Charles Byrd

MissionPoint Partners LLC (MissionPoint) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Jesse Michael Fink, Mark Schwartz, and Mark J. Cirilli. The firm is headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Founded in 1997 by Thane Ritchie, Ritchie Capital Management LLC is a global alternative asset management firm located in Geneva, Illinois with additional offices in New York, Chicago, London, Bermuda, Hong Kong and Menlo Park, California

GE Global Research provides research and testing services. It offers services for aircraft engines, gas turbines, medical imaging. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Niskayuna, NY.

Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides network computing infrastructure solutions. It offers its solutions under the Java technology platform, Solaris Operating System, MySQL database management system, Sun StorageTek storage solutions, and UltraSPARC processor brands. The company also develops networking computing products and technologies which include servers, storage, open source software, tools, and training. The company provides solutions to the social networking, entertainment, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, news, energy, and engineering companies. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

FMC Technologies, Inc. provides technology solutions for the energy industry and other industrial markets. It engages in the designing, manufacturing and marketing of service technologically sophisticated systems and products, such as subsea production and processing systems, surface wellhead systems, high pressure fluid control equipment, measurement solutions and marine loading systems for the oil and gas industry. The firm operates through the following segments: Subsea Technologies, Surface Technologies and Energy Infrastructure. The Subsea Technologies segment designs and manufactures systems and provides services to oil and gas companies involved in deepwater exploration and production of crude oil and gas. The Surface Technologies segment designs and manufactures systems and provides services to oil and gas companies involved in land and offshore exploration and production of crude oil and gas. It also designs, manufactures and supplies technologically advanced high pressure valves and fittings for oilfield service companies. The Energy Infrastructure segment manufactures and supplies liquid and gas measurement and transportation equipment and systems to customers involved in the production, transportation and processing of crude oil, natural gas and petroleum-based refined products. The company was founded in November 2000 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.