Bob Giles

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust (MIMBT) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1988 and formerly known as Delaware Management Business Trust. They are a subsidiary of Delaware Investment Management Co. LLC, ultimately held by Macquarie Group Ltd. (ASX: MQG) in Australia. MIMBT advises a variety of institutional clients. The firm also provides investment services to certain affiliates and acts as a sub-advisor to unaffiliated sponsors and investment products.

Stephens, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 1933 and is a subsidiary of Susi Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Stephens Financial Services LLC. Stephens provides comprehensive securities sales and trading services, including customized solutions for clients in North America and abroad.

Tocqueville Asset Management LP (Tocqueville) is a registered investment advisor firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1985, the firm’s business and affairs are managed by Tocqueville Management Corp., its General Partner, which owns 80% of the firm. Tocqueville manages investments for high net worth individuals and families, institutions, family offices and through the various Tocqueville mutual funds.

Merrill Lynch International (MLI-UK) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1988 and is a subsidiary of ML UK Capital Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) in the US. MLI-UK provides brokerage services to individual and retail clients.

Guggenheim Securities LLC is a SEC-registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a subsidiary of Links Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Guggenheim Partners LLC. Guggenheim Securities’ specializations include the sales and trading of fixed-income securities and sophisticated structured products. The firm offers in-depth analysis and expert execution of trading opportunities to large institutional investors and asset originators. They offer sales and trading services relating to a wide range of instruments.

Founded in 1994 as Carolina Capital Markets, CCM provides money managers with access to the secondary fixed-income market, best execution capability, and a compliant method for clients to acquire independent research through competitive commissions. CCM believes that strong relationships in the street and with the buy side are key to delivering value to their clients. At other firms, a salesman may pass off customer’s order to a busy trader. At CCM customer’s broker goes directly to the street and works customer’s trade all the way through to execution. By combining sales and trading roles, they cut a layer of cost, allowing them to work on thinner spreads while still providing best execution. CCM is an institutional fixed income broker dealer and leading provider of third party fixed income research with bond trades executed on an agency basis.

Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC (TSW) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The firm was founded in 1969 and is a subsidiary of Pendal USA, Inc., which is owned by Perpetual Ltd. (ASX: PPT) in Australia. TSW offers a full range of investment management strategies which includes US and Non-US Equities, Income Strategies, Balanced portfolio strategies and Alternatives for both Institutional and Strategic Advisory clients.

MModal CB, Inc. provides healthcare technology and business process outsourcing services. It also offers transcription services to the healthcare industry. The company serves the hospitals, clinics and physician practices. It was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Annapolis, MD.

Momentum Healthcare Services, Inc. provides business process outsourcing, healthcare support and healthcare information technology services. The firm offers business process outsourcing, healthcare support services, healthcare information technology, including electronic medical records, plans to serve as an application service provider to hospitals, clinics and doctor's offices. The company was founded by Donald L. Conover in 2009 and is headquartered in Annapolis, MD.

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.

A subsidiary of Davenport & Co., Davenport Securities is a broker/dealer headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The firm provides a full array of investment services including comprehensive stock and bond brokerage, investment management, research, financial planning, insurance, public finance and corporate finance services. Their research includes coverage of several sectors including healthcare & special situations, media/telecommunications/technology, metals, REITs, specialty finance, technology, financial, energy, consumer staples, consumer discretionary, capital goods & construction materials, and business and professional services. They research local and regional firms making recommendations based on assessments of a company and the industry, regional and national trends, visits to the business, and meetings with the management. In addition to in-house research, Davenport uses several nationally-recognized research firms to provide them with investment information for larger national and international companies. They are a member of the SIPC.

BB&T Securities LLC, doing business as BB&T Capital Markets, is the broker/dealer subsidiary of BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT). The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. They offer a full array of investment, trading and execution services to middle-market companies. BB&T Capital Markets' sales and trading arm is comprised of 2 groups: Debt Securities Sales & Trading and Equity Sales & Trading. The Debt Securities Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) Government and agency securities (2) corporate bonds (3) municipal bonds (4) asset-backed securities (5) mortgage-backed securities (6) preferred securities and (7) money market desk (short-term securities including BB&T funding). The Equity Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) institutional block execution services (2) institutional distribution of proprietary research (3) providing proprietary access to industry leading conferences and management teams (4) serving as a NASDAQ market maker for over 250 securities (5) stock buybacks including 10b-18 and 10b5-1 trading plans and (6) 144 stock sales, individual 10b5-1 trading plans (buy and sell) and employee cashless stock option programs. BB&T Capital Markets provides research coverage of the communications, defense and government services, energy, financial services, furnishings and consumer durables, healthcare, industrial services, retail/consumer durables and transportation services sectors.

