Jeffery A. Acuff

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Inhibitex, Inc. operates as an clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The firm develops differentiated anti-infective products to prevent or treat serious infections. Its research and development efforts are currently focused on oral, small molecule compounds to treat viral infections, and in particular, chronic infections caused by HCV and herpes zoster. The company was founded by Joseph M. Patti in May 1994 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Mitralign, Inc. operates as a valve repair company that engages in transcatheter annuloplasty system designed to treat both functional tricuspid regurgitation and mitral regurgitation. The Mitralign Percutaneous Annuloplasty System, MPAS, is intended for the treatment of symptomatic functional mitral regurgitation for annular reduction through tissue plication. The company was founded by Paul A. Spence and Richard P. Geoffrion in 2003 and is headquartered in Tewksbury, MA.

Direct Flow Medical, Inc. develops transcatheter heart valve technologies. It explores application of its technology beyond the aortic valve, to the mitral valve, and other valve anatomy. The firm’s Transcatheter Aortic Valve System is indicated for the treatment of patients with severe aortic stenosis, who are at risk for surgical aortic valve replacement. The company's system incorporates a polymer frame, which is expanded using pressurized saline and contrast for placement, assessment and repositioning. Direct Flow Medical was founded by Gordon B. Bishop and Randall T. Lashinski in June 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Rosa, CA.

IDEV Technologies, Inc. develops medical devices for endovascular uses. Its products include interventional cardiology, interventional radiology and vascular surgery. The company was founded by Sheldon J. Jeffery in 1999 and is headquartered in Webster, TX.

Medtronic CoreValve LLC develops transcatheter technologies for failing aortic heart valves. Its proprietary ReValving System allows both percutaneous (PAVR) and transapical aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and is intended to provide an alternative to open-heart surgery. The company was founded by Jacques Seguin in 2001 and is located in Irvine, CA.

Hospitalists Now, Inc. offers customized hospitalist services. It offers clinical workflow automation, benchmark and dashboard reporting, hospitalist staffing and scheduling, physician communication, ongoing management, and consulting services. The company was founded by Michael Gonzales and Francisco Loya in 2002 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

OncoGenesis, Inc. address the clinical need for easy-to-use and accurate screening of women for cervical cancer. It offers optimal specimen collection, point-of-care diagnostic testing. and treatment of cervical cancer worldwide. The company was founded by Peter P. Gombrich in 2008 and is headquartered in Morgan Hill, CA.

White Pine Medical, Inc. manufactures and markets medical devices. The company was founded in February 2010 and is headquartered in Park City, UT.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Emerson Hospital, Inc. provides medical and health care services. The firm offers anticoagulation center, behavioral health, comprehensive breast health program, concussion care, nutritional counseling, orthopedics, pain management, palliative care, pathology, home care, hospice care, and infusion services. The company was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in Concord, MA.

Texas Lyceum promotes education for directors by identifying and exploring the interrelationships of major issues. The non-profit company is based in Dallas, TX.

The Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation engages in recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of Texas business leaders, to perpetuate and inspire the values of entrepreneurial spirit. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Cianna Medical, Inc. manufactures and marketing equipment for the treatment of early-stage breast cancer in women. The firm’s products include SAVI, a breast brachytherapy applicator used for the delivery of radiation after lumpectomy surgery; and SAVI SCOUT, a surgical guidance system that uses real-time audible and visual indicators to give surgeons a precise way to target tissue during lumpectomy and excisional biopsy procedures. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

Lawrence Academy is an independent high school, which engages in the provision of education. It offers programs like The Arts of LA, College Counselling, Spartan Athletics, and Winterim. The company is headquartered in Groton, MA.

Navigating Cancer, Inc. develops patient relationship management software for cancer care. It offers care management, population health, patient portal and other consulting services. The firm’s products combine clinical workflows, oncology content, and data insights to personalized patient care for cancer patients inside and outside of the clinic. The company was founded by Gena P. Cook, Michael Graff, Eva Ho and Paul Zeltzer in 2008 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Nitinol Devices & Components, Inc. engages in the provision of medical device contract manufacturing solutions. It offers nitinol components, balloon expandable stents and balloon catheters, guidewires, biomedical textiles, and equipment. The company was founded by Thomas Duerig in 1991 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Avanzar Medical, Inc. operates an oncology clinic. The private company is based in Dallas, TX.

Spindletop Capital Management LLC (Spindletop Capital) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

BlueWind Medical Ltd. develops and markets wireless neuro-stimulation devices for the treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain. It serves the medical industry. The company was founded in 2010 by Danny Neeman and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.

Sanova Dermatology Management, Inc. provides skin care services. The company was founded by Adam J. Mamelak in 2011 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.