Donald McKiernan

Schering Plough Corp. manufactures and sells pharmaceuticals, consumer and animal health care products. The firm discovers, develops, manufactures and markets advanced drug therapies. The company is headquartered in Kenilworth, NJ.

Oberweis Asset Management, Inc. (Oberweis) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Lisle, Illinois. The firm was founded by James D. Oberweis in 1989 to seek market inefficiencies in equities globally. Oberweis offers their active geographically focused strategies to institutional and individual investors through separately managed accounts (SMAs) and their own proprietary mutual fund family.

Art Technology Group, Inc. provides an integrated suite of Internet customer relationship management and e-commerce software. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Front Barnett Associates LLC (Front Barnett) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by Marshall Front in 1994. In 2023, the firm was acquired by Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc. from Tree Front Associates, Inc. Front Barnett provides discretionary asset management services to individuals and high-net-worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, and other legal entities.

Chordiant Software Inc. solutions automate and manage operational business processes for leading service-driven global organizations in retail finance, telecommunications and consumer direct industries. Chordiant orchestrates the unique processes of an organization from the point of customer interaction, through the front and back offices to multiple transactional systems, corporate applications and data stores

Founded by James D. Oberweis in 1978, Oberweis Securities, Inc. is a full-service, SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in Lisle, Illinois. The firm offers assistance with investment planning, portfolio analysis or asset allocation strategies including the following services: individual stock ideas, fixed-income, mutual fund allocation and managed account platform. They also offer trading and execution services with a special emphasis on rapidly growing companies. Oberweis is a member of FINRA, the NASD and the SIPC. They affiliated with Oberweis Asset Management, Inc. and serve as the distributor of the Oberweis family of mutual funds

Marketing Technology Solutions, Inc. provides patient identification and engagement platform. It offers patient activation, risk share contracts, clinical recruitment, and outcomes management solutions. The firm serves the pharmaceuticals and biotech, consumer health and wellness, health insurance, hospitals, and health systems, clinical research, elective surgery, durable medical equipment and medical devices and diagnostics industries. The company was founded by Ram Rao in 1999 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

AbleTo, Inc. engages in the provision of technology-enabled virtual behavioral health care. It offers a structured medical program which involves private one-on-one with a professional therapist or coach via phone or video chat. The company was founded by Michael B. Laskoff and Peter Pramataris in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

GAIN Capital, Inc. provides online foreign exchange trading services. It offers direct-access trading and asset management services to the global Foreign Exchange markets. Its management services include customer on-boarding, account funding, transfers, allocations, daily P&L, credits, and commission allocation. The company was founded by Mark Galant in 1999 and is headquartered in Bedminster, NJ.

Everi Payments, Inc. provides cash access products and related services. Its products and services offers gaming establishment patrons access to cash through ATM cash withdrawals, point-of-sale debit card transactions, credit card cash advances, check verification and warranty services and Western Union money transfers. The company is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

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.

The Boy Scouts of America provides a program for young people that builds character, trains in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and develops personal fitness. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

SimStar, Inc. provides advertising and marketing solutions. It provides services to the pharmaceutical, consumer healthcare and biotechnology sectors. The company was founded by David Reim and Edward Battle in 1993 and is headquartered in Hamilton, NJ

TractManager, Inc. provides technology-based contract healthcare management services. It offers capital purchasing, healthcare information technology, recall tracker, strategic sourcing consulting, contract lifecycle management, and consulting services. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

The Connecticut Technology Council provides leadership, support, mentoring, and advocacy to companies across every industry and at every stage of growth in Connecticut's technology ecosystem. The non-profit company is based in Connecticut. The CEOs of the American company are Derek Slap, Matthew L. Nemerson.

Greater Hartford Arts Council, Inc. is a non profit organization that provides leadership for the financial success and organizational stability of the arts, heritage and cultural community of Connecticut’s capital region. It supports the growing non-profit arts and cultural sector with operating support grants to the five largest community institutions: the museum, the ballet, the opera, the symphony, and the theatre company. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Hartford, CT.

Angel Investor Forum, Inc. operates as a venture capital company. It focuses four investment types: medical devices, financial services, software, and consumer products. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in East Hartford, CT.

Adaptive Computing Enterprises, Inc. provides workload and resource-management software and services. Its products are Moab HPC suite, Moab lite, high throughput nitro, remote visualization, viewpoint portal, workflow, group sharing, and open source software. The firm provides technical and training support services. The company was founded by David B. Jackson and Michael A. Jackson in 1996 and is headquartered in Provo, UT.

Association for Financial Technology operates as a volunteer association of industry visionaries. The firm serves banks, credit unions, lenders and payment companies. The company was founded by John A. Williams in 1972 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Minnesota Bankers Association is an organization that advocates for the banking industry and offers a variety of resources and benefits to its members. The non-profit company is based in Eden Prairie, MN and provides a comprehensive DEI toolkit to help banks build successful diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. The company also offers training courses and events for bankers, as well as job postings and advertising opportunities. The Minnesota Bankers Association has a legal department that provides compliance tools and resources, and they have a YouTube channel with informative videos.

ClearPoint, Inc. offers strategic, data-driven learning and training solutions for the life sciences industry. Its products include FocalPoint, is a digital solution for training delivery, event management, and learner assessment and Viewpoint is a proprietary behavioral measurement methodology that helps training leaders understand and improve these behaviors to help both industry leaders and startups. The company was founded by Philip McCrea, David deForest Keys and Bruno Kavanagh in 2001 and is headquartered in Yardley, PA.

Part of TCC Global NV, The Continuity Co. Ltd. is a Chinese company that provides management consulting services. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The CEO of the company is Michael D. Nicastro.

The Quell Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization based in an undisclosed location. The foundation aims to reduce the number of suicides, overdoses, and incarcerations of people living with mental illness. The American company encourages people to share their stories, increase access to mental health services, and support first responders in recognizing mental health warning signs. The foundation promotes open and judgment-free dialogue to normalize conversations around mental health. The private company also awards scholarships for a brighter future in the mental health field, increase access to services for better care and treatment, and encourage the sharing of personal stories to inspire hope. The company was founded in 2015 by Kevin Lynch, who has been the CEO since then.