Heather Hubbard

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.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The firm was founded by James E. Stowers, Jr. in 1958 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Century Cos., Inc. ACIM provides portfolio management services to financial advisors, individual investors and institutional clients.

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by the Texas Legislature in 1937 to provide service and disability retirement benefits to teachers and administrators of the public school systems of Texas, which include institutions of higher education. In 1949, legislation expanded membership eligibility to include all employees of public education institutions. In 1985, TRS was assigned responsibility to administer health insurance program for public school retirees. The firm invests funds under its stewardship and delivers benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

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.

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.

Patriot Capital (Patriot) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Charles McCusker and Chris Royston. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Capital Southwest Management Co (Capital Southwest Management) is a private equity/venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Capital Southwest Corp founded in 1961. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Heelys, Inc. designs, markets and distributes action sports-inspired products primarily under the HEELYS brand targeted to the youth market. Its primary product, HEELYS-wheeled footwear, is patented, dual-purpose footwear that incorporates stealth, removable wheel in the heel. HEELYS-wheeled footwear product, includes single-wheel, two-wheel and grind-and-roll. Heelys was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Carrollton, TX.

The Whitmore Manufacturing Co. manufactures specialized lubricants, rail equipment, coatings, sealants, and contamination control solutions. It offers different product types which include absorbent, aerosols, anti-seize components, biodegradable lubricants, cement, chain lubricants, cleaners and degreasers, penetrating oil, rail lubricants, synthetic lubricants, and tire sealant. The company was founded by Samuel Whitmore in 1893 and is headquartered in Rockwall, TX.

Fortis Business Media LLC provides employment, safety, and environmental compliance solutions. It offers compliance products and services that include news, information and analysis, best practice guidance, employee training, and turnkey tools. The firm provides training programs, events, web portals, reports and subscription services. The company was founded by Robert L. Brady in 1977 and is headquartered in Brentwood, TN.

Blue Sage Service LP (Blue Sage Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Peter Huff and Jim McBride. The firm is headquartered in Austin. Texas.

Rectorseal LLC engages in manufacture of chemical sealants and other related products. It distributes its products to plumbing, industrial, HVAC-Refrigeration, construction, electrical, and hardware markets. Its products include thread sealants, firestopping sealants, plastic pipe cements, anti-seize compounds, fluxes, lubricants, chemical cleaners, duct sealants, leak locators, and other specialized products. The company was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Triangle Capital Corp. is a private equity investment arm of Triangle Capital Corp. (NasdaqGS: TCAP) founded in 2006 at Raleigh, North Carolina. Triangle is an internally-managed business development company that provides customized financing solutions for lower middle-market companies throughout the US.

Advantage Capital Partners (Advantage Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by Steven T. Stull and David W. Bergmann. The firm is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

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.

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.

Bengur Bryan & Co., Inc. operates as an investment bank which focuses on private placements, mergers and acquisitions, and other financial advisory services. It serves industries that include communications and technology, transportation, financial and business, consumer products and services, manufacturing and distribution, and health care services. The company was founded by Charles A. Bryan and Osmar Bengur in 1991 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Exeter Street Capital Partners LLC (Exeter Street Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Charles McCusker, John Heron, Charles Bryan and Stacey Wittelsberger. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Fitch Ratings, Inc. is a global rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Knowles in 1913 as Fitch Publishing Co. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. Fitch Ratings seeks to provide independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data to the world's credit markets. Their approach is based on a foundation of local market experience that covers capital markets in over 150 countries. The firm's ratings analysis and rating decisions are based on established criteria, methodologies and ratings definitions which they apply in a consistent manner. Fitch Ratings provides coverage of the following markets: Economics, Banks, Insurance, Sovereigns, Corporates, Structured Finance, Public Finance – International, Public Finance – US, Infrastructure & Project, and Finance.

Texas Yale Capital Corp., do-business-as Yale Capital Corp. (YCC), is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded by Cheyne Pace in 2004. YCC provides portfolio management services to high-net-worth individuals/families, private investment funds, and US institutions.

Patara Oil & Gas LLC engages in acquisition, development and production of natural gas and crude oil properties. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Part of Petro-king Oilfield Services Ltd., Petro-king Oilfield Technology Ltd. engages in oilfield engineering and consultancy services. The company is based in Shenzhen, China. Jin Long Wang has been the CEO of the Chinese company since 2003. Petro-king Oilfield Technology was acquired by Termbray Oilfield Services Ltd. on October 15, 2007 for $3.99 million.

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).

SignalDemand, Inc. develops and provides on-demand software and services that offer predictive analytics and optimization for commodity based value chains. It offers Market and PriceForecaster, PriceManager, PriceOptimizer, EnterpriseOptimizer and solutions based on software-as-a-service. The firm also provides implementation, user adoption and education and strategic consulting services. The company was founded by Phil Delurgio, Hau Leung Lee and Michael C. Neal in 2004 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.