Lynn Bardsley

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Founded in 1982, Baron Capital, Inc. is an SEC-registered limited purposed broker/dealer and mutual fund distributor located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Baron Capital Group, Inc. They are affiliated with Baron Capital Management, Inc. and BAMCO, Inc., both of which of are SEC-registered investment advisors and wholly-owned subsidiaries of Baron Capital Group, Inc. Baron Capital, Inc. is a member of FINRA. They are the distributor of the Baron Funds

NthDegree Technologies Worldwide, Inc. design and manufactures printed semiconductors. The firm offers lighting, printing, and technology semiconductors. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Tempe, AZ.

C2Sense, Inc. develops chemiresistive gas sensors for food and agriculture applications. Its sensors are used to detect ethylene, biogenic amines, and other relevant gases and sub-ppm concentrations; and monitor fruit ripeness and meat, fish and poultry freshness at all stages of the supply chain. The company was founded by Timothy M. Swager, Jan Schnorr and Eric Keller and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Availant, Inc. develops management software. The firm’s software solutions include Delegation Software, which provides an environment for recognizing abnormal system behavior and Availant Manager, a multi-agent system that increases system wide availability. The company is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Sacramento Angels, Inc. provides investment services. The firm’s members invest in emerging technology companies located in Northern California. It offers finance to small and medium sized firms. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Folsom, CA.

1620 Investment Advisors, Inc. (1620) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Todd A. Johnston in 1999. 1620 provides investment management and financial planning to individuals, business owners, and financial services firms.

New Mountain Capital LLC (New Mountain Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Steven Klinsky. The firm is headquartered in New York.

DRB Tunnel Solutions LLC provides point-of-sale, tunnel software and hardware to the car wash industry. The firm’s products and services include sitewatch point of sale software, sitewatch add-ons, statwatch, point of sale hardware, tunnel solutions and business solutions. The company was founded by Dale Brott in 1984 and is headquartered in Akron, OH.

Socati Corp. engages in the development of hemp genetics, cannabinoid science, and disruptive extraction and purification technology. The firm produces spectrum hemp extracts. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Woodburn, OR.

Schwan's Shared Services LLC manufactures and markets frozen foods. The firm offers pizzas and desserts on its delivery trucks, grocery-store freezers and online to the foodservice industry. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Marshall, MN.

Schwan's Co. engages in the manufacturing and marketing of frozen foods through home-delivery, retail-grocery, and food-service channels. It provides products under the brands Red Baron, Tony's, Freschetta, Pagoda, Edwards, and Mrs. Smith's. The company was founded by Marvin M. Schwan on March 18, 1952 and is headquartered in Marshall, MN.

Diversey, Inc. engages in the provision of cleaning, sanitation, and maintenance products, systems, and services. The firm offers floor care, dilution control, kitchen care, infection prevention, fabric care, food and beverage production, building care, and personal care. The company was founded by August Koch and Herbert W. Kochs on August 4, 1923 and is headquartered in Fort Mill, NC.

Diversey Holdings LLC manufactures and marketed cleaning, sanitization and hygiene products. It offers its services to the industrial and retail customers in the food and beverage, food service, health care, and lodging sectors, as well as to building service contractors. The company was founded in November 2001 and is headquartered in Sturtevant, WI.

Supplybase, Inc. provides e-business solutions for the development and sourcing of custom parts and assemblies. The company was founded by David P. Mendez, Alan Z. White and Christopher J. Golec and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Knight Capital Group, Inc. is a global financial services firm, which provides access to the capital markets across multiple asset classes to a broad network of clients, including buy and sell side firms, dealers, brokers, institutions, and corporations. It operates business through four segments: Market Making, Institutional Sales and Trading, Electronic Execution Services and Corporate and Other. The Market Making segment consists of market making in global equities and listed domestic options. It includes client, and to a lesser extent, non-client electronic market making activities in which they operate as a market maker in equity securities. The Institutional Sales and Trading segment includes global equity, exchange traded funds and fixed income sales and trading; reverse mortgage origination and securitization; capital markets; and asset management activities. Its business consists of execution and facilitation equities and fixed income transactions as agent on behalf of institutional clients, and they commit capital on behalf of its clients when needed. The Electronic Execution Services segment offers access via its electronic agency-based platforms to markets and self-directed trading in equities, equity options, fixed income, foreign exchange and futures contracts. The Corporate and Other segment invests in strategic financial services-oriented opportunities, allocates, deploys and monitors all capital, and maintains corporate overhead expenses and all other income and expenses that are not attributable to the other segments. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

Southside Hospital provides healthcare services. It offers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care for persons with brain injuries. The firm provides advanced radiation therapy for outpatients and inpatients in the frank gulden radiation oncology center. The company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Bay Shore, NY.

SimpleDevices, Inc. develops software development kit and set of applications. The firm's products include simplewareTM and simplecenterTM software to consumer electronics, PC, automotive and network equipment OEMs. It offers connected digital device applications that provide automation, synchronization, scheduling and unified interfaces and databases across all compatible devices. The company was founded in 1999 by Lou Hughes and Craig Janik and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Kokopelli Capital LLC (Kokopelli Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

Buchanan & Edwards, Inc. provides infrastructure services, management consulting and data strategies to government and commercial clients. Its services include big data and analytics, collaboration and social enterprise, ingrastructure, mobile, mission systems, and cybersecurity. The company was founded by Brian Karlisch, Greg Parchment, and Tony Parchment in 1998 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

CoVant Management, Inc. provides investment strategies and support. The firm seeks to invest in companies providing solutions for the national defense, homeland security, information technology and government technology services markets. The company was founded by Joseph M. Kampf and Seymour L. Moskowitz in 2006 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Anteon International Corp. provides systems integration services. It designs, integrates, maintains and upgrades systems for national defense, intelligence, emergency response, infrastructure and other high-priority government missions. It also provides many of its customers with the systems engineering and program management skills necessary to manage the development & operations of their mission-critical systems. The company was founded in 1976 and is located in Fairfax, VA.

LGS Innovations LLC provides networking and communications technology solutions. It offers research and development in the areas of wireless communications, radio frequency (RF), spectrum analysis, cybersecurity, fiber optic and free-space optical communications, and mobile broadband technologies. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Herndon, VA.

LinQuest Corp. provides technical solutions to the United States government and commercial industry. Its solutions include applied cloud computing and big data, cyber security, enterprise architecting, research and development, software development, systems acquisition, systems engineering and integration, and test and evaluation solutions. The company was founded in February 2004 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

AEVEX Aerospace engages in provision of full-spectrum airborne intelligence solutions. Its products include GeoFOCIS, data acquisition systems (DAQs), and Luciad software products. It operates through engineering and integration, flight test certification, specialized sustainment, and technology solutions. It also offers flight operations as well as training, maintenance, and logistics. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Solana Beach, CA.

Sagewind Capital LLC (Sagewind Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by Steven M. Lefkowitz. The firm is headquartered in New York.

HV Startup Capital LLC (HV Startup Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Rhinebeck, New York.

Doc Popcorn LLC is an American company that specializes in handcrafting a variety of fresh-popped specialty flavors of popcorn using whole grain kernels, proprietary flavor blends, and other high-quality ingredients. The company's popcorn is free of trans fat, MSG, artificial colors, and preservatives. The company was founded by Robert Israel.