Michael R. Skinner

Guitar Center, Inc. distributes musical instruments. It offers musical lessons, repairs, and rentals. The company was founded by Wayne Mitchell in 1959 and is headquartered in Westlake Village, CA.

Nortek Security & Control LLC provides wireless security, home automation, and personal safety systems and devices. It offers 2Gig Security and Control; Gocontrol Smart Products; Linear Access Solutions; Elan; Gefen; Linear Pro Access; Panamax; Xantech; Proficient; Speakercraft; Furman; and Sunfire. The firm also provides wireless security solutions, stand alone smart solutions, commercial access control, personal safety, and health and wellness solutions. The company was founded by by Ted Farrell in 1961 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Korn Ferry Leadership Consulting Corp. provides human resources consulting services. It provides services such as executive assessment, leadership training, coaching programs and pre-employment screening. The company was founded by Marvin Dunnette, Wayne Kirchner, and Lowell Waldo Hellervik in 1967 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

LaunchEquity Partners LLC (LaunchEquity Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Andy Stephens. The firm is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Peaksware LLC develops software for creators, instructors and performers. Its brands include make music, Alfred, training peaks, best bike split, and train heroic. The company was founded by Gear Fisher and Dirk friel in 1999 and is headquartered Boulder, CO.

Kaman Music Corp. distributes musical instruments and accessories including ovation and hamer guitars as well as gibraltar, latin percussion and toca drums. It also provides accessories which include seiko, kaman wearable, hercules and cherub. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Bloomfield, CT.

Paul A. Schmitt Music Co. sells musical instruments. The company sells pianos, digital pianos, home and church organs, sheet music, books, guitars, amplifiers & percussion, band and orchestra instruments. The firm operates its stores in Wisconsin, Kansas, Omaha, Nebraska; and Colorado. It was founded by Paul A. Schmitt in 1896 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

DiGiCo UK Ltd. designs and develops live digital mixing systems. It offers digital mixing consoles, including multi application, broadcast, and theatre consoles, racks and options. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Chessington, the United Kingdom.

Musician's Friend, Inc. provides music equipment through direct marketing. Its products include guitars, basses, keyboards, percussion, amps, and DJ gear. It also offers gold coverage, sweepstakes, berkelee, and diskfaktory services. The company was founded by Robert Eastman and Deanna Eastman in 1983 and is headquartered in Medford, OR.

D'Addario & Co., Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets strings for musical instruments. The firm distributes strings for fretted and bowed musical instruments, drumheads, drum practice pads, guitar, and other woodwind accessories. Its products are sold under the proprietary brand names D'Addario, Evans Drumheads, Planet Waves, Rico, and HQ Percussion. The company was founded by John D'Addario, Sr., John D'Addario, and James D'Addario in 1973 and is headquartered in Farmingdale, NY.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Music & Arts Center, Inc. engages in the operation of musical instruments and accessories stores. It offers woodwinds, brass, guitars, keyboards, pro audio, folk and traditional instruments, drum and percussion, concert and marching percussion, orchestral strings, general accessories, books, sheet music and media, and basses. It also offers rental, lesson, and repair programs. The company was founded by Benjamin O'Brien in 1952 and is headquartered in Frederick, MD.

Conn-Selmer, Inc. provides orchestral musical instruments and accessories. The company was founded on March 1st 1993 and is headquartered in Elkhart, IN.

Sabian Ltd. manufactures cymbals and percussion instruments. Its products include drum set, band and orchestra, percussion products, and accessories. The company was founded by Robert Zildjian in 1981 and is headquartered in Meductic, Canada.

Sweetwater Sound LLC. engages in the retail of music instruments and pro audio equipment. It sells musical instruments such as guitars, basses, keyboards and percussion, studio and live sound equipment, DJ equipment, music related software and accessories through its web site and catalogs. The company was founded by Charles J. Surack in 1979 and is headquartered in Fort Wayne, IN.

The University of St. Thomas is an institution that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. The private company is based in St. Paul, MN. It offers over 150 undergraduate majors and minors, as well as graduate programs in various fields such as business, engineering, law, education, social work, and arts and humanities. The University of St. Thomas was founded in 1885 by John Ireland.

San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. operates as a non-profit organization. It mobilizes business, government, and civic leaders to maximize the region’s economic prosperity and global competitiveness. The company is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Greater Twin Cities United Way provides services related to basic needs, education and health to the people in some counties in Minnesota. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

American Music Conference is a company that provides entertainment services such as movies, dramas, anime, live sports, and healing programs. The non-profit company is based in Carlsbad, CA. The company offers a variety of shows and movies, including drama, anime, and documentaries.

Clear Admit LLC provides MBA admissions advice and digital content. The firm’s products include school guides, interview guides, strategy guides, school snapshots and admissions books. The company was founded by Graham Richmond and Eliot Ingram in 2002 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

U.S. Bank NA engages in operation of a commercial bank that offers loans and depositary services. The company is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Part of DCC Plc, KMC Music, Inc. is a company that distributes musical instruments and accessories. The company is based in Bloomfield, CT. KMC Music was acquired by Exertis-JAM, a subsidiary of DCC Plc from Fender Musical Instruments Corp. on February 10, 2015.

DiGiCo Global Ltd. designs and manufactures digital audio mixing consoles. It supplies interfaces for post-production and recording studios. The firm offers products for live sound, theatre productions, and broadcast applications. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Chessington, the United Kingdom.

Part of Astorg VI Luxembourg Special LP, Solid State Logic Holdings Ltd. is a holding British company that operates subsidiaries which manufacture and sell professional audio recording equipment. The company is based in Oxford, UK and was founded in 2011.

Console Bidco Ltd. provides management consultancy services. The private company is based in Chessington, UK.

Audiotonix Ltd. engages in the design and manufacture of audio mixing consoles. It offers products under the brands of Allen & Heath, Calrec, DiGiCo, DiGiGrid, Group One, KLANG:technologies, and Solid State Logic. The company was founded on June 13, 2014 and is headquartered in Chessington, the United Kingdom.

Part of Astorg VI Luxembourg Special LP, A6 Audio Bidco Ltd. is a British digital mixing solutions company for live sound and theatre. The company's flagship product, the SD8 console, features 37 feature-packed channels arranged in three banks of 12 motorised faders and one master fader, or 24 channels in a more compact frame. The console's worksurface is a 15-inch, high resolution TFT LCD touch screen with backlit display that allows you to assign any bank of 12 faders as input or output channels. The SD8 offers local I/O in abundance, with eight mic inputs, eight outputs, eight mono AES I/O, and two MADI connections. It comes as standard with an 8U fixed 48 input / 8 analogue output D2 Rack, with the ability to increase output count to 24 with any combination of analogue AES/EBU or Aviom. The company, founded in 2017, offers a range of audio tools designed for the art and science of sound engineering.

Part of Audiotonix Ltd., Console Midco Ltd. is an investment holding British company. The company is based in Chessington, UK. Console Midco was founded in 2014.

Part of Audiotonix Ltd., Console Lowco Ltd. is an investment holding British company. The company is based in Surrey, UK. Console Lowco was founded in 2014.

Part of Astorg VI Luxembourg Special LP, Audiotonix Group Ltd. is a holding company that operates subsidiaries manufacturing and selling audio mixing consoles. The company is based in Chessington, UK. Founded in 2017.

Part of Astorg VI Luxembourg Special LP, Audio UK 3 Ltd. is an investment holding company. The company is based in Surrey, UK and was founded in 2017.

Part of Astorg VI Luxembourg Special LP, Audio UK 2 Ltd. is an investment holding company. The company is based in Chessington, UK and was founded in 2017.