Robert E. Pickens

Cornell Cos. LLC provides correctional facilities development, design, construction and operations services. It provides a diversified portfolio of services for adults & juveniles, including incarceration & detention, transition from incarceration, drug and alcohol treatment programs, behavioral rehabilitation & treatment, emphasizing community safety and rehabilitation in support of public policy. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

SOURCECORP, Inc. provides business process outsourcing solutions and consulting services. The company was founded by David Lowenstein in September 1994 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

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.

ABRY Partners LLC (ABRY Partners) a private equity subsidiary of John F. Stafford Insurance Agency, Inc. founded in 1989 by Samuel Andrew Banks and Royce G. Yudkoff. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Part of Lumen Technologies, Inc. (Louisiana), Frontier Corp. is a telecommunications company that provides local telephone and long distance services, as well as Internet access or frame relay applications. The company is based in Rochester, NY. Frontier was acquired by Global Crossing Ltd. /Old/ on September 28, 1999 for $8,759.66 million.

Inmar, Inc. engages in the development of technology and uses advanced data analytics for the commerce work. It offers solutions for brands, retailers, healthcare, reverse logistics, returns management, influencer marketing, shopper analytics, pharmaceutical returns, and trade promotions. The company was founded by John C. Whitaker, Jr. in 1980 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, 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.

Language Line, Inc. operates as a development stage company. The firm provides over-the-phone interpretation services from English into other languages. Its customers include the government, health care, telecom, financial services, and insurance industries. The company was founded in April 2004 and is headquartered in Monterey, CA.

Language Line Holdings, Inc. provides over-the-phone interpretation services. The firm provides language, technology, and document translation services. It serves government, healthcare, telecom, financial services and insurance companies. The company was founded in December 1999 and is headquartered in Monterey, CA.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The American Correctional Association is a company that celebrates over 152 years of excellence. The non-profit company is based in Alexandria, VA. The company provides a digital publication called "Corrections Today" and offer a time-limited opportunity for recertification during the COVID pandemic.

Part of FTI Consulting, Inc., FTI Capital Advisors LLC is a boutique middle market investment bank specializing in M&A, capital raising, valuation and opinions, and special situations mandates across targeted industry sectors. The company is based in Washington and is the wholly owned investment banking subsidiary of FTI Consulting, Inc. The American company has deep credentials in the TMT sector, as well as in the energy, real estate, healthcare, and industrial sectors. FTI Capital Advisors is registered with FINRA and engages in securities transactions pursuant to that registration.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

CIBT, Inc. engages in the provision of visa and passport processing services. It specializes in processing travel visas, passports, and other documents, as well as provides passport renewal and replacement for lost or stolen passport. The company was founded on May 16, 1995 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Direct Travel, Inc. provides corporate travel management services. It offers business travel program management, travel savings, risk management, and traveler care . The company was founded in Ed Adams 2011 and is headquartered in Centennial, CO.

Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC (Beacon Pointe) is the asset management subsidiary of Beacon Pointe Advisors Holdings LLC, headquartered in Newport Beach, California. The firm was founded in 2002 by Matthew Cooper, Shannon Eusey, Mollie Rosing, Douglas Allison, Felix Lin, and Garth Flint, and is ultimately held by KKR North America XIII (Polyphony) Blocker LLC. Beacon Pointe offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment and non-investment-related consulting services and investment advisory services to institutional and individual clients.

Invertix Corp. provides information technology solutions to the national security community. It offers research and development, engineering, and mission support challenges in the areas of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; enterprise information technology; and communications mission systems. The company was founded by Arthur D. Hurtado in 1999 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Founded in 2000 by John Abbott, 451 Research LLC is a technology-industry syndicated research and data firm focused on the business of enterprise IT innovation. The firm is headquartered in New York City. 451 Research is a division of The 451 Group, a leading global analyst and data company. 451 Research's market-segment coverage is focused, organized and delivered through comprehensive Practice Areas available via subscription. These areas include: CloudScape (CS), Eco-Efficient IT (ECO-IT), Eco-Efficient IT (ECO-IT), Enterprise Security (ESP), Internet Infrastructure Services (IIS), Infrastructure Computing for Enterprise (ICE), Information Management (IM) and Multi-Tenant Datacenter (MTDC).

Sabre Airline Solutions provides software technology solutions, products and services for airline reservations and departure control and consulting services. It distributes software solutions and consulting services through a sales and marketing organization that spans four continents, with primary sales offices in the Dallasa and Fort Worth area, London, Hong Kong and Sydney. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Southlake, TX.

Astira Capital Partners LP is an Independent firm founded by Azra Kanji. Astira Capital Partners LP is headquartered in Boston.

Excel Telecom (dba Excel Telecommunications) is a leading, facilities based provider of a rich suite of high quality, integrated voice and data communications products and services to residential, commercial and carrier customers. Excel offers a wide range of switched and dedicated voice and data services, including domestic and international direct-dial and dial-around long distance, toll-free, wholesale pre-paid long distance and local services, as well as carrier transport, conferencing, hosting and other value-added services, to commercial, carrier and residential customers. Based on its Veraz softswitching platform, Excel has developed and deployed its next generation, IP-based voice and data services, including SIP trunking, hosted IP PBX, IP VPNs and dedicated data services. The Company owns and operates a robust, nationwide Class IV/V VoIP-FGD enabled network that forms a mesh of connectivity across 9 major U.S. metropolitan markets. Consisting of long haul fiber paths, numerous routers, servers and switching equipment, the network provides on-net coverage of virtually every U.S. LATA. Excel also maintains interconnect agreements with more than 300 carriers.

Trace3 LLC is an elite technology consultancy that provides IT strategy, solutions, and services to the world's most admired companies. The company is based in Irvine, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. Trace3 can help businesses build, migrate, and operate their enterprise IT on-prem or in the cloud. The company offers a comprehensive line of services designed to increase business agility and growth. Trace3 seeks and develops new ways of doing things to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and provide a competitive advantage. It was founded in 2002 by Hayes Drumwright, and Richard A. Fennessy has been the CEO of the company since 2019.