Anne Marie Pierno

Part of Fujitsu Ltd., Amdahl Corp. is a company that operates an electronic computer manufacturing company. The company is based in Sunnyvale, CA. The company was founded by Raymond A. Williams. Amdahl was acquired by Fujitsu Ltd. on September 19, 1997 for $834.03 million.

Mitchell Hutchins Institutional Investors, Inc. provides investment advisory services. The private company is based in New York, NY.

Third Avenue Management LLC (TAM) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered New York City. The firm was founded by Martin J. Whitman in 1986 as EQSF Advisers, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Third Avenue Holdings Delaware LLC, ultimately held by Affiliated Manager's Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG). TAM provides investment advice to registered investment companies, private funds, offshore funds, individuals, corporations, pension plans, trusts, estates, educational institutions, endowments and foundations.

Hello Direct, Inc. manufactures and markets telecommunication products. Its products are divided into two categories Hello direct proprietary products and National branded products. Its Hello direct proprietary products include amplifiers, adapters and hangers. Its National branded products include telephones, answering machines, cellular and mobile office accessories, pagers audio conferencing products, auto switches and video communications products. The company was founded by Allen Batts and John B. Mumford in 1987 and is headquartered in Canaveral, NH.

Paradigm Capital Management, Inc. (Paradigm) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Albany, New York. The firm was founded by Candace Weir in 1994 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Paradigm Capital Holdings, Inc. Paradigm offers investment advisory services primarily to corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans, foundations, individuals, investment funds, trusts and individuals (which include high net-worth individuals), other separate accounts, and pooled investment vehicles such as private investment limited partnerships.

Forest Investments, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the investment and acquisition of businesses, securities and assets that has significant long-term value creation. It operates through the following segments: Durable Medical Equipment, Investment Management, Real Estate, and General Corporate. The company was founded on December 16, 1994 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Fiera Capital Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1972 as Wilkinson O'Grady & Co, Inc. and they were acquired in 2013 by Fiera Capital Corp. (TSE: FSZ) in Canada through its wholly-owned subsidiary Fiera US Holding, Inc. Fiera Capital provides investment management services on a discretionary and non-discretionary basis to separately managed accounts for predominantly US high net-worth individuals, such as affluent families and their foundations, and institutional clients which include pension plans, profit sharing plans and other charitable organizations.

ANTs software, Inc. develops and markets relational database management system in the United States. It develops a software that allows the same source code run on a distributed network, a cluster, or a single processor without recompiling and recoding. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Dunwoody, GA.

Pinnacle Associates Ltd. is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor which was founded in 1984 by Thomas Passios. Headquartered in New York City, the firm offers investment advisory services to both institutional and noninstitutional clients.

Paradigm Funds is an open-end investment company, which engages in the provision of diversified funds. It operates the following funds: Paradigm Value, Paradigm Opportunity, Paradigm Select, and Paradigm Micro-Cap. The company was founded on September 13, 2002 and is headquartered in Albany, NY.

Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC provides fund management services. The firm offers global investment and research capabilities with consultative local delivery. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Reik & Co. LLC is an independent registered investment advisor and wealth manager headquartered in New York City with an additional office in Sarasota, Florida. The firm was founded in 2006 by William J. Reik, Jr. Reik & Co. provides advisory services to individuals, high net-worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans (other than plan participants), and charitable organizations.

Hayden Stone & Co. LLC is a private company based in Pittsburgh, PA.

Equitable Investment Management Group LLC (EIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. Formerly AXA Equitable Funds Management Group LLC, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately owned by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). EIM provides investment advisory and administration services to investment companies and to investment trusts.

Mayadata, Inc. provides secure, multi-application storage for enterprise applications. It offers compress and dedup, easy and intuitive, unified storage and infinite snapshot products. The company serves the developers, finance, healthcare, higher education and media and entertainment industries. The company was founded by Srivibhavan Balaram, Umasankar Mukkara, Shailesh Bam, Felix Xavier and Sunil Navalgi in November 2010 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

AllianceBernstein LP (AB) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2000, the firm is owned by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co., ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH). AB provides investment advice to investment companies, pension and profit-sharing plans, banks and thrift institutions, trusts, estates, government agencies, charitable organizations, individuals, corporations and other business entities.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Needham & Co. LLC (Needham) is a registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Needham Group, Inc. Needham provides corporate and institutional clients with high quality research, corporate access, capital markets and trading execution services in both the public and private markets, with an emphasis on growth companies.

Smith College opened in 1875 with 14 students. Today, Smith is among the largest women’s colleges in Northampton, MA, with students from 48 states and 72 countries. The college remains strongly committed to the education of women at the undergraduate level, but Smith admits both men and women as graduate students.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Eeonyx Corp. manufactures electrically conductive fabrics. The firm’s products include pressure sensors, ESD & anti-static, EMI & stealth, warming fabrics and custom solutions. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Pinole, CA.

MD Witter Investments LLC (MD Witter) is an independent investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was co-founded in 2003 by Michael D. Witter and Sherry P. Witter. They offer asset management services, alternative and traditional investment products to institutional WRAP accounts, foundations and semi-institutional clients.

MD Witter Investments LLC (Private Equity) (MD Witter Investments) is a private equity subsidiary of MD Witter Investments LLC founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in New York.

New York University Tandon School of Engineering engages in the provision of educational services focusing on science and technology. Its degrees and programs include bachelor of science, master of science, doctor of philosophy, advanced certificate programs, a bridge program to NYU Tandon, and industry partner programs. The company was founded in 1854 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.