Scot C. Robertson

Founded by Baruch Halpern in 2002, Halpern Capital, Inc. is an investment bank and SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in Aventura, Florida with an additional office in New York City. The firm focuses primarily on advisory and capital raising services and also assists and advises clients with capital raises for expansion, M&As, financial restructurings and MBOs. In addition to traditional financing methods such as PIPES, RDs and ATMs, they offer innovative, efficient alternative financing methods called Structured Term Equity Placements (STEP) which provide capital through tranches. Halpern Capital also has significant expertise using convertible structures to provide non-shelf issuers with significant flexibility. The firm is also strongly positioned to assist Asian companies access the U.S. capital markets. Through a joint venture with Diamond Wealth Investment, they offer assistance with reverse mergers, traditional financings and innovative structured products to companies in China.

Founded in 1932, Stanford Group Co. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Houston, Texas with offices nationwide. They are a subsidiary of Stanford Financial Services, Inc. and their ultimate parent is CBaySystems Holdings Ltd. The firm offers a full range of brokerage services for both domestic and international clients. They are a member of the NASD and the SIPC. Stanford's research includes both institutional equity research and Washington-focused policy research, offering a perspective on individual companies, sector-specific topics and national policy. Their equity analysts offer insight and opinions on companies in the consumer/retail, media, energy, financial institutions, healthcare, technology and water/environment sectors, targeting small- and mid-cap companies. Their policy analysts deliver investment relevant insights across a broad range of sectors, including geopolitics, international/trade, Federal Reserve board policy, health care (including services, medical devices and pharmaceuticals, telecom, media, financial services, water/environment, agribusiness/tobacco, energy) and technology (including information technology services, homeland security and biometrics/emerging technologies).