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Chad Abraham serves as the chief executive officer of Piper Jaffray and is a member of the firm's board of directors. Abraham joined the firm in 1991 as an investment banking analyst. He spent the next 13 years on the West Coast as a banker in the company's technology investment banking group. He was promoted to managing director and head of technology investment banking in 1999. In 2005, Abraham was promoted to head of capital markets and in 2010, he became the global co-head of investment banking and capital markets. Under the leadership of Abraham and co-head Scott LaRue, the firm's investment banking division grew revenues from approximately $150 million to more than $500 million. They established coverage in energy and financial services, expanded debt capital markets capabilities and added key offices and personnel. Abraham serves on the board of trustees of the Nature Conservancy’s Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota chapter and the board of trustees of The Blake School. He graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science.

Ronald \'Ron\' Kruszewski is a Chairman and CEO at Stifel Financial Corp and is based in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Indiana University Bloomington between 1977 and 1981 and Indiana University Bloomington between 1997 and 2001.

Mr. Dwight Badger is a Co-Founder of Advanced Equities Financial Corp. and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Badger Co-Founded Advanced Equities, Inc. in 1999 and served as its Chief Executive Officer until August 2012. Among Mr. Badger's responsibilities for overall strategy, he sources new venture capital investment opportunities and manages the firms overall capital raising efforts. Mr. Badger has played a key role in Banking with some of the largest private rounds of financing in Silicon Valley history. Mr. Badger was a Managing Director of Institutional Sales for LaSalle Street Securities, and Chief Executive Officer of Kress USA. Mr. Badger has played a key role in Banking with some of the largest private rounds of financing in Silicon Valley history. He served as General Partner of Innovative Technology Partners. Mr. Badger serves as Director of MetricStream, Inc. He serves as Member of Advisory Board of Echopass Corporation. He served as Director of Ygnition Networks, Inc.

Thomas Casolaro is a Chief Executive Officer at Newbridge Securities and is based in Boca Raton, Florida. He has worked as Branch Manager at Newbridge Securities.

Rick Rappaport is a Chief Executive Officer at Westpark Capital Inc and is based in Los Angeles, California.