Chris Lambert

Sybase, Inc. engages in the development and provision of mobile and wireless software solutions for data integration. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

TA Associates Management LP(TA Associates) is a venture capital firm headquartered in Boston. The firm is founded in 1968 by Peter Brooke a subsidiary of TA Associates Management Holding LP.

Citizens JMP Securities LLC (Citizens JMP) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Joseph Jolson in 2002 and was formerly JMP Securities LLC. The firm is a subsidiary of JMP Holding LLC, ultimately held by Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG). Citizens JMP provides equity research, institutional brokerage, and investment banking services to public and private growth companies and their investors. They are a research-driven, growth-oriented firm that provides services to small- and mid-sized companies and the institutions that invest in them. The firm specializes in four high-growth sectors of the economy: technology, healthcare, financial services, and real estate.

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.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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.

TPE Boulder, Inc. (Ticonderoga Capital) is a private equity firm founded by James Vandervelden in 1997. The firm is headquartered in Braintree, Massachusetts.

Founded in 2003 by Benjamin Howe and Maria Lewis Kussmaul, America's Growth Capital LLC (ACG) is an emerging growth-focused, research, broker/dealer and investment banking firm headquartered in Boston. The firm is a subsidiary of America's Growth Capital Holdings LLC. They seek to identify small-cap opportunities and bring new investment opportunities to growth-oriented institutional and private equity investors. AGC completes investment banking transactions for emerging growth companies in the following industries: (1) technology including communications, data center, financial technology, information security, semiconductors and software (2) clean technology, (3) digital media/Internet and (4) business services. They have participated in transactions ranging in size from $6 million to $1 billion. These transactions have included buyouts, buy-side and sell-side advisory assignments, private placements, PIPEs, IPOs, follow-ons and fairness opinions. The firm's Capital Markets group provides analysis on leading emerging growth sectors with a focus on identifying dynamic changes and trends in their focus industries. They present ideas through: (1) white papers, which provide topical and industry-wide analysis by highlighting the leading small-cap public and private companies of influence (2) thought pieces, which illustrate the impact of current events such as legislation, market swings and (3) capital market updates which present comprehensive statistics and data on one or more product areas including IPOs, M&A, private placements, etc. that have an impact on the emerging growth universe. AGC maintains relationships across multiple pools of capital including institutional, private equity, venture capital, hedge fund, sovereign wealth and debt. They leverage those relationships to provide clients with the best sources of financing for their particular needs.

JumpStart, Inc. is a non profit organization that supports entrepreneurial service organizations. The firm advises, invests in, assists and accelerates Northeast Ohio's early-stage ideas and companies. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Founded in 2001 by Jonathan Hodson-Walker, Silverwood Partners LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in Sherborn, Massachusetts. The firm provides fundamental strategic research covering the media communication technology, interactive communication technology, healthcare and healthcare technology, software and information technology, financial services technology and industrial and consumer growth sectors. In addition to information gathered through primary research on public and private companies, Silverwood Partners also uses extensive secondary research sources for each sector under coverage. The firm is a member of FINRA and the SIPC.

Mycroft, Inc. provides cyber security and information technology governance services. It offers strategy and assessment services, including identity and access management risk assessment, identity and information security strategy, data protection strategy, cloud security strategy and vendor selection. The company was founded by Jonathan Freeman in 1988 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

TrueNorth Cos. LLC engages in the operation of an insurance and financial services firm. It offers business and personal solutions such as homeowner's insurance, auto insurance, health insurance, financial planning, and individual truck driver solutions. The company was founded by David Verhille in November 2001 and is headquartered in Cedar Rapids, IA.

International Human Resources Development Corp. provides training and competency development for oil and gas industry. The firm offers instructional programs, e-learning solutions, and competency management. The company was founded by David A. T. Donohue in 1969 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

GrammaTech, Inc. engages in the development of software-assurance tools and cyber-security solutions. It offers software assurance, software hardening and cyber-security, software for avionics, medical, industrial control and other mission-critical applications. The firm serves he embedded, automotive, industrial automation, medical, and aerospace and defense industries. The company was founded by Tim Teitelbaum and Thomas Reps in 1988 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Pleasant Bay Capital Partners LLC (Pleasant Bay Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by James Vandervelden. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.