John Yamokoski

Polen Capital Management LLC (Polen Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. The firm was founded by David Polen in 1979. Polen Capital offers investment management services on a discretionary and non-discretionary basis to individuals, corporations, partnerships, trusts, retirement plans, sovereign nations, registered investment companies, UCITS and collective investment trusts. They also serve as a portfolio manager for certain clients of unaffiliated investment advisors in connection with wrap fee programs.

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.

Truist Securities, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm was founded in 1894 as SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. In 2020, the firm was renamed following the integration of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and BB&T Capital Markets. The firm is a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC) and is an active market maker in equity and fixed-income products. Truist Securities delivers a comprehensive range of strategic advisory, capital raising, risk management, and financing solutions, as well as a dynamic suite of sales, trading, and research services in both fixed-income and equity. Their strategies are carefully tailored to meet the needs and vision of their clients.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Intrepid Capital Management, Inc. (Intrepid Capital) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. The firm was founded by Forrest Travis and Mark Travis in 1994. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intrepid Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: ICAP). Intrepid Capital provides advisory services and non-advisory services to corporate, institutional, and high net worth individuals. They also provide advisory services to mutual funds (registered investment companies) and pooled investment vehicles that are not registered as investment companies.

The Sterling Group LP (The Sterling Group) is a private equity firm founded in 1982 by Frank J. Hevrdejs. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Granite Creek Partners LLC (Granite Creek Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Mark A. Radzik, Brian B. Boorstein and Peter G. Lehman. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Millennium Management LLC is a SEC-investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Israel 'Izzy' Englander in 1989 and is a subsidiary of MLM Trust B LLC, itself a subsidiary of MLM Trust B. Millennium Management provides discretionary investment advisory services to private investment funds.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Wells Fargo Securities LLC (WFS) is the broker/dealer subsidiary of EVEREN Capital Corp., ultimately owned by Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). Headquartered in New York, WFS delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, such as a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.

Nauticus Robotics (Texas), Inc. engages in the provision of mechatronics and automation engineering services. It focuses on autonomous ocean vehicle technologies. Its products include the Aquanaut, Commander, and Olympic Arm. The company was founded by Nicolaus Adam Radford and Reginald Bruce Berka and is headquartered in Webster, TX.

Arrcus, Inc. provides software-powered network transformation services. It offers ArcOS, a fully programmable, modular, extensible software that enables organizations to cost-effectively build scalable infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud network environments while delivering security and deployment flexibility. The company was founded by Devesh Garg Nandan, Keyur Patel and Derek Yeung in 2016 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Liberty Global Ventures (Liberty Global Ventures) is a venture capital division of Liberty Global PLC founded in 1999 by Bruce Dines. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Plume Design, Inc. engages in the provision of a consumer experience management platform for service providers and their subscribers. Its products include HomePass, a smart home services software; Haystack, a back-end software suite for subscriber experience management; and Harvest, a network insights and campaign automation software. The company was founded by Fahri Diner, Adam Hotchkiss, Sri Nathan, and Aman Singla in 2014 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

SingulariTeam Ltd (SingulariTeam) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Moshe Hogeg and Kenges Rakishev. The firm is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Lacework, Inc. provides cloud computing services. It offers workload security, container security and visibility and devops solutions. The firm also provides polygraph, threat insights, security automation and architecture products. The company was founded by Vikram Kapoor and Sanjay Karla in 2015 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Cloud of Things Ltd. provides devicetone™ solution that can be easily integrated by utility companies and embedded into any product, allowing manufacturers and distributors to offer management and maintenance services to consumers and businesses. The company is based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Cloud of Things makes it easy to make products smart by supporting leading IoT standards through its embedded firmware package and enabling smart products to communicate with any IoT cloud over most network protocols, including ULE, Zigbee, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, and cellular. The Israeli company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in the United States. The company was founded by Eliav Gnessin, David Chouraqui, and Avner Ziv has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

TiBit Communications, Inc. develops next-generation pluggable devices. Its devices are designed to virtualize the access network using industry Ethernet switching equipment. The company was founded by Richard L. Stanfield, Edward Wayne Boyd and Jerry Wojtowicz and is headquartered in Petaluma, CA.

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 serves the needs of high net-worth and ultra-high net-worth individuals and families by providing 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).

Little Engine Ventures (Little Engine Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Daryl Starr. The firm is headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana.

NB Alternatives Advisers LLC is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of NB Alternatives Holdings LLC founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Dallas.

Gvahim NGO is a non-profit organization based in Tel Aviv, Israel that aims to help new olim integrate into the Israeli labor market. The Israeli company offers training programs and professional support to equip olim with the necessary tools and skills to find suitable employment, build successful careers, and develop their professional networks in Israel. The company's team of HR specialists, career consultants, and professional mentors work closely with each oleh to "repackage" their skills and adapt their experience to meet the demands of the Israeli job market. Gvahim offers various services such as Aliyah Prep, Gvahim Tech, Gvahim Career Center, Business English, Vocational Training, and Gvahim Medical Career Kickstart. The non-profit company also provides guidance on common challenges faced by olim such as language barriers, non-relevant experience for the local market, a new interview process, different working culture, lack of network, and changing professional fields.

NetDevices, Inc. provides networking solutions. Its services include fire walling, intrusion detection, virtual private networking & directing and filtering content into a single, manageable platform. The company was founded in 2003 by Seenu Banda, Jeff Kidd, and Rob Haragan and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Juniper Networks is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Juniper Networks Inc founded in 2010 by Pradeep S. Sindhu. The firm is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Katai, Inc. provides end-to-end solutions for delivering the live video for news reporting, entertainment, and sports. The firm's proprietary end-to-end pipeline allows 360º video to be streamed in real time to virtually any connected device, including smartphones, tablets, PCs, smart TVs, and VR headsets. The company was founded by Greg Easley and Randy Eckhardt in 2012 and is headquartered in Mill Valley, CA.

Benu Networks, Inc. provides networking and wireless communication products. Its virtual service edge offers fixed and mobile operators a scalable, access-independent real-time subscriber management platform that changes the paradigm from competing on speed and price to enabling revenue-generating public and private cloud-based services at the edge of the IP network. The company was founded by David F. Callan, Rajender Duggal and Michael R. Brown in 2010 and is headquartered in Billerica, MA.