John C. Cooper

Brightwire, Inc. publishes exclusive financial news for buy-side professionals. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded in 2008 by Stefan M. Lehmann-Karp, Mark Lee Gerson, John C. Cooper. John C. Cooper has been the CEO since 2008.

Tangent Data Services LLC provides real-time data aggregation and analytics for global e-businesses. It addresses the need for: technology driven real-time data analytics and big data driven actionable insights for investment professionals. The company was founded by Daniel C. Goldberg, Robert Eric Rice and Brian J. O''Donoghue in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Matterhorn Transactions, Inc. provides comprehensive databases, analyses, and reports of publicly filed information for legal and financial professionals. The private company was founded by Mark Lee Gerson and is currently based in Newark, NJ. The company's proprietary data analysis allows professionals to search for and compare the market terms of mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and other transactions. Matterhorn's technology allows deal professionals to easily access both consolidated information on market terms as well as detailed legal language used for specific deal provisions, based upon the underlying legal agreements and financial disclosures. The CEO is Logan Beirne.

Plumtree Software, Inc. develops, markets and sells corporate portal software solutions. Their enterprise web suite of applications encompasses portal, content management, collaboration, search, application and integration functions. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides network computing infrastructure solutions. It offers its solutions under the Java technology platform, Solaris Operating System, MySQL database management system, Sun StorageTek storage solutions, and UltraSPARC processor brands. The company also develops networking computing products and technologies which include servers, storage, open source software, tools, and training. The company provides solutions to the social networking, entertainment, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, news, energy, and engineering companies. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.