Andrew M. Schroepfer

Founded in 2000 by Andrew Schroepfer, Tier 1 Research is an independent research firm located in New York City with additional offices in Bethesda, Maryland, Plymouth, Minnesota and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of the 451 Group. Tier 1 Research focuses on the financial and industry implications of developments affecting public and private companies within the information technology, communications and Internet sectors. They are particularly interested in consumer, enterprise and carrier information technology services, hosting, content delivery, Internet services, software-as-a-service and enterprise services. The firm's clients include institutional investors and technology vendors, as well as, end users and venture capitalists.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Rackspace Technology Global, Inc. engages in the provision of managed hosting solutions. It offers services relating to managed and cloud hosting, colocation, application, and professional. The company was founded by Richard Yoo, Graham M. Weston, Dirk J. Elmendorf, Morris A. Miller, and Patrick R. Condon in 1998 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.

Hosting.com, Inc. provides information technology infrastructure services, geographically dispersed data centers, cloud computing sites, networking and connectivity technologies. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.