Tim Brien

Cliffside Capital LLC (Cliffside Capital) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2001 by Tim Brien. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Oki Data Americas Inc., manufactures peripheral equipment for personal computers. The company's products include digital color printers, black and white printers, impact printers, facsimile machines and multifunction devices that combine printing and fax functions. It also supplies items such as envelopes, paper, toner and others. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Mount Laurel, NJ.

Headquartered in New York City, Bear Stearns Merchant Banking is the private equity arm of Bear Stearns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC)

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.