Sami A. Miro

Open Link Financial LLC develops financial trading and risk management software. It products include dbcSMAETsoft, OASES, findur, IRM, RightAngle and endur. The company was founded by Coleman Fung in 1992 and is headquartered in Uniondale, NY.

Riskmetrics Group LLC provides financial risk management services. The firm provides financial analytics and wealth management solutions to different financial institutions, corporations and central banks. It consists of three primary business units–risk management, governance services and financial research. The company was founded by Ethan M. Berman in 1994 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Lehman Brothers Bancorp, Inc. provides banking and financial services. It offers savings, credit cards, and brokerage and mortgage services. The firm also provides home financing, asset based lending, and residential real estate finance. The company was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

TravelClick, Inc. engages in development of cloud-based and data-driven solutions for hotels. Its solutions include suites, business intelligence, reservations and booking engine, media, web and video, and guest management solutions. The company was founded by Raymond Martin Cohen, Richard W. Gray and Ray Cohen in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of MSCI, Inc., Barra International LLC is a British company that provides risk management solutions to investment professionals. The company is based in London, UK. Barra International was founded in 1990.

The Urban Land Institute operates as a non-commercial research organization. It provides leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide. The company was founded on December 14, 1936 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.