Erhan Ercan

Ingenu, Inc. develops wireless solutions for energy automation. Its Ultra-Link Processing system enables low-power monitoring and control applications within Smart Grid, water efficiency, industrial sensing, and location tracking. The firm’s signal processing innovation finds weak signals even in high noise environments, yielding extreme coverage, immunity to high interference, and significantly lowering cost. The company was founded by Joaquin Fernandez Silva, Robert W. Boesel and Theodore Myers in 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Founded in 2004, Coastline Trust Co. is a boutique trust and investment company based in Providence, Rhode Island.

Central Hockey League operates a professional minor league hockey teams playing in small to medium-sized markets primarily in central and southwestern US states. The league, which was started in 1992, is managed and operated by WPHL, a subsidiary of Global Entertainment Corporation.

Bank of America, NA (Private Banking) (Bank of America-PB) is the private banking arm of Bank of America, NA, which is a subsidiary of Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1947 and is also known as US Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management. Bank of America-PB provides comprehensive wealth management products and services that focuses on wealth structuring (wealth planning, trusts and estates, philanthropy, custody services), investment management (portfolio consulting, asset management, capital markets, specialty asset management) and credit and banking (financial management tools, liquidity services, custom credit, real estate finance) for high net-worth and ultra-high net-worth individuals and families.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPF&S) is a global investment banking firm, SEC-registered investment advisor, broker-dealer, and futures commission merchant headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co., ultimately held by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). MLPF&S provides investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, banks, insurance companies, thrift institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations and other types of business.

The National Institute For Renewable Energy focuses on developing energy resources from early stage technologies to commanded deployment. The company was founded by David L. Miller in 2010 and is headquartered in Lubbock, TX.

Energy Innovation Capital Management LLC (Energy Innovation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Jeffrey Clark. The firm is headquartered in Orinda, California.

Freewire Technologies, Inc. develops and manufactures mobile electric vehicle chargers. The company was founded by Arcady Sosinov, Jawann Swislow, Rich Steele, Sanat Kamal Bahl, Kothari Luv, and Sameer Mehdiratta in 2014 and is headquartered in San Leandro, CA.

BioMetric Signature ID (BSI) provides distance learning proctoring solutions that comply with legal requirements and expand distance learning programs. The private company also provides advanced multi-factor authentication (AMFA) solutions to protect online and real-world identities for the federal government, US military, three-letter agencies, and their respective operators and agents, as well as the pharmaceutical, medical, and insurance industries. The American company's products authenticate students using unique biometric multi-factor authentication (MFA) and ensure the registered student is the one taking the class. BSI's behavioral biometric digital credentials cannot be shared, stolen, or replicated by any human, hacker, or other technology. The company is currently used by over 2 million users, authenticating their identity and "positive intent" with certainty odds in excess of 192 billion to one. BSI's products can be used with any smartphone or computer.

Sweetwater Investment Management LLC (Sweetwater Investment Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by James Gamett. The firm is headquartered in Encinitas, California.

CNIguard Ltd. works with major energy companies to provide secure and reliable systems that protect critical infrastructure. The company is based in Stanmore, UK. The British company's entry-level Manhole Monitoring System, Sentir, detects manhole-related incidents early on. CNIguard's SensorCore powered devices help minimize the total cost of owning and operating infrastructure assets. The company was founded by Edward Klinger, who has been the CEO since incorporation.