Jason Brandt Kley

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 as the result of Chase Manhattan's purchase of Robert Fleming Holdings and the subsequent merger of Chase and JPMorgan. In January 2010, JPMorgan Investment Advisors merged into JP Morgan Investment Management. JPMIM is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The firm primarily provides investment advisory services to both US and non-US institutional and retail clients.

Franklin Advisory Services LLC (FAS) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in San Mateo, California. The firm was founded in 1999 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Advisers, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN). FAS provides investment advisory and portfolio management services under investment management agreements to clients in jurisdictions worldwide, which include registered open-end and closed-end funds and unregistered funds, as well as separate accounts.

Part of BlackRock, Inc., BlackRock Investment Management (Taiwan) Ltd. provides investment advice. The company is based in Taipei, Taiwan. The Taiwanese company was founded in 1999. The CEO is Yu Ming Ma.

RetroSense Therapeutics LLC provides biotechnology services. It offers gene therapies to restore vision in patients suffering from blindness due to retinitis pigmentosa and advanced dry age-related macular degeneration. The company was founded by Sean Ainsworth in 2009 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Immusoft Corp. provides disease curing services through immune cells. The firm offers ISP, gene delivery technology and lymphopoiesis culture system. The company was founded by Matthew Scholz in 2009 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

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.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

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.

Wind Point Advisors LLC (Wind Point Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Rich Kracum and Bob Cummings. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Baird-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., an investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 1919 and is ultimately owned by Baird Financial Group, Inc. Baird-Broker offers a full suite of comprehensive trading services for institutional clients.

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.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

BioGenerator (Venture Capital) (BioGenerator) is a venture capital subsidiary of BioGenerator founded in 2003. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

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 Gabriel Management Group LLC (The Gabriel Management Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by Robert Palmer and David Theodoro. It is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. (LGIM America) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Legal & General Investment Management US (Holdings), Inc., ultimately held by Legal & General Group PLC (LON: LGEN) in Great Britain. Founded in 2006, LGIM America provides investment management services on a fully discretionary basis to affiliated and non-affiliated institutional investors, which includes public and private pension plans and pension funds, private funds, collective investment trusts, insurance companies, other employee benefit plans, Taft-Hartley plans, corporations, and trusts, as well as to the adviser of the mutual funds.

Ray Therapeutics, Inc. is an American company that is developing a lead candidate, RTX-015, to treat retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative retinal disease. Ray Therapeutics is based in an undisclosed location. The company's mission is to restore vision for people with retinal degeneration using optogenetics gene therapies. Ray Therapeutics is pursuing multiple drug development programs for a range of degenerative retinal diseases, focusing on preserving and restoring vision in patients using the ground-breaking science of optogenetics. The company was founded by Paul Bresge and Sean Ainsworth, with Paul Bresge serving as CEO since incorporation.

Compendia Bioscience, Inc. provides information solutions for oncology drug discovery. The company was founded by Daniel D. Rhodes and Arul Chinnaiyan in February 2006 and is headquartered in Canton, MI.

Emanate PR provides public relations services. It specializes in communications, consumer marketing, health, and reputation management. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

OSRAM SYLVANIA, Inc. manufactures and markets consumer and business light sources. The company was founded on April 22, 1997 and is headquartered in Wilmington, MA.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.