Bill Vogelgesang

SMTC Manufacturing Corporation of Canada is a mid-tier provider of end-to-end electronics manufacturing services, include product design and sustaining engineering services, printed circuit board assembly, production, enclosure fabrication, systems integration and comprehensive testing services, configuration to order and end customer fulfillment. Its services extend over the entire electronic product life cycle from the development and introduction of new products through to growth, maturity and end-of-life phases. The company also offers fully integrated contract manufacturing services to global original equipment manufacturers and technology companies primarily within the industrial, networking & computing and communications market segments. The company is headquartered in Ontario, Canada.

GNC Corp. retails natural and specialty foods. Its nutritional-supplements retail chain devoted solely to items such as vitamins and dietary products. The company also has stores within Rite Aid drugstores and makes Rite Aid private-label products. It was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Blackmore Partners LP provides investment services. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

WTI Holdings Corp. provides investment services. The company is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

Affinity Financial Corp. provides financial services. It offers banking and technology services to employers and financial institutions. The company was founded by J. Randall Waterfield and Richard R. Waterfield in 1996 and is headquartered in Newport, CA.

SCE Management Company I LLC (Supply Chain Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded by Jim Miller, Nir Gabriely and Jay Greyson in 2007. The firm is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

Dream Payments Corp. provides online payment services. It enables merchants to sell everywhere using mobile devices. The firm’s cloud-based payment platform combined with its mobile point of sale device allows merchants to accept credit and debit cards, access rich analytics and reports, and provide digital receipts to customers. The company was founded by Greg Wolfond in 2014 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

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.

Waterfield Group of Cos. provides financial services. The company was founded by Richard H. Waterfield in 1887 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, IN.

Part of Empire Co. Ltd., Grocery Gateway, Inc. is an online grocery store based in Vaughan, CA. Grocery Gateway was acquired by Longo Brothers Fruit Markets, Inc., part of Empire Co. Ltd. from May 10, 2021 on August 24, 2004 for $5.33 million. The Canadian company was founded by Claude Germain, William di Nardo, Scott Bryan.

Guernsey Bel, Inc. manufactures confectionery products. It also manufactures chocolate shell molded shapes, cookie dough and baked products such as brownies, cheesecake, tiramisu & chocolate truffles for use in retail frozen desserts. The company operates plants in Chicago and Hayward, CA. Guernsey Bel was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Abridean, Inc. develops infrastructure software for application service providers. It offers services to global organizations, mid-market enterprises, and hosted application service providers. The firm's customers include the financial services, manufacturing, hospitality, food services, and healthcare industries. The company was founded by Greg O'Malley and Ying K. Tam in 2000 and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.

TAL International Group, Inc. engages in the leasing of intermodal freight containers and chassis. Its operations include the acquisition, leasing, re-leasing and subsequent sale of multiple types of intermodal containers and chassis. The firm leases five types of equipment: dry freight containers, which are used for general cargo such as manufactured component parts, consumer staples, electronics and apparel; refrigerated containers, which are used for perishable items such as fresh and frozen foods; special containers, which are used for heavy and oversized cargo such as marble slabs, building products and machinery; chassis, which are used for the transportation of containers domestically; and tank containers, which are used to transport bulk liquid products such as chemicals. It operates through two business segments: Equipment Leasing and Equipment Trading. The Equipment Leasing segment owns, leases and ultimately disposes of containers and chassis from its lease fleet, as well as manages leasing activities for containers owned by third parties. The Equipment Trading segment purchases containers from shipping line customers, and other sellers of containers, and resells these containers to container retailers and users of containers for storage or one-way shipment. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Purchase, NY.

Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. Securities, Inc. (BGL&Co Securities) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1991 and is a subsidiary of BGL Holdco LLC. BGL&Co Securities conducts securities transactions for a variety of institutional clients.

Adarna Energy Corp. operates as a clean technology development company, which focuses on developing innovations designed to resolve compelling ecological challenges while producing value added carbon neutral and negative products. The company is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Cube Route, Inc. provides logistics management solutions. The company was founded by Claude Germain in 2003 and it is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Candlewood Partners LLC (Candlewood Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Glenn C. Pollack and Bill W. Vogelgesang. The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

Waterfield Technologies, Inc. provides software solutions to organizations. It offers consulting, professional, managed, and customer services. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Tulsa, OK.

Storage Battery Systems LLC manufactures forklifts batteries, battery testing equipment, uninterruptible power supply, and stationary batteries. It offers battery handling equipment, chargers, racks, cabinets and enclosures, battery test equipment, powered mobile carts, inverters, and battery spill containment. Its services include emergency repair, preventive maintenance, turnkey installation, and environmental protection agency battery reclamation. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Menomonee Falls, WI.

Schenker of Canada Ltd. provides logistics services. It offers land transport, air and ocean freight, customs brokerage, trade advisory, and contract and lead logistics. The company was founded by Dieter Moeller in 1953 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

MSI Disposition, Inc. provides mechanical, electrical, software engineering, in-house machining, electronics assembly, and full system integration services. Its products include iron bird systems, payload pods, automation solutions, automated test systems, and software integration. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Albuquerque, NM.

Hoskin Scientific Ltd. was founded in 1948 and has been providing expert consultative support and supplying testing and monitoring instrumentation to the Canadian market for over seventy years. The company is based in Burnaby, Canada. The Canadian company has offices in Vancouver, Oakville, and Montreal, providing local sales and technical support to customers throughout Canada. Hoskin Scientific offers monitoring and testing instrumentation, rentals, and services, and has complete service centers across Canada that calibrate and repair testing equipment purchased by customers. The company keeps customers up-to-date with environment monitoring equipment news, new products, industry information, and innovations across applications.

Young Presidents' Organization, Inc. operates as a global network of young chief executives. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

TheRateReport LLC provides access to rate and fee related information for money markets, certificate of deposits, checking and savings accounts, and ATM fees. The firm also offers banking information to investment advisors, national news media, financial institutions, and customers in the United States and internationally. The company is headquartered in Tulsa, OK.

Part of Waterfield Group of Cos., Waterfield Asset Management LLC is a company that provides investment advice. The company is based in New York, NY.

Ecosystem Ltd. operates as a design-build firm. It offers its services in combined heat and power, lighting, ventilation optimization, cooling system upgrade, steam to hot water conversion, boiler retrofits, and building automation systems. The company was founded by Andre Rochette, Patrick Raby and Richard Tremblay in 1993 and is headquartered in Québec, Canada.

Aldetec, Inc. provides custom Integrated Microwave Assemblies (IMAs) and RF Amplifier equipment for the commercial, military, and space flight industry sectors. It offers amplifier solutions for aerospace, manned and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), shipboard applications, radar, missile systems, airborne satellite communications (SATCOM), and antenna systems (VSAT). The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Sacramento, CA.

Cornerstone Capital Holdings LLC (Cornerstone Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by Jonathan H. Alt and Andrew M. Bushell. The firm is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas additional office in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.

Rouge River Capital (Rouge River Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by Claude Germain and Alex Hugh Walker. Rouge River Capital is headquartered in Oakville, Canada.