Steve Girling

Kindling, Inc. provides web based idea management application and collaboration tool for enterprises. The firm provides collaboration software to enterprises that enables employees to generate, share, discuss and assess ideas to accelerate innovation. The company was founded by Chris Dary, Timothy Meaney and Tom Maliska in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

ExxonMobil Oil Corp. operates gas stations and produces petroleum related products. The company was founded on August 24, 1959 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, TX.

MaxQ Technologies, Inc. operates as a value added reseller and independent software vendor. It specializes in providing business solutions to the consumer goods, manufacturing, distribution, and professional service industries. The company offers tailored software development, consulting and implementation, application support, business intelligence and analytics and supply chain solutions. It also offers due diligence process, customer relationship management, information technology consulting, implementation, programming, technical and technology design services. MaxQ Technologies was founded by John J. Pavain in 1985 and is headquartered in Danbury, CT.

Part of Forrester Research, Inc., Giga Information Group, Inc. provides information technology consulting services. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. Giga Information Group was acquired by Forrester Research, Inc. on March 03, 2003 for $51.25 million.

SMARTANALYST, Inc. provides outsourced research, analytics, and decision support services. It specializes in gene therapy, biomarkers, vaccines and biosimilars. The firm caters advertising agencies, banking institutions and investment firms, hedge funds and marketing consultancies. The company was founded by Ranjit Shastri, James Goldberg and Manu Bammi in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.