Brian G. Firth

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

CardioMEMS LLC designs and manufactures wireless sensing and communication technology for the human body. Its technology platform is designed to improve the management of severe chronic cardiovascular diseases, such as heart failure and aneurysms. The firm’s miniature wireless sensors can be implanted using minimally invasive techniques and transmit cardiac output, blood pressure and heart rate data that are critical to the management of patients. The company was founded by Mark G. Allen and Jay S. Yadav in 1999 is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

ICON Interventional Systems, Inc. operates as a cardiovascular medical device company. The company was founded by Jay S. Yadav in 2003 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Prescient Medical, Inc. develops diagnostic and therapeutic catheter-based devices for cardiologists. The company was founded by Janet Morrisin, David P. Hochman, Robert A. Lodder and Marvin L. Woodall in 2004 and is headquartered in Doylestown, PA.

Contego Medical LLC develops novel emboli protection devices. Its products include CORGUARD coronary stent system, VANGUARD renal stent system, and PALADIN carotid post-dilation balloon. The company was founded by Ravish Sachar and Jay S. Yadav in 2005 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

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.

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.

Horizon Partners Ltd (Horizon Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1990 by Robert M. Feerick. The firm is headquartered in Naples, Florida.

Doylestown Hospital provides health care services. The hospital provides acute and tertiary medical services include cardiac surgery, cancer care, and orthopedics. The hospital was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Doylestown, PA.

Lehigh Valley Health Network, Inc. engages in the provision of healthcare services. It offers emergency care, express care, primary care, specialty care, video visits, pediatric video visits, testing and imaging, and rehabilitation services. The company is headquartered in Allentown, PA.

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation operates as a civic and social association. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Charles A. Simonton.

PS Capital Partners LLC (PS Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Paul A. Stewart and Paul W. Sweeney. The firm is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Novo Group, Inc. provides information technology and technical staffing services. It offers professional staffing, outsourced recruiting and executive search services. The company was founded by Mike Harris and Cindy Lu in 2003 and is headquartered in Brookfield, WI.

Sussek Machine Co. LLC provides industrial technology services and machined parts and assemblies manufacturing. It offers product development, process engineering, fixture design and manufacture, cellular and robotic, assembly, software engineering, prototypes, precision metrology laboratory, systems, continuous improvement program, computerized shop control, and high speed internet and electronic data interchange. Its products include axis lathes, twin spindle vertical and horizontal lathes, vertical and horizontal machining centers, computer numerical control grinding, broaching, computer numerical control hobbing, balancing, induction heat treat, oven temper, honing, inertia and conventional welding, and assembly. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Waterloo, WI.

Part of D.O.R.C. Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center (International) BV, Peregrine Surgical LLC is a manufacturer, packager, and developer of single-use devices used for ophthalmic surgery. The company is based in New Britain, PA. Peregrine Surgical has served the ophthalmic community as a private label manufacturer for reusable and disposable products routinely used in both anterior and posterior segment surgeries. Peregrine Surgical has launched many effective products, including re-sposable forceps, illuminated endo-laser probes, flexible membrane scrapers, and illuminated picks. Peregrine Surgical continues to provide services to the largest surgical supply companies in the world with products that deliver high standards of quality and reliability. The company was founded in 1991 by Sheila Richmond, John Richmond, and Todd Richmond has been the CEO of the company since 1997. Peregrine Surgical was acquired by D.O.R.C. Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center (International) BV on October 14, 2022.

BlackRock Private Equity Partners (BlackRock PEP) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of BlackRock Alternative Investors founded in 1999 by Russell Steenberg. The firm is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

Sound Harbor Partners LLC is a private equity firm. The firm was Founded in 2009 and it's headquartered in New York City, US.

PAX Holdings LLC provides food packaging and industrial packaging services. The company was founded by James Kornfeld in 2015 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.