David B. Rankin

First Winston Securities, Inc. provides investment banking securities services. The private company is based in Winston-Salem, NC.

BB&T Securities LLC, doing business as BB&T Capital Markets, is the broker/dealer subsidiary of BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT). The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. They offer a full array of investment, trading and execution services to middle-market companies. BB&T Capital Markets' sales and trading arm is comprised of 2 groups: Debt Securities Sales & Trading and Equity Sales & Trading. The Debt Securities Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) Government and agency securities (2) corporate bonds (3) municipal bonds (4) asset-backed securities (5) mortgage-backed securities (6) preferred securities and (7) money market desk (short-term securities including BB&T funding). The Equity Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) institutional block execution services (2) institutional distribution of proprietary research (3) providing proprietary access to industry leading conferences and management teams (4) serving as a NASDAQ market maker for over 250 securities (5) stock buybacks including 10b-18 and 10b5-1 trading plans and (6) 144 stock sales, individual 10b5-1 trading plans (buy and sell) and employee cashless stock option programs. BB&T Capital Markets provides research coverage of the communications, defense and government services, energy, financial services, furnishings and consumer durables, healthcare, industrial services, retail/consumer durables and transportation services sectors.

Maloy Risk Services, Inc. engages in the provision of risk management and insurance placement services. It serves the hedge fund, venture capital, life sciences, healthcare, and technology industries. The company was founded by Joseph Maloy in 1872 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

New Jersey Technology Council provides business development, education and advocacy services. It serves communications, e-business, multimedia, consumer technologies, manufacturing, engineering and energy sectors. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New Brunswick, NJ.

ACM Financial Trust, Inc. operates a mortgage finance REIT. It specializes in government guaranteed residential adjustable-rate mortgage backed security management. The company was founded by William H. Gibbs Jr, Michael R. Hough, and Benjamin M. Hough in 1998 is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

The New York Road Runners Club operates a running race club through the community. The private company is based in New York, NY. The CEOs of the company are Nicholas S. Schorsch, Michael Capiraso.

Stitch Golf Holdings, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells golf products. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Cary, NC.

PRSONAS, Inc. develops holographic devices, augmented and virtual reality and mobile and web application software for digital employees. The company was founded by David Rose and Charles Rinker in 2013 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.