Allie Laborde

Stephens, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 1933 and is a subsidiary of Susi Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Stephens Financial Services LLC. Stephens provides comprehensive securities sales and trading services, including customized solutions for clients in North America and abroad.

RC2 Corp. designs, produce, and markets toys, collectibles, and infant and toddler products. It offers a wide range of products that include: RC2’s Learning Curve Brands, designed for traditional children’s and infant toys; and the RC2’s Collectible Brands, which is consists of automotive, high performance and racing vehicle replicas; agricultural, construction and outdoor sports vehicle replicas; sports trading cards, apparel and souvenirs; and collectible figures. The company was founded by Robert E. Dods and is headquartered in Oak Brook, IL.

Vestcom International, Inc. provides customized shelf-edge communication and marketing solutions. It offers stackz, ISMAds, adSigns, snapTalker, and pegAssist. The company was founded by Steve Bardwell in 1985 and is headquartered in Little Rock, AR.

Entrust, Inc. provides software security solutions. Its products include authentication and identity assurance, public key infrastructure and entrust cloud. The firm’s solutions include Mobile Security, Cloud Services, Strong Authentication, Physical and Logical Access, Certificate Management, Certificate Management, Secure Email and Citizen eID. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Katy, TX.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Founded in 1982 by Mary Ann Greenwood, Greenwood Gearhart, Inc., formerly M.A. Greenwood & Associates, Inc., is a registered investment advisor located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The firm provides discretionary investment management services for individuals, families, retirees, institutions, foundations, business owners and retirement plan sponsors. Founded in 1992, Greenwood Group Ltd. is an affiliated company that provides qualified retirement plan design and third party administration services for investment clients of Greenwood Gearhart.

Armor Defense, Inc. provides secure cloud web hosting solutions. Its services include professional, on-boarding, compliance, secure portal, and API. The firm also provides HIPAA and PCI compliant cloud hosting solutions to protect valuable websites and business assets. It offers secure cloud server, high performance cloud, compliance, managed, and business continuity solutions. The company was founded by Chris Drake in 2009 and is headquartered in Richardson, TX.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Mitchell Gold Co. designs, manufactures, and sells furniture. Its products are available at Crate and Barrel, Restoration Hardware, Pottery Barn and ABC Carpet and Home as well as through catalogs such as Pottery Barn, L.L. Bean, and Nieman Marcus and Chambers. The company was founded by Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams in 1989 and is headquartered in Taylorsville, NC.

Kele, Inc. supplies building automation products and services. The firm offers automated products for commercial input and output systems. Its products include transmitters, sensors, switches, gauges, transformers, actuators, relays, and transducers. The company was founded by Roger Johnson and Ronnie Randall in 1983 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

TierPoint LLC engages in the provision of connected data center and cloud solutions. It offers services relating to colocation, cloud platforms, network services, security and compliance, disaster recovery, consulting services, and managed services. The company was founded in July 2010 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Pearlman Group LLC develops and distributes branded abrasives, diamond tools and equipment. The company is headquartered in Waltham, WA.

Floworks International LLC manufactures and supplies pipes, valves, and fittings. The firm serves the refining, chemical and petrochemical, mining, and power generation industries. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Pasadena, TX.

Continuum Energy Services LLC provides commercial gas logistics and consumer natural gas services. It owns and operates gathering, processing, treating, compression and transportation assets for natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids. The company also provides post-production services, including well connects, gas marketing, contract negotiation, scheduling, imbalance management, risk management, accounting and distribution to producers. The firm offers services ranging from well head negotiations, revenue and production tax distribution, hedging and supply balancing. The company serves producers, retailers and residential customers in the United States. Continuum Energy Services was founded by Robert B. Rosene Jr. and Kent Dunbaron on July 20, 1998 and is headquartered in Tulsa, OK.

Arkansas Children's Hospital provides healthcare services. It serves as the pediatric teaching affiliate of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and is home to the Department of Pediatrics. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Little Rock, AR.

Kodiak Gas Services LLC engages in the contract compression business. It provides critical compression equipment. The firm offers compression, enhanced oil recovery, turnkey projects, and customer owned services. The company was founded by Mickey McKee in May 2010 and is headquartered in Montgomery, TX.

CoreLink LLC manufactures surgical instruments and implants in a variety of medical fields. It offers anterior, posterior lumbar and cervical, minimally invasive, and biologics. The company was founded by Jay William Bartling in 2007 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Spitzer Industries, Inc. delivers steel fabrication of individual process skids, assembled modules and combined solutions for energy industry customers. It provides engineered packages, vessels, columns and towers, structural steel to the production, midstream, subsea and petrochemical sectors. The firm also provides project management, engineering, design and procurement services. The company was founded by Cullen R. Spitzer in 1996 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Sound Seal, Inc. manufactures commercial and architectural acoustic noise control products. Its business divisions include The Architectural Division which handles interiors, The Industrial Division which deals with outdoor and in-plant noise control, and the Impacta Flooring Division which deals with floor underlayment. The company was founded by Richard T. Mulcahy and Barry A. Lyons in 1978 and is headquartered in Agawam, MA.

Insight Equity Holdings LLC (Insight Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Victor L Vescovo and Ted W. Beneski. The firm is headquartered in Southlake, Texas.

Apptegy, Inc. engages in the development of publishing platform for schools. It offers Thrillshare, a mobile application that creates and distributes content from mobile application. The company was founded by Jeston George and Dan Pariente in 2015 and is headquartered in Little Rock, AR.

Liberty Hall Capital Partners LP (Liberty Hall Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2011 by Rowan Taylor and Stuart Oran. The firm is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina.

Shorehill Capital LLC (Shorehill Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Dave Hawkins and Brian P. Simmons. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. operates as a wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm. It offers equity research, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, public financing and fixed income services. The firm serves individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients. The company was founded by Robert Wilson Baird in 1919 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Ungerboeck Systems International LLC provides and develops event and venue management software. It offers client care, cloud hosting, upcoming training, payment integration, and professional services. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in O'Fallon, MO.

GranQuartz LP manufactures and distributes stone tools and supplies for the natural stone and title industries. The firm provides diamond abrasives such as anchoring products, silicon carbide grinding wheels, auto edge machines, and bridge saw blades. It also offers power tools, including accessories, anchoring machines, bridge saws, die grinders, drilling and dust control products, edge chiseling machines, flute grinding and polishing systems, grinders, handheld saws, jet sticks, planetary polishers and polishers, radial arm machines, routers, sanders, stone recycling equipment and water filtration systems. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Norcross, GA.