Douglas J. Crook

Founded in 2001, Global Crown Capital Securities is a broker/dealer located San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of a subsidiary of Global Crown Capital LLC. They offer a full array of investment services. Global Crown Capital provides global fundamental and technical research, as well as global macro and micro investing strategies. Their research is primarily focused on the following sectors: semiconductors, semiconductor equipment and materials, nanotechnology and MEMS, oil, oil drilling and gas, biotechnology, medical technology, telecommunications (wireless and wireline), electronic manufacturing services (EMS), software/Internet, financial services, retail and industrials. Global Crown Capital Securities is a member of the NASD and the SIPC.

Founded by James Montgomery in 1986, Montgomery & Co. LLC, formerly Digital Coast Partners LLC, is an investment banking firm and broker/dealer headquartered in Santa Monica, California with an additional office in San Francisco. The firm provides a broad range of services including mergers & acquisitions, private placements and strategic advisory services. Montgomery & Co. is a member of the NASD and the SIPC. They focus on growth companies in the software, healthcare and media sectors. Within the software sector, the firm focuses on: (1) enterprise software (2) infrastructure software (3) vertical applications including healthcare information technology and human capital management and (4) business intelligence. Montgomery & Co.'s interests within the healthcare sector include: (1) information technology security (2) wireless (3) IP infrastructure and services (4) semiconductors/enterprise hardware (5) technology-enabled services (6) biotechnology (7) healthcare services (8) consumer healthcare (9) specialty pharmaceuticals (10) medical devices (11) tools and equipment and (12) reagents. Within the media sector, the firm focuses on: (1) advertising and marketing services (2) digital media services (3) entertainment, content and distribution (4) mobile media and (5) online services.

Moors & Cabot, Inc. (MCI) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by John F. Moors and Charles Cabot in 1890 to handle the personal investments of the two founders and their friends. They became a solely owned subsidiary of Eighteen Ninety Partners LLC in 2022. MCI provides brokerage execution services to their advisory client participating in Portfolio Management Program (PMP).

Gartner Research Group provides risk management, business marketing and computer software information services. The company is headquartered in Stamford, CT.