Robert McConkey

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). KBW offers sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.

PAR, Inc. is a company that provides auction, reconditioning, logistical, and other vehicle related services. Part of OPENLANE, Inc., the company is based in Carmel, IN. The company was founded by R. Bob Smith.

Plex, Inc. provides cloud-based online solutions. It allows to aggregate all the personal media in the Plex media server. The company was founded by Scott Olechowski and Elan Feingold and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA.

Sharestates, Inc. provides crowdfunding platform for accredited real estate investors. It offers investor direct access to real estate investments through online marketplace ? with net annualized returns between 10-20%. The company was founded by Allen Shayanfekr, Radni Davoodi, and Raymond Y. Davoodi in August 2013 and is headquartered in Great Neck, NY.

ADESA, Inc. engages in the provision of whole car auction solutions. It offers vehicle remarketing services for buyers and sellers, including vehicle live auctioning, reconditioning services, repossessions, marshalling, transportation and logistics, lease end-of-term support, title processing, title duplication and correction services, inventory protection, vehicle licensing, and consigned vehicle marketing. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Carmel, IN.

KIK Custom Products, Inc. engages in the manufacture of consumer packaged goods. It offers products relating to household care, pool care, auto care, personal care, and hospitality. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Concord, Canada.

Dealer Dot Com, Inc. designs and develops websites and web-based business management tools for the automotive industry. Its products include advertising, websites, managed services and certified services. The company was founded by Mark Bonfigli, Richard Gibbs and Michael Lane in 1998 and is headquartered in Burlington, VT.

Case Western Reserve University provides educational services. It offers a variety of undergraduate degree courses and graduate and professional options such as arts and sciences, dentistry, engineering, law, management, medicine, nursing, social work, and more. The firm also offers dual-degree programs. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

ADESA Canada Corp. engages in vehicle marketing industry. The firm offers grounding, upstream auctions, transportation, mobile, pre-auction services, physical auctions, online sales, salvage auction, and financing. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The Parent Co. operates as a commerce, content, and new media company for growing families. The company provides eCommerce and eContent resources to help families plan, play, and grow. Its family of brands includes seven eCommerce sites, and three eContent and new media sites. The company operates KBtoys.com Web site that sells toys, video games, electronics, party goods, movies, videos, baby products, costumes and accessories; mytwinn.com Web site, which sells personalized dolls; and DreamtimeBaby.com Web site that sells toddler and maternity products, and baby products, such as strollers, car seats, high chairs, nursery furniture, bedding, feeding, and bathing items. It also offers high-end home furniture, bedding and wall decor, lighting, gifts, and home accessories through PoshLiving.com Web site. It has strategic retail relationships with stores, such as Amazon, Buy.com, Kmart, Macys, QVC, and Sears. The company was founded on May 10, 2004 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Openlane, Inc. is engaged in the operation of automotive online auctions. It offers remarketing solutions to automotive manufacturers, captive finance companies, lease and daily rental companies, financial institutions and wholesale automotive auctions. The company was founded by Michael Leon Stein and Gary Edelstein in 2006 and is headquartered in Carmel, IN.

Vermont Energy Investment Corp. provides energy efficiency services. Its services include: consumer engagement, energy planning, evaluation, measurement & verification, finance & funding approaches, policy & regulatory support and program review, design & implementation. The company was founded by L. Blair Hamilton and Beth Sachs in 1986 and is headquartered in Burlington, VT.

Cox Automotive, Inc. engages in the provision of auto dealership services. It buys, sells, owns, and uses cars. It offers operations, inventory, marketing, sales, and services solutions. The company was founded by James M. Cox in 1898 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Resolver, Inc. provides governance, risk and compliance software solutions. It offers ballot login and risk and incident management software. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Canaccord Genuity Corp. (CGC) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of Canaccord Genuity Group, Inc., (TSE: CF; OTCMKTS: CCORF) in Canada. The firm was founded in 2010 and is locally known as Financière Canaccord ltée. Headquartered in Vancouver, CGC offers corporate and institutional clients with versatile and responsive sales and execution services that range from Institutional Equities and International Equities to Electronic Trading and Fixed Income. Their sales & trading team execution capabilities encompass a wide range of products and services such as Equities, ADR’s, OTC, ETF’s, Fixed Income, Options, Preferreds, Investment Companies.

Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (Vermont Center Emerging) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by John Evans. The firm is headquartered in Burlington, Vermont.

AutoCatch.com is the definitive used car web site for motivated car buyers. For private sellers and car dealerships, this means high impact exposure for all their used vehicles. Attracting over 200,000 thousand qualified car buyers every month through traditional print advertising, radio advertising and internet advertising, AutoCatch.com is the right advertising choice for selling customers car. It's easy, free, reliable and local. The company's mission is to be their clients #1 online destination for buying and selling used vehicles. Besides being updated daily AutoCatch.com has been designed to ensure that finding a used vehicle is easier than ever with the ability to search by: ' Private or Dealer Used Cars ' Year, Make, Model and Trim ' Price, Mileage ' Vehicle Type ' And More One can trust AutoCatch.com to help the customers sell their cars or find their next used car.

Part of Auction Edge, Inc., Auction Pipeline, Inc. manages auctions and market bidding in the automobile industry. The company is based in Spokane, WA. The company was founded by Robert McConkey. Auction Pipeline was acquired by Auction Edge, Inc. on May 21, 2012.

Fluency, Inc. operates as a business to business digital advertising platform firm. It allows users to operate allows users to operate digital media portfolios. The company was founded by Michael Lane, Eric Mayhew, Scott Gale and Brian McVey in 2017 and is headquartered in Burlington, VT.

Logan Peak Capital, Inc. provides equity and debt capital. The CEO of the Canadian company is James Merkur.

OhMD, Inc. operates texting application for doctors and healthcare professionals and patients. The company was founded by Ethan Bechtel and is headquartered in Burlington, VT.

Viafoura, Inc. develops an audience development platform for digital publishers. Its platform enables users to build and monetize a direct relationship with their audience onsite and across social channels with user registration, engagement, and moderation tools. The company was founded by Jesse S. Moeinifar and Ali Ghafour and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Brass Enterprises, Inc. provides real estate investment services. The private company is based in North York, Canada.

Intercap, Inc. is a Canadian company that invests in various sectors such as growth companies, income investments, real estate, public securities, and non-profits. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. and has subsidiaries in Canada. The company was founded by Jason Chapnik and he has been the CEO since incorporation.

Intercap Equity is an venture capital arm of Intercap Inc founded in the year 2017. The firm headquartered in Toronto.

Part of E Automotive, Inc., EBlock, Inc. is a platform that combines the energy of a physical auction with the convenience of a digital one. The company is based in Burlington, VT. Buy and sell with confidence through EBlock thanks to their Assurance Program, which protects buyers and sellers and ensures risk-free transactions. EBlock continues to expand into the west with their unique live virtual auction platform. Join 1000s of dealers and buy & sell in 60 seconds. The company was founded in 2015 by Dmitry Vodiansky, Michael Ryan O'Connor, and the CEO is Jason McClenahan.

Widewail, Inc. is a private company that provides solutions to the automotive industry, with over 5,000 dealership clients. The company is based in Burlington, VT and was founded by Angela Murray and Matthew Murray, with Matthew Murray serving as CEO since incorporation. The company's suite of solutions leverages automation to manage customer and prospect conversations in consumer reviews, video, and social media. Widewail's trust marketing platform helps businesses capture, distribute, and shape the narrative of their business through the words of their customers, building trust between businesses and the communities they serve. The company's services improve search rankings and help companies understand how their actions affect their customer satisfaction and overall reputation.