Keith Smith

Dell, Inc. engages in the manufacture of electronic devices. Its products include laptops, desktops, tablets, thin clients, printers, monitors, software, workstations and accessories. The company was founded by Michael Saul Dell on February 1, 1984 and is headquartered in Round Rock, TX.

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by the Texas Legislature in 1937 to provide service and disability retirement benefits to teachers and administrators of the public school systems of Texas, which include institutions of higher education. In 1949, legislation expanded membership eligibility to include all employees of public education institutions. In 1985, TRS was assigned responsibility to administer health insurance program for public school retirees. The firm invests funds under its stewardship and delivers benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

State Bar of Texas provides legal educational programming services. The private company is based in Austin, TX.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

EnCap Investments LP (EnCap Investments) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Gary Peterson and Robert Zorich and The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Association for Corporate Growth, Inc. is a global organization founded in 1954 by Kenneth S. Berryman and David H. Brenner. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Canada, and the United States. The company's mission is to drive middle-market growth and it serves 90,000 investors, executives, lenders, and advisers to growing middle-market companies. The company's core focus is on middle-market M&A, with more than 25 years of sell-side and buy-side advisory experience, closing more than 200 transactions with a combined value of more than $1 billion. The company also publishes Middle Market Growth, the official publication of the Association for Corporate Growth, which includes a print magazine, website, weekly e-newsletter, and daily newsfeed. The CEO of the company since 2019 is Brent A. Baxter.

Founded in 1989 by Don Rice, Jeffrey Sangalis, Jeffrey Toole and James Wilson, RSTW Partners is a private equity firm headquartered in Houston, Texas.

McCann Worldgroup, Inc. provides advertising and marketing services. The firm provides services through the divisions: McCann Erickson Worldwide, Universal McCann, FutureBrand and Weber Shandwick. It also offers relationship marketing services through MRM Partners and serves clients in the health care industry through McCann Healthcare. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Manning NavComp, Inc. provides web based GPS vehicle tracking services for fleet management purposes. Its services include development and integration of digital communications systems, target tracking systems, and state of the art control of distributed communication and surveillance platforms. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Accent-Fairchild Group, Inc. manufactures and supplies house and hardware products. Its divisions include accent, fisher, lifetime, meyer, MLM, 3D Light FX and wean green. The firm’s products include houseware storage containers and shelving, food storage containers, tool boxes, and metal and plastic parts cabinets. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

Pixalate, Inc. provides fraud protection and data intelligence solutions for various advertisement events. Its proprietary technology analyzes data in real-time and enables media buyers to extract data, compare Ad server performance and expose waste and discrepancy within its digital campaigns. The company was founded by Jalal Nasir and Muhammad Amin Bandeali in 2012 and is headquartered Los Angeles, CA.

Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. provides brokerage services. The company is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

Lingotek, Inc. provides language translation software solutions. Its software helps companies achieve unprecedented control over the translation process. The firm’s technology enables companies to capture, grow, and re-use their linguistic assets. The company was founded by Timothy R. Hunt in 2005 and is headquartered in Draper, UT.

Part of Scient, Inc., Digital Planet is a cloud hosting solutions provider that offers anti-virus, online backup, and managed firewall services to businesses. The private company is based in Los Angeles, CA and was founded by Calvin Scharffs, Joshua Greer, Steven Chester, and Paul M. Grand. The company's anti-virus solution supports major operating systems and provides multiple layers of protection, while their IPS & IDS systems monitor network traffic for unwanted threats. Digital Planet was acquired by iXL, Inc. on May 18, 1998.

Luxor Capital Group LP (Luxor) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Christian A. Leone in 2002. Luxor provides primarily discretionary investment advice to private investment funds and may also do so for certain separately managed accounts or other investment advisers from time to time.

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Nuclear Energy Institute provides policy-making process for the nuclear energy and technology industries. It participates in both the national and global policy-making process. Nuclear Energy Institute was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. provides energy and environmental research services. It conducts research and development relating to the generation, delivery and use of electricity for the benefit of the public. The firm also provides technology, policy and economic analyses to drive long-range research and development planning and supports research in emerging technologies. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

MRE Consulting Ltd. provides information technology services, business consulting and staffing solutions. It offers information technology (IT) consulting services, such as architecture and technical applications design and integration, custom applications development, systems integration, disaster planning, recovery, development of Websites and Web services. The company was founded by Michael K. Short and Shane J. Merz in 1994 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.