Brian Mark Kritzer

Founded in 2002 by Brian Kritzer, BlueFin Research Partners, Inc. is an independent research firm headquartered in Boston. The firm follows the semiconductor, distribution, EMS, networking/telecommunications and semiconductor equipment sectors. BlueFin seeks to provide objective, value-added information to technology investors. In addition, they firm provides spot market information in both the U.S. and Asia/Pacific markets on DRAM, CPU, chipsets, SRAM, flash memory and capacitor pricing. Their investment opinions include both long and short ideas.

Fechtor, Detwiler & Co., Inc. provides brokerage services.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC is the investment bank asset management and brokerage arm of Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). The firm is headquartered San Francisco. Their services include fixed-income sales and trading, equities sales and trading, market analysis and research and investment banking and advisory services.

Pacific Growth Equities, Inc. is a research-driven investment bank located headquartered in San Francisco with an additional office in Boston. The firm specializes in technology-based emerging growth companies. They offer investment banking and brokerage services including public equity offerings, private equity offerings and mergers and acquisitions. Pacific Growth focuses on the life sciences, technology, healthcare and consumer growth companies.