Awais Shaikh

H.I.G. Capital LLC (H.I.G Capital) is a private equity division of H.I.G. Capital LLC founded in 1993 by Sami W Mnaymneh and Anthony A Tamer. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida with offices in Europe, Latin America and Middle East.

Parallel Investment Partners (Parallel Investment) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Frank Barron Fletcher. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

AWS Capital LLC is a sector-specific investment firm that invests in software, technology, and technology-enabled businesses. The company is based in Dallas, TX and is looking for North American-headquartered technology-enabled services companies with established characteristics such as approximately $10 million of revenue TTM, EBITDA of $2mm+, strong customer retention, 3 years of operating history, free cash flow positive software and tech-enabled services end markets, and business services. AWS Capital is a market-leading investment firm that seeks to make control equity investments in lower middle-market software and technology-enabled services companies in the US and Canada. The private company partner with talented management teams to identifies transformational opportunities for long-term value creation. The company was founded by Awais A. Shaikh and Worth Snyder.

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.