Brian Gonzales

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

WEDGE Capital Management LLP (WEDGE) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in 1984, the firm provides portfolio management services to institutional investors as well as high net-worth individuals. WEDGE also provides non-discretionary advisory services to a Unified Managed Accounts (UMA) Program sponsored by a brokerage firm.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

NovaQuest Capital Management LLC (NovaQuest Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2010 by John Layton Bradley and Jonathan Edward Tunnicliffe. The firm is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

O2 Fitness LLC operates a network of fitness centers and health clubs. It offers personal training, nutrition solutions, and corporate wellness programs. The company has offices in Cary, Chapel Hill, Fuquay Varina, Raleigh, Wake Forest and Wilmington. O2 Fitness was founded by Michael D. Olander Jr., and Kevin Hedley in 2002 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

MDO Holdings LLC (MDO Holdings) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Michael D. Olander Jr. The firm is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Investors Management Corp (Investors Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1971 by James H Maynard and Bill Carl. The firm is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Carestream Health, Inc. engages in the provision of healthcare information technology solutions. It provides radiography, healthcare information solutions, veterinary, managed print solutions, and dental practices. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

BB&T Securities LLC, doing business as BB&T Capital Markets, is the broker/dealer subsidiary of BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT). The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. They offer a full array of investment, trading and execution services to middle-market companies. BB&T Capital Markets' sales and trading arm is comprised of 2 groups: Debt Securities Sales & Trading and Equity Sales & Trading. The Debt Securities Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) Government and agency securities (2) corporate bonds (3) municipal bonds (4) asset-backed securities (5) mortgage-backed securities (6) preferred securities and (7) money market desk (short-term securities including BB&T funding). The Equity Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) institutional block execution services (2) institutional distribution of proprietary research (3) providing proprietary access to industry leading conferences and management teams (4) serving as a NASDAQ market maker for over 250 securities (5) stock buybacks including 10b-18 and 10b5-1 trading plans and (6) 144 stock sales, individual 10b5-1 trading plans (buy and sell) and employee cashless stock option programs. BB&T Capital Markets provides research coverage of the communications, defense and government services, energy, financial services, furnishings and consumer durables, healthcare, industrial services, retail/consumer durables and transportation services sectors.

Regions Bank provides consumer and commercial banking, wealth management, mortgage, and insurance products and services. The company is headquartered in Birmingham, AL.

Saudi Technology Ventures (Saudi Technology Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Abdulrahman Tarabzouni. The firm is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabian Investment Co. /Private Equity/ (Sanabil Investments) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabian Investment Co. founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Alwans For Information Technology LLC invests in e-commerce, mobile and game development. The company was founded by Mosab Al-Othmani and Ahmad Al Zaini in 2010 and is headquartered in AlKhobar, Saudi Arabia.

Optimal Technology Solutions LLC provides cloud-based communication tools. It offers SMS, virtual number and number masking, and verification solutions. The company was founded by Hassan Hamdan and Ahmed Hamdan in 2006 and is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Taqnia Investments (Taqnia) is a venture capital subsidiary of The Saudi Technology Development & Investment Co. founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

Evalueserve, Inc. is a global provider of AI-enhanced managed services. Its solutions uniquely combine expert services with domain-specific AI and have been recognized by analysts such as Forrester and Chartis. Evalueserve’s solutions include data analytics, insights & advisory, intellectual property & R&D, investment banking services, lending services, private equity services, and risk & compliance. These solutions are powered by Evalueserve’s modular AIRA (AI for Research and Analytics) ecosystem, which includes domain-specific accelerators, products, and platforms. Evalueserve experts use these tools to reduce time to value and integrated new solutions into existing workflows. Notable products and platforms include Insightsfirst, Insightloupe, Publishwise, Spreadsmart, and Compsbuilder. The company supports three categories of firms: financial services, corporates, and professional services. Specifically, this includes Investment Banks, Corporate & Commercial Banks, Asset & Wealth Management Firms, Private Equity & Venture Capital Firms, Index Providers, Technology & Telecom, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Manufacturing & Industrial Goods, Energy, Chemicals, CPG & Retail, Logistics & Transportation, Professional Service Firms, Consultancy & Advisory Firms, Legal Firms, Real Estate Firms, Education & EdTech Firms. The company was founded by Alok Aggarwal & Marc Vollenweider in 2000 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

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.

Red Rock Leisure Pty Ltd. operates bars and cafes. The private company is based in South Melbourne, Australia.

Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Ziraat Bankasi AS provides commercial banking services. It offers retail, commercial, and small and medium enterprises banking services. The firm provides deposit and investment products, cash and non-cash loans, cards and cash management services to the individuals, commercial, and small and medium enterprises. It also offers insurance and pension products. The company was founded on November 20, 1863 and is headquartered in Ankara, Turkey.

Credit Suisse (New York Securities Branch) is based in New York, NY. Part of UBS Group AG, Credit Suisse (New York Securities Branch) is a company that provides investment banking and asset management services.

Ziraat Bank International AG provides commercial banking services. The company is based in Frankfurt, Germany. The German company is a subsidiary of Ziraat Bank, which is ultimately controlled by the Government of Turkey. Ayten Turkmen has been the CEO of the company since 2013.

ECO Trade & Development Bank provides banking services. Its products include corporate and project financing, banks and financial institutions financing, eligibility and monitoring. The company was founded on August 3, 2005 and is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.