Dennis S. Herman

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.

Auxora, Inc. produces and supplies optical thin film filters. The firm's filters can be used in optical telecommunication, data communication, CATV, bio-technology, high power lasers, instruments and other different markets. Its products include filters, packaged device and module. The company was founded by Xinxiong Zhang in January 2000 and is headquartered in Duarte, 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.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Confluent Photonics Corp. provides optical transport solutions for the cable television industry. It develops wafer-scale integrated optical components for telecommunications. The firm's products and technologies are used for TV system operators to expand the capacity and bandwidth of existing fiber optic cable infrastructure. Confluent Photonics is headquartered in Salem, NH.

Leo Electron Microscopy, Inc. provides optics and opto-electronics. The private company is based in Peabody, MA. The company was founded by Nicholas P. Economou.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

PointSpectrum Corp. develops and manufactures optical devices. The company was founded by Nicholas Economou, Jose Antonio Dominguez-Caballero, Rajesh Menon and Erick Ramos-Murillo is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Axsun Technologies, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of miniaturized optical micro-instruments. Its products include OCT swept lasers, OMx optical monitors, NIR spectroscopy, and Anavo handheld analyzer. The company was founded by Peter S. Whitney and James Gerard Lewis in 1998 and is headquartered in Billerica, MA.