George Matthews

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is a state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1932, the firm has long been at the forefront of shareholder activism in the US. CalPERS provides retirement and health benefit services to private individuals and employers, specifically active, inactive and retired employees of California state and local public agencies. They routinely put pressure on companies to achieve better corporate performance corporate governance.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

D. A. Davidson & Co. is a dually SEC-registered investment adviser and FINRA broker-dealer headquartered in Great Falls, Montana. The firm was founded in 1935 and is a subsidiary of D.A. Davidson Companies, a financial service holding company. They provide liquidity and execution in small & mid-cap stocks to a wide range of institutional investors, including mutual fund and money managers around the world.

Allspring Global Investments LLC (Allspring) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Prior to November 1, 2021, the firm was known as Wells Capital Management, Inc. They are a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC, ultimately held by Allspring Group Holdings LLC. Allspring provides investment management services to mutual funds, private funds, collective investment trusts (CITs), pooled vehicles, and other institutional clients and high net-worth individuals.

Nexsan Corp. develops disk-based storage systems designed for the long-term storage of digital information. It offers Unity that sets the standard for hyper-unified Storage. It enables consumers to mix-and-match high-performance flash with hard disks and to mix block storage for VMware, databases or exchange with file storage for home directories and sharing. The firm also provides back-up and recovery, digital video surveillance, and disaster recovery. The company was founded by Gary Watson and James Molenda in 1999 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. provides banking, financial products and services to retail, small business, corporate and institutional clients. It operates its business through the following segments: Australia Retail and Commercial; Institutional; New Zealand; Pacific; and Technology, Services and Operations and Group Centre. The Australia segment comprises the retail and corporate and commercial business units which provides products and services to consumer and private banking customers in Australia via the branch network, mortgage specialists, the contact centres, a variety of self-service channels and and third party brokers; and banking services including traditional relationship banking and financial solutions through managers focusing on privately owned small, medium, and large enterprises as well as the agricultural businesses. The Institutional segment refers to the transaction banking, loans and specialised finance and markets solutions. The New Zealand segment refers to the retail and commercial business units. The Pacific segment offers products and services to retail customers, small to medium-sized enterprises, institutional customers and governments located in the Pacific Islands. The Technology, Services and Operations, and Group Centre segment provides support to the operating divisions including technology, operations, shared services, property, risk management, financial management, strategy, marketing, human resources and corporate affairs; as well as group treasury, shareholder functions, enablement functions and minority investments in Asia. The company was founded in 1835 and is headquartered in Docklands, Australia.

PitchBook Data, Inc. provides data, news, and analysis to the private equity industries. The firm?s products include pitchbook desktop, pitchbook mobile, excel plugin, direct Data, CRM integration, chrome extension, institutional research group and product releases. It also offers solutions like private market Intel, fundraising, deal sourcing, due diligence, business development, networking and deal execution. The company was founded by John R. Gabbert in 2007 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC (PIMCO) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newport Beach, California. Founded in 1971, the firm is a subsidiary of Allianz Asset Management of America LP and their ultimate parent is Allianz SE (ETR: ALV), a German global insurance company. PIMCO provides discretionary investment management services to a global client base.

Royal Bank Financial Group provides financial services, including issuing money in various forms, receiving deposits of money, lending money and processing transactions and the creating of credit. The company is headquartered in Langley, Canada.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Founded in 2001, Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. is a registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Macquarie Bank Ltd. (ASX: MBL). They provide coverage of the following industries: resources, healthcare, security/defense, transportation, financial services, retail/consumer products, TMET (telecommunications, media, entertainment and technology), oil & gas, diversified manufacturing/distribution and infrastructure/utilities. Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. is a member of FINRA.

Deutsche Bank AG operates as a national commercial bank. It provides clearinghouse services, loans, certificates of deposits, and derivatives. The company is headquartered in Singapore.

GreenStone Farm Credit Services provides agricultural loans and financing products. Its services include short, intermediate and long-term loans, building leases, life and crop insurance, accounting, and tax and appraisal services. The firm provides lending services to commercial producers and agricultural businesses. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in East Lansing, MI.

Skyward IO, Inc. provides software and professional services. The firm is the integrated solution to address this need for drones and makes for operators to track the specific information and airspace data needed for business and regulatory requirements. It offers professional services to help companies to assess their regulatory, insurance and operational needs. The company was founded by Jonathan Evans, Dana Maher, Eric Ringer, Stephen McKeon, Eric Ringer and Jake Weber in 2012 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo) is the investment management subsidiary of State-owned Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta. The firm was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. AIMCo manages investments on behalf of public sector pension, endowment and special purpose funds as designated by the Alberta Ministry of Finance and Enterprise.

Galois, Inc. designs and develops technologies for security-critical systems, networks and applications. It offers research and evaluation, software engineering, Haskell language, assurance methodology, verification and validation services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Real Property Association of Canada operates as an association for owners and managers of investment real estate. It offers RPIC program, training courses, and conferences. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

HSBC Holdings Plc engages in the provisions of various financial services. It offers different kinds of investments and private banking, trade services, cash management, treasury and capital market services, insurance, consumer and business finance, pension and investment fund management, trustee services, and securities and custody services. The company was founded on September 6, 1990 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, PT Deutsche Securities Indonesia provides investment banking services.

Part of HSBC Holdings Plc, HSBC Bank Ltd. (Indonesia) operates as a nationally chartered commercial bank. The company is based in Kota, Indonesia.

CLSA Americas LLC is a FINRA registered broker-dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2012 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of CLSA Americas Holdings, Inc., which is ultimately owned by CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600030) in China. CLSA Americas offers a full suite of execution services throughout North America and Latin America.

Humilis Holdings LLC (Humilis Holdings), formerly known as Spear Point LLC, is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Rodney Bienvenu and Nicolas Perkin. The firm is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Saros LLC engages in the provision of internet-based technologies. The company is headquartered in West Hollywood, CA.

Trusted Provider Network LLC is a platform exclusively for licensed behavioral health clinicians and professionals. The company is based in New Orleans, LA. The company provides benefits such as free continuing education and access to a national network of providers. The platform was founded by clinicians for clinicians. The company was founded in 2018 by Christopher O'Shea, Trevor Lindsay Colhoun. Trevor Lindsay Colhoun has been the CEO since 2018.

Collab Currency Management LLC (Collab Currency) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in New York.