Omar Billawala

Ariel Investments LLC (Ariel) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and fund management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by John W. Rogers, Jr. in 1983 and is a subsidiary of ACMI, Inc. Ariel provides investment management services to a variety of individual and institutional clients in the US. The firm also serves institutional separate account clients in Canada and offers certain separate account products to professional investors in Australia and Asia.

Wasatch Advisor Holdings LP (Wasatch) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. The firm was founded by Samuel Stewart and David Wagstaff in 1975. They are a subsidiary of Wasatch Advisor Holdings LP, owned by WA Holdings, Inc. Wasatch provides discretionary investment advice for a variety of clients, which includes mutual funds, collective trusts, separately managed accounts and sub-advised products.

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (DIMA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of DWS USA Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (ETR: DBK) in Germany. The firm was founded in 1984 and formerly known as Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. In 2018, they changed their name into DWS as part of the rebranding of Deutsche Asset Management. DIMA provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to various institutional clients. They also provide investment advisory services for its municipal bond strategies through wrap fee programs.

Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC (SHGA) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The firm was founded in 1982 by Jane Williams. SHGA provides investment management and wealth management services to high net-worth individuals, families, trusts, not-for-profit organizations, pension and profit-sharing plans, limited liability companies, partnerships, corporations, and business entities.

CCM Partners LP, do-business-as Shelton Capital Management (SCM), is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1985, SCM provides investment management services to mutual funds, institutions, individuals, retirement plans and their sponsors, and other entities.

TriVascular, Inc. develops and manufactures medical devices. It provides devices and procedures for treating abdominal aortic aneurysms and endovascular grafts. The company was founded by Michael V. Chobotov, Robert G. Whirley, and Joseph W. Humphrey in 1998 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Calistoga Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products. The company was founded by Michael W. Gallatin, Roger Ulrich and Neil Giese in March 2006 and is headquartered in Tumwater, WA.

Founded in 1994 by Kevin Landis, Firsthand Capital Management, is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager located in Santa Clara, California. The firm is the investment advisor to the Firsthand Funds, a series of no-load technology sector mutual funds. They also provide sub-advisory services to institutional investors, high net-worth individuals and other fund sponsors.

Matthews International Capital Management LLC (dba Matthews Asia) is an independent SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Paul Matthews in 1991. Matthews Asia manages portfolios for institutional clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, insurance companies, endowments and foundations and other business entities around the world. Institutional clients include funds registered under the laws of Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada.

Pomona College offers curriculum in the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. It was founded in 1887 and it is headquartered in Claremont, CA

Retix, Inc. provides systems integration services. The private company is based in Santa Monica, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Andy de Mari.

Part of Gartner, Inc., Dataquest, Inc. is an American company that provides accounting software with powerful automations and business intelligence. The company prioritizes customer service by ensuring that their clients can easily reach them through phone calls. Dataquest was acquired by Gartner, Inc. from The Dun & Bradstreet Corp. on August 14, 1996 for $75 million.

Silicon Genesis Corp. provides engineered substrate process technology for the semiconductor, display, optoelectronics, and solar markets. Its technology is used for production of Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) semiconductor wafers for high performance applications. The company was founded by Francois J. Henley, Nathan Cheung and Chung Chan in September 1997 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Cameron Health, Inc. develops medical devices for patients and medical professionals. It has developed a totally subcutaneous implantable defibrillator (S-ICD) system that remedies many of the issues associated with traditional implantable cardioverter defibrillators. The company was founded on August 21, 2000 and is headquartered in San Clemente, CA.

US Robotics Corp. provides Internet access and networking. The firm designs broadband modems, wired and wireless networking solutions, and Internet security devices. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Schaumburg, IL.

Pinnacle Ventures LLC (Pinnacle Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Kenneth Pelowski and Robert Savoie. The firm is headquartered in Burlingame, California.

Lumiata, Inc. provides predictive analytics around medical science and patient data. It offers patient risk and wellness analytics and gaps of data, diagnosis and care services. The firm serves care providers, payers and digital health developers. The company was founded by Aditya Ash Damle and Pradeep Damle in 2013 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. provides medical services. It operates as a multispecialty group medical practice offering health care service to the California region. The firm also provides and arranges for medical care for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan members in each respective region. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Arcadia, CA.

Kaiser Permanenente Ventures LLC (KP Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Kaiser Permanente, Inc. founded in 1996 by Henry Kaiser and Dr. Sidney Garfield. The firm is headquartered in Oakland, California.

Lutonix, Inc. develops and commercializes drug coated balloon catheters. Its catheters help to deliver therapeutic dose of paclitaxel. The firm’s catheters are used to treat peripheral and coronary lesions. The company was founded in July 2007 by Dennis Wahr and Lixiao Wang and is headquartered in New Hope, MN.