Steven C. Bartling

Fayez Sarofim & Co. (FSC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm was founded by Fayez Sarofim in 1958 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Sarofim Group, Inc. FSC manages investment portfolios for a wide range of clients which includes pension plans, foundations, endowments and individuals.

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a state-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by the Texas Legislature in 1937 to provide service and disability retirement benefits to teachers and administrators of the public school systems of Texas, which include institutions of higher education. In 1949, legislation expanded membership eligibility to include all employees of public education institutions. In 1985, TRS was assigned responsibility to administer health insurance program for public school retirees. The firm invests funds under its stewardship and delivers benefits to members as authorized by the Texas Legislature.

Merrill Lynch International (MLI-UK) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1988 and is a subsidiary of ML UK Capital Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) in the US. MLI-UK provides brokerage services to individual and retail clients.

University of Texas Investment Management Co. (UTIMCO) is a not-for-profit foundation headquartered in Austin, Texas. The Foundation was founded in 1996 to oversee investments for The University of Texas and Texas A&M University Systems. UTIMCO manages four major endowment funds under the fiduciary care of the UT System Board of Regents: the Permanent University Fund (PUF), the Permanent Health Fund (PHF), the Long Term Fund (LTF), and the Separately Invested Funds (SIF). The PHF and the LTF are pooled and invest in shares of the General Endowment Fund (GEF).

QuantaLife, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It develops and manufactures products based on nucleic acid testing concept for the life science research, clinical molecular diagnostics, personalized medical care and industrial markets. The company was founded by Kevin Dean Ness, Benjamin Hindson, Christopher T. Blisard and William Wayne Colston Jr. in 2008 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Rheonix, Inc. operates microfluidic platform for the molecular diagnostics industry. It is committed to improving standards of care by making molecular diagnostics available to more people, in more places, more often. The firm's platform performs fully automated, complex molecular assays in an easy to use and economical format on the Rheonix CARD cartridge. The company was founded by Greg Galvin in 2007 and is headquartered in Ithaca, NY.

HealthTell, Inc. develops healthcare diagnosing tools for individuals to monitor their health status. It offers OneTest, a new technology for the early detection and monitoring of progressive diseases and the test is simple and inexpensive, and can be performed with only a single drop of blood. The company was founded in 2010 by Stephen Albert Johnston and Neal Woodbury and is headquartered in Chandler, AZ.

Purigen Biosystems, Inc. engages in extracting, enriching and quantifying DNA and RNA from biological samples. The company was founded in 2012 by Amy Hiddessen, Klint Rose and Juan Santiago and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co. engages in the provision of insurance and financial products and services. It offers life insurance, disability insurance, long-term care insurance, annuities, critical illness insurance, small business solutions and structured settlements for individuals. The firm?s principal products and services include individual health and accident insurance, individual and group life insurance and annuities, retirement plans, and banking services. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

Part of AT&T, Inc., BellSouth Enterprises, Inc. is a telecommunications company. The private company is based in Atlanta, GA.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Nebraska provides health insurance products. It offers health and temporary coverage plans, medicine discount programs, and benefit administration solutions. It has offices in Lincoln and Grand Island Nebraska. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

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.

American Bar Association provides legal services. It provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, legal information and other services to assist legal professionals. The firm has members which include judges, court administrators, law professors, and non-practicing attorneys. The company was founded on August 21, 1878 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

American Heart Association, Inc. operates a voluntary health organization funded by private contributions. The organization offers services for coronary heart diseases and strokes, high blood cholesterol & physical inactivity, obesity, and diabetes. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory provides nuclear testing services. The Laboratory's security needs include countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and strengthening homeland security against the terrorist use of such weapons. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Livermore, CA.

Society of Petroleum Engineers, Inc. provides petroleum engineering services. The non-profit company is based in Allen, TX and has subsidiaries in United States, India and Canada.

The Dallas Bar Association operates as an association of attorneys. The private company is based in Dallas, TX.

State Bar of Texas provides legal educational programming services. The private company is based in Austin, TX.

Part of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc., The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. (USA) Ltd. provides investment advice services. The private company is based in New York, NY.

The Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation engages in recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of Texas business leaders, to perpetuate and inspire the values of entrepreneurial spirit. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Accent-Fairchild Group, Inc. manufactures and supplies house and hardware products. Its divisions include accent, fisher, lifetime, meyer, MLM, 3D Light FX and wean green. The firm’s products include houseware storage containers and shelving, food storage containers, tool boxes, and metal and plastic parts cabinets. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

Mid-Columbia Medical Center provides healthcare services. It provides services intended to address patient's emotional, spiritual, intellectual and environmental concerns in addition to their physical needs. The firm as a hospital with its affiliates offers medical, cancer, home care, and therapy services. The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Dalles, OR.

SeneXta Therapeutics SA engages in the research and development of therapies for neurodegenerative disorders. The firm provides medicines that maintain healthy brain ageing and rehabilitation after ischemic brain injury. The company was founded by Enrico Braglia and Federica Pericle in 2008 and is headquartered in Lugano, Switzerland.

Manning NavComp, Inc. provides web based GPS vehicle tracking services for fleet management purposes. Its services include development and integration of digital communications systems, target tracking systems, and state of the art control of distributed communication and surveillance platforms. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Loop1 Systems, Inc. provides information technology infrastructure solutions. It offers health check, software consulting, project management, and managed services. The firm also provides network monitoring, software development, server and application monitoring, routing and switching, asset management, firewall audits, virtualization, and solarwinds solutions. The company was founded by Donald J. Kinnett and William Fitzpatrick in 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

iCarbonX engages in the provision of digital health records by storing genomic, and medical and daily health data services. The firm offers individualized health analysis and prediction of health index through advanced data mining and machine analysis technologies. The company was founded on by Haoli, Yingrui Li, Jun Wang, and Chun Wu on October 28, 2015 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.

Sestina Bio LLC operates a platform for automated synthetic biology. It provides technology centric, R&D platform to provide cutting edge solutions to sustainably feed and clothe. The firms approach is to integrate tools for genome editing, single cell biology, and machine learning to transform ability to engineer and harness biological function. The company was founded by William Wayne Colston, Jr. and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.