Pat Kopins

Alltel Corp. provides wireless, local, telephone, long-distance, online, and high-speed data services to residential and business customers. It serves in Chicago, Illinois, and Houston areas. The company is headquartered in Little Rock, AR.

JPMorgan Investment Management, Inc. (JPMIM) is a global, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2000 due to Chase Manhattan's purchase of Robert Fleming Holdings and the subsequent merger of Chase and JPMorgan. In January 2010, JPMorgan Investment Advisors merged into JP Morgan Investment Management. JPMIM is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). The firm primarily provides investment advisory services to both US and non-US institutional and retail clients.

Asset Management Outsourcing (AMO) is a leading outsourced provider of accounts receivable management services. As one of the largest collectors of delinquent debt in the United States, AMO delivers industry specific accounts receivable management services to leading corporations, healthcare entities and government clients. AMO provides customized receivables management solutions through traditional third party collection services for post charge-off accounts.

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.

Peachtree Equity Investment Management Inc (Peachtree Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by David Christopher and Matt Sullivan. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Patriot Capital (Patriot) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Charles McCusker and Chris Royston. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. The private company is based in Buffalo, NY and has subsidiaries in Switzerland. The company was founded by Thomas W. Ostrander.

North Central Texas Council of Governments operates as a local government. It offers planning for common needs, cooperating for mutual benefit, and coordinating for sound regional development. The company is headquartered in Arlington, TX.

FutureTech Holding Co. operates as a holding company with interests in providing information technology and IT enabled service solutions. The firm offers enterprise resource planning (ERP), business intelligence, infrastructure management, general IT consulting, call centers, medical transcription, medical billing and coding, back office operations, revenue claims processing, legal databases, content development, payrolls, logistics management, human resources services, and web services. The company was founded by Sravan Vellanki in 2005 and is headquartered in Norcross, GA.