Scott Blanton

Aqua-Chem, Inc. manufactures and installs water purification, heat transfer and specialty process equipment. It develop water solutions for the military, pharmaceutical, offshore oil and gas, industrials, bottled water, commercial marine, and micro-utilities markets. The firm’s technologies include pretreatment, electrodeionization, vapor compression distillation, and pure steam generation, high recovery reverse osmosis and other membrane processes. The company was founded by John C. Cleaver and Raymond Brooks in 1929 and is headquartered in Knoxville, TN.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Nextray, Inc. develops imaging machines. The private company is based in Chapel Hill, NC. The company was founded by Christopher Parham.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Velocity Technology Solutions V, Inc. provides information technology outsourcing and consulting services. The firm also offers ERP hosting services, including hosting and managed, transition, helpdesk support, application support, education services and training, technical application management, database administration support, tax and legislative updates. The company was founded by Michael A. Vadini in 1998 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Razorback Foundation, Inc. provides support services for student-athletes. The private company is based in Fayetteville, AR.

National Cotton Council of America operates as a trade organization for cotton production. The firm established is to lobby in favour of farm bills agreeable to the cotton industry. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Cordova, TN.

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) is a professional organization that provides education, advocacy, and networking opportunities for intellectual property (IP) law practitioners. The organization is based in Arlington, VA and offers a variety of resources for its members, including access to committees focused on specific areas of IP law, continuing legal education (CLE) courses, and publications such as the quarterly journal and Innovate magazine. AIPLA also advocates for policies that support the protection of IP rights and provides resources for students and the public.

Hercules Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Scott Harvey, Manuel Henriquez, and Roy Liu. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

The Virginia State Bar provides access to various legal documents and forms for public use, including practice certificates, good standing certificates, and annual dues forms. The Virginia State Bar is based in Richmond, VA. The organization also offers resources related to disasters, COVID-19, and other legal matters. The Standing Committee on Legal Ethics answers ethics questions and issues opinions.

The National Investor PRJSC (Investment Management) (TNI-IM) is the investment management division of United Arab Emirates-based investment management and advisory firm The National Investor PJSC (AD: TNI). Established in 1994, the firm provides sophisticated investors with investment management and advisory services, including best-of-breed funds and segregated accounts. In addition to the main office in Abu Dhabi, the firm also has an office in the Dubai International Financial Centre.

The National Investor /Private Equity/ (TNI) is a private equity division of The National Investor PRJSC founded in 1994. The firm is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Cofounders Capital Management LLC (Cofounders Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by David Gardner. The firm is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina.

Carolinas Cotton Growers Cooperative, Inc. operates as a cooperative marketing association. It provides marketing, warehousing, brokerage, and financial services. The firm operates through its subsidiaries Cotton Growers Warehouses, Inc. (CGW) and Southeast Futures Management, Inc. (SFM). The company was founded on February 8, 1922 and is headquartered in Garner, NC.

ATCOM, Inc. (North Carolina) provides business technology solutions. It offers information technology support, unified communication, and virtualization. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

The Intellectual Property Owners Association is an organization that advocates for effective and affordable intellectual property ownership rights. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The American company offers resources such as amicus briefs, testimony and comments, IPO law journal articles, and IPO Federal Circuit Summaries™. The organization is committed to diversity and inclusion and supports minority and women-owned businesses, including law firms.

Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP provides intellectual property law services. It serves in patent prosecution, post-grant review, litigation, opinions and counselling, design patents, trademarks and licensing areas. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Falls Church, VA.

Bourne Capital Partners LLC (Bourne Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Banks Bourne. The firm is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

People Pattern Corp. provides analytics marketing platform for audience segmentation, user classification, and audience activation. Its services include audience intelligence, customer acquisition, personalized content, influencer identification and activation, enrich first party-data, and client service. The company was founded by Kenneth Seung Cho and Jason Baldbridge in March 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.