Timothy J. McDonald

Excel Technology, Inc. designs, develops, and markets laser systems and electro optical components. The firm's products are used for industrial, commercial, and scientific applications. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (Voya IM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. Formerly known as ING Investment Management Co. LLC, the firm was founded in 1972 under the name of Aetna Capital Management, Inc. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Voya Investment Management LLC, ultimately held by Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA). Voya IM provides investment management services to a wide range of clients and investment vehicles.

Founded in 1922, Weeden & Co. LP is a broker/dealer headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut with additional offices in Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis and San Francisco. The firm offers a full array of investment services with independent value-added research covering various sectors. Weeden's research goal is to produce independent, actionable long/short ideas that are free from the inherent conflicts created by investment banking. The firm vigilantly monitors proprietary, quantitative and fundamental indicators across all asset classes to identify and communicate important inflection points within the marketplace to clients. Their equities trading division specializes in difficult-to-execute orders. They are a member of the FINRA, NASDAQ and the SIPC.

Headquartered in New York City, Investec Securities LLC is an international, specialist banking group that provides a diverse range of financial products and services to a select client base. The firm provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide an internal research. Investec is a subsidiary of Investec Plc

SemEquip, Inc. manufactures semiconductors and related products. It develops cluster ion implantation sub-systems and advanced ion source materials for the manufacture of logic and memory chips. The company was founded in March 2000 by Brian Cohen, Thomas Horsky, Hilton Glavish, and Melvin L. Katten and is headquartered in St Paul, MN.

TF Instruments, Inc. manufactures ultrasonic resonators systems. The company was founded by Theodor Funck in 1993 and is headquartered in Monmouth Junction, NJ.

Wormser Energy Solutions, Inc. engages in the development of steam gasification technology system. Its product mild-airblown gasification integrated combined cycle (MaGIC), which reduces carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants. The company was founded by Alex Wormser and is headquartered in Lancaster, MA.

Part of Siemens AG, Vantage Analysis Systems, Inc. manufactures electronic software tools. The company is based in Fremont, CA.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. (Broker) (Oppenheimer-Broker) is the global full-service brokerage division of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in New York City with additional offices nationwide. Founded in 1975, the firm is owned directly by Viner Finance Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: OPY). Oppenheimer-Broker offers a full array of brokerage services to retail, institutional, and corporate clients.

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP provides legal services. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Sid Davidoff.

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

Vivace Semiconductor, Inc. manufactures multimedia processors and semiconductors. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. engages in the provision of securities regulation, complementary compliance, and technology-based services. Its services include writing and enforcing rules governing the activities of securities firms with brokers, examining firms for compliance with those rules, fostering market transparency, and educating investors. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

BaySand, Inc. designs and manufactures fables semiconductor products. It is a semiconductor solutions provider developing metal only configurable design capability based on disruptive patented Metal Configurable Standard Cell (MCSC) technology. The company was founded by Salah Werfelli, Jonathan Park and Sam L. Appleton and is headquartered in Morgan Hill, CA.

Cascend Securities is an investment research firm that provides services to institutional investors. Cascend Securities is based in New York, NY and was founded by Eric Michael Ross. The private company offers insights into various companies, sectors, and markets through its coverage of over 2,000 companies and unique data sets.