Albert W. Lin

Originally founded in 2002 by Curt Snyder and Richard Prati as American Technology Research, Broadpoint.AmTech Equity Capital Markets is an independent research firm and broker/dealer headquartered in Greenwich with offices in Littleton, Colorado and San Francisco. The firm was acquired by Broadpoint Securities Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPSG) in 2008. Broadpoint.Am Tech seeks to generate profitable ideas through fundamental research. They offer timely and focused research on the information technology, clean energy and defense sectors for institutional investors including mutual funds and alternative asset managers. Broadpoint.AmTech covers the following industries: (1) aerospace and defense (2) analog semiconductors (3) broadband and media services (4) clean technology/biofuels (5) clean technology/energy generation and infrastructure (6) clean technology/coal (7) clean technology/solar (8) clean technology/wind (9) data networking and storage components (10) engineering and construction (11) financial technology (12) Internet (13) information technology hardware (13) LED industry (14) software (15) wireless communications and (16) wireless ICs.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

EmberClear, Inc. is an investment company focused in the clean energy technology industry. It aims to accelerate the adoption of technologies enabling dramatic improvements in the efficiency and cleanliness of fossil fuel consumption. EmberClear's goal is to find economically viable business models with the potential to deliver reduced emissions of over 50% when compared to industry average results. The company has a strategic investment in Future Fuels Pennsylvania Inc, which is a joint venture of Future Fuels LLC of Houston, Texas and EmberClear, Inc. Houston-based Future Fuels LLC develops clean coal gasification projects and holds land, coal reserves, technology licenses and other project related assets. FPPI's Good Spring IGCC is one of the power projects being developed by Future Fuels, which is currently developing similar projects in other parts of the world. EmberClear proposes to spin out its camera business, Immersive Media, the pioneer of 360-degree, full-motion, interactive video experiences. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

NanoAmp Mobile is a fabless CMOS semiconductor company headquartered in California's Silicon Valley with a regional office located in Taiwan. NanoAmp Mobile is a wholly owned subsidiary of NanoAmp Solutions. The company is dedicated to providing analog, RF, mixed-signal and IP solutions for current and emerging wireless, automotive, medical, and consumer electronics markets. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

NinthDecimal, Inc. engages in the development of mobile audience intelligence platform. It specializes in the 9D solutions, television (TV) solutions, visit stream, programmatic, and data licensing. The company was founded by Kevin McKenzie and Nihad Hafiz in 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Centrinity, Inc. develops telecommunications software. The firm provides feature-rich messaging and collaboration solutions to service providers, enterprises, governments and learning organizations. The company was founded by Scott Welch and Myles M. McGovern in 1994 and is headquartered in Richmond Hill, Canada.

EmberClear Corp. is an energy development company, which develops cleaner power, chemical and liquid fuels projects. The firm's projects include Pennsylvania Power, Mississippi Liquids, Pennsylvania Liquids and Pennsylvania Coal. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.