Ben McFadden

KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. is a registered investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a subsidiary of KeyCorp. (NYSE: KEY). KeyBanc Capital Markets provides investment banking, commercial lending, treasury management, derivatives, foreign exchange, equity and debt underwriting and trading and syndicated finance products and services to large corporations and middle-market companies.

Founded in 1990, Pacific Crest Securities LLC is an independent investment bank and SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The firm is a subsidiary of KeyCorp. (NYSE: KEY). Pacific Crest Securities participates in the following types of business: (1) making inter-dealer markets in corporate securities over-the-counter (2) retailing corporate equity securities over-the-counter (3) underwriting and selling group participant securities (4) retailing mutual funds (5) dealing in U.S. government securities (6) trading securities for their own account and (7) private placements of securities. The firm does not engage in transactions involving commodities, commodity futures or commodity options. Their investment banking activities include providing advisory services related to M&A transactions. Pacific Crest Securities focuses exclusively on the technology sector. They seek to identify emerging trends and provide insight and solutions to institutional investors, venture capitalists and technology companies in North America and Europe. Pacific Crest Securities provides equity research, institutional sales and trading, merger and acquisition advisory services, public company financings, private company financings and corporate services. Within the technology sector, Pacific Crest Securities targets a variety of industries including: (1) government policy regulation (2) clean technology (3) Internet and digital media (4) software and systems (5) communications technologies and (6) semiconductor technologies.

ETF.com LLC provides news, analysis and events for exchange-traded funds. It operates different publications in the field of ETFs and index-related investments. The firm which also provides conferences and events in the ETF space is majority-owned by its managing partners. The company was founded by James Wiandt in 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. is a FINRA-registered broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of the Charles Schwab Corp. (NYSE: SCHW). They are members of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, NASDAQ and NYSE Arca, Inc. Charles Schwab & Co. is an exchange member engaged in exchange commission business other than floor activities. They also retail mutual funds and OTC corporate equity securities. In addition, the firm underwrites and/or sells corporate securities, underwrites and/or sponsors mutual funds, is a put and call broker/dealer and/or option writer and provides investment advisory services