Brian J. Janowski

Longbow Research LLC is an independent investment research firm headquartered in Independence, Ohio. The firm was founded by David S. MacGregor in 2003 to provide the institutional equity research market with a high quality, independent product, free from the many conflicts of interest that plague bulge-bracket research. Longbow Research provides insights and research coverage on publicly-traded mid-cap companies in the industrial/basic materials, consumer and technology sectors.

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Baird-Broker) is the broker-dealer division of Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., an investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 1919 and is ultimately owned by Baird Financial Group, Inc. Baird-Broker offers a full suite of comprehensive trading services for institutional clients.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Part of Brandes Worldwide Holdings LP, Brandes Investment Partners & Co. is a Canadian Toronto-based company founded in 2002 with Oliver Murray as the CEO. The company offers mutual fund investments, and returns on mutual funds are not guaranteed, values change frequently, and past performance may not be repeated. The company is an independent investment platform that offers products and services in alliance with leading investment companies with institutional roots. Bridgehouse Asset Managers, a subsidiary of Brandes Investment Partners, provides financial advisors with product and value-added tools to help Canadians build their long-term wealth by following sound investing principles.

Benchmark Financial Wealth Advisors LLC (BFWA) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. The firm was founded in 2017 as the successor business to Benchmark Financial Group LLC (formed in 2005) and Benchmark Financial Group, Inc. (incorporated in 1999). BFWA provides personalized, confidential wealth guidance/financial planning and asset management to individuals and families, small businesses, corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations.