Tate A. Garrett

Truist Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1894 as SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. In 2020, the firm was renamed following the integration of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and BB&T Capital Markets. The firm is a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC) and is an active market maker in equity and fixed-income products. Truist Securities delivers a comprehensive range of strategic advisory, capital raising, risk management, and financing solutions, as well as a dynamic suite of sales, trading, and research services in both fixed-income and equity. Their strategies are carefully tailored to meet the needs and vision of their clients.

Prospect Mortgage LLC provides mortgage loans. The firm offers a variety of home loan solutions including first-time homebuyer programs with down-payment assistance, FHA and VA, conventional, jumbo and super jumbo, new construction and renovation. The company is headquartered in Sherman Oaks, CA.

Caringo, Inc. develops diagnostic devices to monitor inflammation and immune status. Its products include Swarm storage software, SwarmNFS, Unified storage software, CloudScaler, FileFly, FileScaler and BlockScaler. The company was founded by Mark D. Goros, Jonathan Ring, and Paul Carpentier in 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Achronix Semiconductor Corp. offers high-density and high-performance application-targeted field programmable gate arrays. Its products include Speedster22i HD, Speedster22i HP, ACE, Boards, Documentation and Video Demos. The firm also offers the Achronix CAD environment (ACE), an easy-to-use, mature, robust design-tool suite for its customers and ACE includes integrated support for industry-standard synthesis tools Synplify Pro and Precision Synthesis. The company was founded by John Lofton Holt, Rajit Manohar, Virantha N. Ekanayake, and Clinton W. Kelly VI in 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

SOMS Technologies LLC develops, manufactures and commercializes proprietary and private label automotive filtration products. It offers the microGreen Extended Performance Oil Filters, a patented engine oil filter for extending oil drain intervals. The firm develops and produces private label automotive filters for brands throughout North America. The company was founded by Miles Flamenbaum in November 2006 and is headquartered in Valhalla, NY.

Directed Sensing, Inc. develops sensing and visualization technology. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Knoxville, TN.

PerceptiMed, Inc. develops and markets a medical device for eliminating medical errors in pharmacies. The firm's products include IdentRx, IdentRx telepharmacy, MedPass, and ScripClip. Its technology identifies the composition of individual pills in real-time, checks each and every pill against the doctor's prescription, and ensures delivery to the patient. The company was founded by Alan Jacobs and Jennifer L. Jacobson is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

A5 Corp. provides Information Technology and cloud computing technologies and services. Its services include Configurator, Oracle CPQ Cloud, Oracle Sales Cloud, E-Business Suite, Sales Performance Management (SPM), Master Data Management (MDM), Service Automation, Industry Solutions and Marketing Automation. The company was founded by Vinay Kruttiventi in 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

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.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Slack Barshinger, Inc. provides integrated marketing communication services to build brands and to find, create and retain profitable customers. It offers services packaging, software and information technology services, professional services, and industrial technology. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Adams & Reese LLP provides legal services. It specializes in industries such as aerospace, agriculture, automotive, banking and financial services, biotechnology, construction, dealerships, defense, entertainment, health care, maritime, and telecommunications. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered New Orleans, LA.

Thompson Street Capital Managers LLC (Thompson Street Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Thompson Street Capital Partners LLC, founded in 2000 by James A. Cooper and Peter Finley. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Two Rivers Associates LLC (Two Rivers Associates) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by John McCarthy and Joe Adorjan. The firm is headquartered in Clayton, Missouri.

Osborn & Barr Communications, Inc. provide marketing communications services. Its services include brand management, strategic planning, event planning and marketing, creative services, public relations, media services, digital marketing, and channel marketing services. The company was founded by Stephen D. Barr and Joe Osborn in 1988 and is located in St. Louis, MO.

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

GridApp Systems, Inc. provides database automation and management services. It offers GridApp Clarity, which provides a solution that manages the database infrastructure through various stages of the life cycle, and manages various task automation and arbitrary scripts on hosts and databases in the database environment within a view console. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

IBM Microelectronics, Inc. develops and markets customized semiconductor products and services. The company also develops, manufactures and test leading-edge semiconductor packaging technologies to develop future semiconductor products and processes. IBM Microelectronics was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in White Plains, NY.

The Small Business Investor Alliance is an association of senior investment professionals focused on the lower middle market. The non-profit company is based in Washington and was founded by Jonathan F. Wilson. The American company's public policy goals are focused on maintaining access to growth capital for small businesses to support economic growth and job creation. The company recommends policies to unleash more capital for job creation and economic growth, including encouraging investment in rural business investment companies and venture and growth capital.

Dali Wireless, Inc. provides wireless coverage and capacity solutions. Its products include cellular, public safety, and software. It offers all digital distributed antenna system, dynamic capacity allocation, coverage extension, and radio access network virtualization solutions. The company was founded by Leo K. Wong, Albert S. Lee and Dali Yang in 2006 and is headquartered Menlo Park, CA.

RepEquity, Inc. provides online brand management services. It specializes in search, social media, web and mobile development, and analytics. The firm develops digital tools and programs to build and protect different brands in the sports, entertainment, finance, healthcare, advocacy, and non-profit arenas. The company was founded by Tripp Donnelly in 2008 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Ferrara Fire Apparatus, Inc. manufacture of custom built, heavy duty emergency response vehicles. Its lineup of custom fire apparatus includes the Inferno, Igniter, Cinder, and Ultra Fire Chassis, Heavy Duty Aerial Ladders and Platforms, Pumpers, Tankers, Rescues, Incident Command and Heavy Rescue Trailers, Inundator Industrial Fire Apparatus and Wildland Interface Vehicles. The company was founded by Chris Ferrara in 1979 and is headquartered in Holden, LA.

Chaffe McCall LLP is a private company that provides legal services. The company is based in New Orleans, LA.

Jefferson Capital Management LLC (Jefferson Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by William Harper and Paul Giffin. The firm is headquartered in Mandeville, Louisiana.

Phase Four, Inc. engages in the development of space propulsion systems. The company was founded by Simon Halpern and John Patrick Sheehan and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

R.L. Hulett & Co., Inc. operates as an investment banking firm that specializes in providing financial advisory services to middle market companies. Its services include mergers and acquisitions advisory, private capital advisory, strategic planning, business valuations, and financial due diligence. The company was founded by Robert L. Hulett in 1981 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

MobileQubes, Inc. provides technological services. The company was founded by Sean Carrigan and Jason Palmer and is headquartered in New Orleans, LA.

Louisiana Pepper Exchange LLC provides pepper ingredients for industrial manufacturers, restaurants and home kitchens. The company is headquartered in New Orleans, LA.

Mobilequbes Solutions, Inc. provides its clients with self-automated kiosks that allow customers to rent and return compact battery qubes. The company is headquartered in New Orleans, LA.