human services industry. It offers consulting services, hosting services, revenue cycle management, and training services. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

Nomura Asset Management USA, Inc. (NAM-USA) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd., which is wholly owned by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604; NYSE: NMR) in Japan. NAM-USA offers discretionary investment management services to institutional clients such as corporate pension plans, US registered investment companies and non-US pooled investment vehicles.

LGI Healthcare Solutions, Inc. engages in the provision of healthcare information technology solutions. It offers patient care management, human capital management, financial and supply chain management, intelligence and analytics, health sciences education, and consulting services. The company was founded by Claude Roy in 1982 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP engages in commercial real estate financing. The company was founded by Greta Guggenheim, Brian R. Harris and Pamela McCormack in October 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Ladder Capital Realty Finance, Inc. provides real estate services. It also acquire and manage a diverse portfolio of real estate and real estate-related assets through a fully-integrated commercial mortgage loan origination platform with in-house origination, underwriting, structuring, financing, asset management, risk management, and disposition capabilities. The company was founded in October 2008 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Clinical Ink, Inc. provides electronic source solutions for clinical research sites. Its solutions include data management, monitoring, clinical sites and patient centric. The company was founded by Douglas E. Pierce Jr. and Tommy Littlejohn on July 19, 2006 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. engages in the provision of management and technology consulting services. Its services include consulting, analytics, digital solutions, engineering, cyber security, and product. The company was founded by Edwin G. Booz in 1914 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Roche Diagnostics Corp. develops and manufactures diagnostic products. It offers anticoagulation management, blood gas and electrolytes, cholesterol and urinalysis products. The firm provides a broad portfolio of tools that help healthcare providers in the prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases like HPV, HIV, heart failure and diabetes, as well as other medical conditions, such as fertility and blood coagulation. Its products and services uses by researchers, physicians, patients, hospitals and laboratories worldwide. The company was founded in 1964 by Willard Eason and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

GI Manager LP (GI Manager) is a private equity firm founded by Richard Allen Magnuson and Michael F. Foust in 2001. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Smith College opened in 1875 with 14 students. Today, Smith is among the largest women’s colleges in Northampton, MA, with students from 48 states and 72 countries. The college remains strongly committed to the education of women at the undergraduate level, but Smith admits both men and women as graduate students.

CBR Systems, Inc. engages in the provision of newborn stem cell company. Its clinical application of cord blood and cord tissue stem cells by partnering with institutions to establish FDA-regulated clinical trials for conditions that have no cure today. The company was founded by Thomas E. Moore, Jesse O. Kramer, Wendy K. Grant, Paul R. Billings and Stephen M. Grant in 1992 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Francisco Partners Management LP (Francisco Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Benjamin Ball, Dipanjan Deb, Neil Garfinkel, Sanford Robertson and David Stanton. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco and London.

Plum Healthcare Group LLC provides healthcare and business consulting services. It offers professional, scientific, and technical services to commercial and industrial customers. The firm also provides skilled nursing facilities throughout California. The company by Mark Ballif and Paul Hubbard in 1999 and is headquartered in San Marcos, CA.

Vitalyst LLC provides application and device support for business users, and helps companies and government organizations. It offers software coaching, self-help resources, managed help desk, client training, and custom project services. The firm also provides migration assurance, productivity, and cloud storage adoption solutions. The company was founded by Jeffrey Becker in 1992 and is headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, PA.

Duckhorn Wine Co. produces and markets wines. It offers merlot, cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, red blend, and petit verdot wines. The company was founded by Daniel J. Duckhorn and Margaret L. Duckhorn in 1976 and is headquartered in St. Helena, CA.

SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. provides data center and hosting services. Its platform CloudLayer includes virtual servers, remote storage and a robust content delivery network. The firm also offers storage, network, software, monitoring, and security services. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Ladder Capital Finance LLC provides financing solutions for commercial real estate. It offers fixed-rate and floating-rate commercial mortgages, mezzanine financing, and preferred and direct equity to its partners. The company was founded by Greta Guggenheim and Robert Perelman in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

California Cryobank LLC provides donor sperm, private semen cryopreservation and reproductive services. The firm provides donor matching consultation, genetic counseling, family planning, vial buy-back and exchange, and directed donor services. The company was founded by Charles A. Sims and Cappy M. Rothman in 1977 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Advo Opco LLC provides behavioral healthcare services for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and dual diagnoses. It offers behavioral, medical, and transitional programming services include special education, functional skill acquisition, community participation, habilitation and vocational training, supported employment, family involvement, counseling, structured day programs, and campus and community living programs. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Bear, DE.

Lyra Health, Inc. engages in the development of a platform to identify people with behavioral health condition. It provides analytics and screening tools to identify people who can benefit from mental health care. The company was founded by Dena Bravata, Bob Kocher, Bryan Roberts, and David A. Ebersman in 2015 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

Prelude Fertility, Inc. operates as a fertility company. Its network of fertility clinics and egg donation centers offers egg freezing, egg storage, genetic testing, IVF and egg donation services. The company was founded by Martin Varsavsky Waisman in October 2016 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Generate Life Sciences, Inc. provides diagnostic services. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

US Fertility LLC is the largest physician-owned and physician-led integrated network of top-tier IVF/fertility practices in the United States. US Fertility and Ovation Fertility, a national network of premier IVF laboratories, are united under a shared mission to deliver the joy of parenthood through advanced reproductive medicine and innovative science. US Fertility supports over 200 physicians by leveraging collective expertise, driving innovation, and providing advanced business and digital solutions that streamline and enhance the delivery of exceptional patient care. The company is based in Rockville, MD, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company offers comprehensive fertility-market-focused non-clinical, administrative, and technical platforms that help domestic and international practices improve patient outcomes and increase profitability. The company has helped more than 225,000 individuals and couples build their families using assisted reproductive technology. Richard Jennings has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Part of Syneron Medical Ltd., Syneron Candela (UK) Ltd. is a British company that offers educational programs to accelerate knowledge in aesthetic treatments. The company is based in London, UK and were founded in 1994. The company manufactures a range of machines including the Vbeam® Perfecta, which is one of the world's best-selling pulsed dye lasers (PDL) machines. The Vbeam® Perfecta features advanced 595 nm PDL to treat multiple vascular and dermatologic conditions. Candela Medical is a leading manufacturer of Pulsed-dye and Fractional Laser, Intense Pulsed Light (IPL), and RF Microneedling machines.