Chrysalix Energy Management, Inc. (Chrysalix Venture Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Michael J. Brown and Wal van Lierop. The firm is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

MineSense Technologies Ltd. engages in the provision of sensor-based mineral processing solutions for ore pre-concentration to the global mining industry. It offers data analytics, ShovelSense, and BeltSense systems. The company was founded by Andrew Bamber in 2008 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Northbank Capital Management LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in Ketchum, ID. The company was founded in 2021 by Bradford Spencer Seagraves. Bradford Spencer Seagraves has been the CEO since 2021.

Founded in 2012, Falcon Square Capital LLC is an SEC-registered broker/dealer located in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Founded in 2002 by Hunter Thompson and William Davis, Thompson Davis & Co. (TD & Co.) is an independent investment research firm and broker/dealer located in Richmond, Virginia with an additional office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The firm is a member of FINRA and the SIPC. TD & Co. provides unbiased, original research and services to institutional and retail investors. They do not perform research on companies for investment banking opportunities. TD & Co. also offers a full-range of financial services ranging from financial planning and private money management to corporate and municipal bonds. TD & Co.'s research team employs a focused methodology. They seek to identified, under followed, undervalued growth companies. The firm uses computer screens that look for companies with sequential revenue and earnings growth and strong balance sheets that are selling at a discount to their growth rates. Specifically, TD& Co. looks for companies with several characteristics: (1) 20% + revenue and earnings growth (2) sequential revenue and earnings growth, i.e., quarter over quarter improvement in both the top and bottom line (3) top management is buying the company's stock in the open market with their own money (4) significant management ownership of the stock (5) strong balance sheets with little or no debt or manageable declining debt, strong cash position or debt reduction efforts (6) operating in a growing market sector (no deep cyclicals or natural resource sectors) (7) gross margin expansion and market share gains and (8) selling at a discount to the company growth rate, allowing for p/e expansion toward growth rate.

Thompson Davis & Co., Inc. (Investment Management), do-business-as Thompson Davis Asset Management (TDAM), is the investment management division of Thompson Davis & Co., Inc., a broker/dealer firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. TDAM was founded in 2002 and provides discretionary investment supervisory and management services to individuals, corporations or other business entities, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans.

Signature Financial Management, Inc. (dba Brown Advisory) is a SEC-registered asset management firm headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia. The firm was founded by Susan Colpitts in 1994 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brown Advisory, Inc. Brown Advisory provides integrated wealth management services to high-net worth individuals and their families, as well as to a small number of charitable trusts and foundations.

Seaport Global Holdings LLC is a full-service investment bank that offers investment banking, capital markets, financial advisory, sales, trading, and research services. The private company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United Arab Emirates, UK, Singapore and the United States. The company combines its extensive knowledge, solid relationships, and deep distribution platform to serve its clients' unique business requirements. The company was founded in 2001 by Michael Meagher and Stephen Corcoran Smith, with Michael Meagher serving as the CEO since then.

B. Riley Wealth Management, Inc. (B. Riley), formerly Wunderlich Securities, Inc., is a full-service brokerage firm headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, founded in 1996. The firm is a subsidiary of Wunderlich Investment Co., Inc. B. Riley provides comprehensive wealth management and brokerage services to individuals and families, corporations and non-profit organizations, including qualified retirement plans, trusts, foundations and endowments. In 2001, they expanded their business to include investment advisory services. The firm is duly registered with the SEC.

The Community Foundation, Inc. operates as a community foundation that provides stewardship services for endowments. The firm works with donors and partner organizations to address needs through grant making, leadership and community development programs. It administers charitable grant-making funds established by individuals and corporations for the purpose of benefiting non-profit community organizations. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.