Jim Brown

GE Capital Equity, Inc. (GE Capital Equity) is a private equity division of GE Capital Americas is founded in 1993. The firm is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut.

A subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide global equity and fixed research. The equity research department covers more than 100 sectors. They use a fundamental, quantitative, strategic and tactical research approach. In addition to these Lehman has also developed special products, such as 10 uncommon values and 10 uncommon eurovalues.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

AC Nielsen Media International provides television viewing research statistics and other related services. The private company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in Australia.

Long Ridge Equity Partners LLC (Long Ridge Equity Partners) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2007 by James D. Brown. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Portware LLC develops and provides multi-asset execution management software tools for global equities, futures, options, and foreign exchange (FX). It specializes in products, services, and solutions that transform the way financial institutions analyze, communicate, and execute investment ideas. Its products include Portware Enterprise, a fully customizable execution management system designed to act as a central platform for the creation and execution of algorithmic trading strategies; Portware Strategy Server, an algorithmic engine designed specifically for volume and frequency automated order management; Portware FX, a tool which provides traders with real-time view of the entire FX marketplace through a single, fully customizable front end trading environment; and Alpha Vision, an algorithmic optimization solution that uses predictive analytics to automatically select and implement the optimal execution strategy. The company was founded by Ary Khatchikian and Eric Goldberg in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Dynasty Financial Partners LLC provides investment advice. It offers a fully customizable platform, with end-to-end support from a proven team and unrivaled access to distinctive products and services. The company was founded by Edward C. Swenson and Shirl Thomas Penney in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Broadway Technology LLC engages in the provision of software solutions. It specializes in scalable high-performance distributed computing to build advanced trading systems for global financial institutions. The company was founded by Tyler Moeller and Joshua Walsky in 2003 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Carson Group, Inc. provides financial advisory services. It offers coaching and partnership services to advisor firms and straightforward financial advice to the investing public. The company was founded by Ronald Lloyd Carson Jr. and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.