Carolyn Bass

Information Resources, Inc. engages in the provision of enterprise market information solutions and services. Its solutions include market performance and strategy, consumer and shopper intelligence, analytics and in-market execution, media, and technology. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Image Sensing Systems, Inc. engages in the development and marketing of video and radar image processing products used in traffic applications such as intersection control, highway, bridge and tunnel traffic management, and traffic data collection. It operates through the Intersection and Highway business segments. The Intersection segment comprises sale of machine-vision product line, video products, international products, and royalties. The Highway segment consists of radar product lines sold domestically and internationally. The company was founded by Panos G. Michalopoulos on December 20, 1984 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Ariba, Inc. provides collaborative business commerce solutions. Its solutions include spend and supplier management, spend analysis, financial supply chain management, sourcing, contract management, supply chain collaboration and invoice management. The company was founded by Keith J. Krach, Robert J. Desantis, Paul Hegarty, Edward P. Kinsey, Robert D. Lent, Boris Putanec and Paul C. M. Touw in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

ValueAct Capital Management LP (ValueAct Capital) is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2000 by Jeffrey Ubben, Peter Kamin and George Hamel. They are a subsidiary of ValueAct Holdings II LP, which is owned by Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG). ValueAct Capital provides discretionary investment advice and management services to private investment funds and certain other investment vehicles (that include, but are not limited to, separately managed accounts and special purpose vehicles).

Vendavo, Inc. provides margin and profit optimization solutions. It offers Profit Analyzer to analyze transaction data for pinpointing leaking margins; Power and Risk that provides data-driven optimal prices for salespeople to negotiate and grow revenue; Price Manager to manage price lists and set policies for deal negotiations; Deal Manager that provides deal guidance and targets for profitable deal execution to sales teams; and Deal Guide to expedite deal cycle time and equip sales force to negotiate profitable deals. The company was founded by Jamie Rappperport and Joshua W. Sommer in November 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

K2 Software, Inc. engages in the design and development of a software platform for automation processes. It offers consulting, remote, and managed services. The company was founded by Adriaan van Wyk, Lenz le Roux, and Olaf Wagner in 2000 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

DecisionView, Inc. develops Web-based clinical trial software solutions. It provides enrollment planning, tracking, diagnosis and optimization services. The company was founded by Sham Chotai, John A. Norris and Jack Porter in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Outreach Corp. designs and develops a sales engagement platform. It specializes in sales acceleration, sales efficiency, and sales management analytics. The company was founded by Gordon Leland Hempton, Andrew Kinzer, Manuel Medina and Wesley R. Hather in 2014 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Plex Systems, Inc. provides enterprise resource protocol and cloud services. It offers software-as-a-service that uses cloud computing to deliver solutions to production, inventory, quality, human capital, and financial management. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Troy, MI.

Foros is a financial services firm that provides M&A and corporate finance advisory and capital raising services. Its clients are leading corporations and entrepreneurs who place a premium on superior advice and who look to their financial advisor to be a true partner in growing and transforming their business. Foros fuses two of the financial world's powerful offerings: financial advice and long-term value investing. Foros commenced operations in June 2009 through its Foros Advisors LLC subsidiary. Its Foros Securities LLC subsidiary obtained SEC registration and was granted FINRA membership in August. The Company has already advised on one announced transaction: Virgin Mobile USA on its July 2009 announced sale to Sprint Nextel.

Foros Securities LLC (FSL) is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 2009. The firm is a subsidiary of Foros Advisors LLC, itself a subsidiary Foros Group LLC, and their ultimate parent is the Haile-Manas Family Trust. FSL provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research.

ER International Holding Corp. operates as an independent ad management and distribution platform. It provides digital technology services that enable the electronic delivery of advertisements, syndicated programs, and video news releases to traditional broadcasters, online publishers and other media outlets. The company was founded on April 3, 2000 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Part of Outreach Corp., Outreach Corp. UK Ltd. is a company that provides information technology consulting and business support services. The company is based in Bristol, UK and was founded in 2018.

The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering provides college scholarships for underrepresented minorities pursuing degrees at schools of engineering. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in White Plains, NY.

Commure, Inc. provides software application for doctors. The company was founded by Diede Van Lamoen and Hemant Taneja in 2017 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Clarify Health Solutions, Inc. develops real-time care guidance technology solutions. Its platform connects patients, clinicians, and managers with an information they need; stratifies patients based on clinical and non-clinical characteristics; collects real-time data on patient?s progress; detects potential complications before they happen; and prompts patients and care providers to act. The company was founded by Jean Drouin and Todd J. Gottula in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Total Expert, Inc. provides software as service solutions to the real estate vertical. Its solutions include CRM, marketing, c0marketing and compliance. The firm services industries include banking, credit unions, mortgage lending and, wealth managemnt The company was founded by Joe Welu in 2012 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

SnapLogic, Inc. provides data and application integration tools. It offers tools for connecting cloud data sources, software as a service applications, and on-premise business applications. The firm SnapStore model allows developers, system integrators, and independent software vendors to build and sell purpose-built Snaps for both used and emerging applications. It has offices in Boulder, Burlington, Hyderabad and New York. The company was founded by Gaurav S. Dhillon and Mike Pittaro in 2006 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Part of General Electric Co., GE Digital LLC is an industrial software company that provides solutions for digital transformation activities. The company is based in San Ramon, CA, and Scott Reese has been the CEO of the company since 2022. The company offers industrial software that delivers breakthrough outcomes, including cloud-based predictive analytics, OT security services, and asset performance management software. GE Digital's software helps industries work better, and the company has a partner ecosystem with deep domain knowledge and industrial expertise to accelerate digital transformation.