Eric Ferguson

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Kemper Financial Services, Inc. is a company that provides insurance, brokerage, and financial services. The company is based in Long Grove, IL.

Herff Jones LLC manufactures and distributes educational recognition and achievement products. It offers products with specialization in graduation, class rings and jewelry, yearbooks, educational publishing, motivation and recognition, robes, apparel, globes, sports jewelry, awards, fraternity and sorority jewelry. The company was founded by Harry J. Herff and Randall H. Jones in 1920 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Allstate Insurance Co. provides insurance and financial services. It offers property, liability, life, reinsurance and commercial insurance services. The firm's clients include individuals, institutions and commercial organizations. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Talon Capital LLC is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Harry Lunenburg and Paul Cole in 2002. Talon Capital manages assets on behalf of institutional clients and private investors.

JMP Group Inc. is a full-service investment banking and asset management firm, together with its subsidiaries it provides investment banking, sales and trading, and equity research services to corporate and institutional clients, and alternative asset management products and services to institutional investors and high net-worth individuals. The company operates its business through five segments: Broker-Dealer, Asset Management, Corporate Credit, Investment Income, Eliminations and Corporate Costs. The Broker-Dealer segment includes a broad range of services, such as underwriting and acting as a placement agent for public and private capital markets raising transactions and financial advisory services in M&A, restructuring and other strategic transactions. The Broker-Dealer segment also includes institutional brokerage services and equity research services to institutional investor clients. The Asset Management segment includes the management of a broad range of pooled investment vehicles, including the company's hedge funds, hedge funds of funds. The Corporate Credit segment includes the management of collateralized loan obligations and small business loans. The Investment Income segment includes income from the company's principal investments in public and private securities, as well as any other net interest and income from investing activities. The Corporate Costs segment includes expenses related to JMP Group Inc., the holding company, and JMP Group LLC, and is mainly comprised of corporate overhead expenses and interest expense related to the company's credit facility with City National Bank. JMP Group was founded by Joseph A. Jolson and Carter D. Mack in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Connecticut Children's Medical Center provides medical care for children. It is the pediatric primary care service for children between Boston and New York. The neonatal intensive care unit cares for critically ill or premature newborn babies a year and some children who weigh one pound at birth. The hospital was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Hartford, CT.

VNA Valley Care, Inc. provides home health care services. It offers home care, hospice, rehabilitation, health supervision and community health services. The company was founded by Clara G. Finnerty in 1908 and is headquartered in Simsbury, CT.

ReadyDock, Inc. develops and provides tablet docking solutions for clinicians and patients. It offers storage, charging, security, and disinfection for tablets and mobile devices. The company was founded by David Engelhardt and Eric Rosow in 2012 and is headquartered in Avon, CT.

Intus Biosciences LLC provides the first rapid and cost-effective method for looking at the micro-biome at sufficient resolution to use as a diagnostic test. The company was founded by Mark Driscoll and Thomas Jarvie in 2015 and is headquartered in Farmington, CT.

iCleanse manufactures mobile device disinfection technology for healthcare. The company is headquartered in Avon, CT.