Michael A. Pruzan

Allied Capital Corp, a business development company, invests in private middle market companies located in the US. The fund target companies across a broad range of sectors with an EBITDA of $5 - $150 million. It provides debt and equity financing for buyout transactions and also makes minority equity co-investments. It also invests in private equity and debt funds.

General Electric Capital Corp. provides financial products and services. Its services include commercial loans and leases, fleet management, financial programs, credit cards, personal loans, and other financial services. The firm’s solutions include energy finance and aviation finance. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

Biometric Access Co. provides hardware and software solutions for fingerprint and facial recognition. It offers secure touch payroll check cashing that reduces fraud loss and provides safe payroll, personal, and government check cashing. The company was founded by John Shepard and Ronald Smith in 1996 and is headquartered in Pacific, MO.

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.

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.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP provides legal services. It is a business and litigation firm with a diverse client base, includes business, financial institutions and not-for-profit organizations, government entities and individual clients. The firm represents business, financial, institutional and individual clients, including publicly held multinational corporations, large and mid-sized privately held companies, partnerships and emerging companies. The company was founded by Robert D. Klingler in 1873 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

American Investment Council provides investment and business advocacy services. The private company is based in Washington.

TowerBrook Capital Partners LP (TowerBrook Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Neal Moszkowski and Anthony O'Carroll. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Ironshore, Inc. engages in the provision of property and casualty insurance services. It caters the construction, energy, financial institutions, healthcare, real estate, and manufacturing industries. The company was founded by Robert Clements and John Clements in December 2006 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Easton Capital Investment Group (Easton) is a Venture Capital firm which is founded in 2000 by John H. Friedman. The firm is headquartered in New York ,US.

Onvoy LLC provides telecommunications solutions. It products include VoIP origination service, wholesale long distance, tandem and transit, toll free, SS7 and database services, call management, iowa integrated switched service, and MIEAC tandem services. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Spheris, Inc. provides clinical documentation technology and medical transcription services. It offers dictation options for its physician clients, data review options for hospital administrators, and managed work flow and protocols through its proprietary medical language specialists workstation software and integrated clinical documentation platforms. The company was founded by John H. Dayani, Sr. in 1993 and is headquartered in Franklin, TN.

Cantata Technology, Inc. provides technological products and services for the communications industry. It offers telecommunications system integration and manufacturing services to value added resellers, original equipment manufacturers, and application developers. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

project frog, Inc. offers pre-engineered building systems for public, retail, retreat and workplace facilities. It provides component buildings that assemble easily onsite, giving architects and builders a fast and cost effective way to create beautiful and energy efficient buildings. The firm offers a versatile ecosystem of products that adapt to all kinds of uses including early childhood, K-12, higher education, healthcare, public, retail, retreat and workplace. The company was founded by Mark Miller and Desi Shunturova in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of PNG Telecommunications, Inc., Aleron, Inc. is a recruitment and talent acquisition company that offers services to emerging companies. Aleron is based in McLean, VA and is a trusted resource for talent consulting. The company helps startups attract and retain top talent, which is a crucial issue for management teams. Aleron was acquired by PNG Telecommunications, Inc. on May 16, 2002.

Format Dynamics, Inc. provides advertising technology software solutions. The firm optimizes content for saving, emailing, printing, and viewing on mobile devices. It makes print advertising work for the online world, delivering media solutions that advertisers want and web publisher's needs. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Goldman Sachs Capital Partners is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area founded in 1986. Goldman Sachs Capital Partners is headquartered in New York.

IrishAngels Inc (IrishAngels) is a venture capital subsidiary of Vitalize Venture Group founded in 2012 by Thomas Jordan Curnes, David Wieland and Gale Wilkinson. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

SPM Global Services, Inc. provides sales compensation management software and services. The company was founded by Mark A. Stiffler on December 7, 1990 and is headquartered in Chester, PA.

Iridian Technologies, Inc. develops and commercializes authentication recognition software solutions. Its recognition enables both physical access security and information network security. The firm also offers enabling technology for large-scale identification applications, physical facilities, information networks, and electronic transactions. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Moorestown, NJ.

Butler Capital Corp (Butler Capital) is a private equity firm. The firm is headquartered in Albany, New York.