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The Internet of Things (IoT) is a global major trend. It promises a future in which people and processes communicate and interact with each other fully automatically, almost as if controlled by magic. But to achieve this, we need to know the exact location and status of all relevant ​“things.” We need to connect these things. And this requires a real-time intelligence that lets everything communicate as quickly and intelligently as possible. That’s exactly what we at KINEXON do. For this purpose we offer real-time location solutions and and open edge computing platforms.

Qventus, Inc. is an artificial intelligence software company that focuses on optimizing hospital operations through real-time data analytics. Established in 2011 and based in Los Altos, California, the company offers a platform that predicts operational issues, provides immediate recommendations, and encourages team members to take action. By utilizing machine learning and optimization algorithms, Qventus aims to enhance the efficiency and quality of healthcare delivery, addressing challenges across various hospital departments, including emergency services, operating rooms, and patient safety. The company collaborates with leading healthcare institutions to transform hospital management and improve overall operational decision-making.

RightHand Robotics, Inc. specializes in manufacturing robotic order-picking systems designed for various industrial applications, including e-commerce, food handling, and flexible manufacturing. The company offers innovative products such as the ReFlex SF, which features a 3D-printed palm equipped with servos and compliant fingers, and the ReFlex TakkTile, a tactile sensor that enhances the robots' ability to grasp items gently and make adjustments to avoid errors. Their technology allows robots to automatically grasp a wide range of items from bins and cases, eliminating the need for extensive data-entry or parameter-tuning, thereby making the systems cost-effective and adaptable to the evolving needs of businesses. Founded in 2015, RightHand Robotics is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a sales and business development office located in Frankfurt, Germany.

Smile Doctors LLC is a dental service organization specializing in orthodontic care for children, teens, and adults. Established in 2015 and headquartered in Georgetown, Texas, the company offers a variety of orthodontic treatments, including adult orthodontics, dentofacial orthopedics, Invisalign for teens and adults, early orthodontic intervention, orthognathic surgery, two-phase treatment, and care for temporomandibular joint disorders.

Odessa is a lease management consulting company exclusively focused in the leasing industry. Odessa is divided into two major verticals: Equipment Leasing and Automotive Leasing (includes Vehicle Fleet Management & specialization in Truck Leasing). The company is headquartered in Philadelphia, USA with operations in Bangalore, India, and has a total staff of 465 employees. Since its incorporation in 1998, Odessa has emerged as a global leader in lease management software technologies; the company’s flagship suite LeaseWave comprises of over 120 configurable modules built entirely on the Microsoft.NET platform with a true Services Oriented Architecture. The suite fully automates the operations and logistics of lease management, while automatically carrying out all the accounting behind every transaction. Odessa Technologies is a provider of Asset Leasing and Fleet Management software focused on the global leasing industry. Odessa AppStudio is the user-friendly, low code development platform on which LeaseWave itself was created. It is architected to allow continuous functional and technological upgrades while remaining compatible with your changes.

Bazaarvoice, Inc. is a software as a service (SaaS) company that specializes in helping brands and retailers understand consumer sentiment through customer-generated content. The Bazaarvoice platform allows clients to capture, manage, and display a variety of content types, including ratings, reviews, photos, and videos. Additionally, it integrates content from social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook, enabling businesses to enhance their online presence. The platform supports the creation of branded communities to foster engagement and gather valuable insights for product launches. Clients utilize this content across multiple channels, including websites, mobile applications, and in-store displays, to influence purchasing decisions and enhance marketing strategies. Bazaarvoice serves a diverse range of industries such as retail, technology, and healthcare, and operates in several countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Bazaarvoice has established partnerships to further enhance its offerings and continues to leverage customer intelligence to drive business decisions.

FourKites, Inc. develops software platform for freight brokers and shippers to streamline their operations. It offers a real-time tracking platform for shippers, carriers, third party logistics companies, and freight brokers; BackHaul Management, a solution that identifies details about the window in which deadhead miles could potentially occur; and CarrierLink, a solution that helps brokers and owner-operators sync up in real time. FourKites, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Founded in 1983 and backed by private investment, AbacusNext is headquartered in La Jolla, California, and operates two full spectrum security and privacy compliant data center environments in SSAE 16-compliant, SOC 1-, 2- data centers, geographically dispersed.

Ashling Partners is a professional services & technology firm that drives efficiency gains and process improvement through Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Process Discovery, and targeted Artificial Intelligence (AI). We work with leading intelligent process automation technologies to drive continual process improvement and better employee engagement for our clients.

HighTower is a advisor-owned financial services company. HighTower Advisors are free of those conflicts typically found in traditional brokerage firms. They are totally independent, yet fully supported in both viewing the financial lives of our clients more completely and working with them more effectively.

ADARE PHARMACEUTICALS develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products based on a broad range of proprietary oral drug-delivery platforms.

Phytech Ltd. manufactures phytomonitoring device that connects growers to their plants. It uses plant Internet of things devices, data analytics, and artificial plant intelligence to monitor the plant’s growth rate and contraction and enable growers to receive and share a constant real-time stream of data that gives them the exact status of the plant and its stress level. Its products are used by growers various crops, including corn, almonds, citrus, cotton, apple, pecan, avocado, and mango. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Rosh HaAyin, Israel with additional offices in California, Central USA, and Australia. Phytech Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Elul Tamarynd Ltd.

Insurance Technologies, LLC designs and develops sales automation solutions to insurance and financial services industries. It offers ForeSight, an annuity and life insurance illustration software to create compliant and compelling new business and inforce illustrations, as well as supports key aspects of the sales process for multiple lines of business and product types across diverse distribution channels. The company also provides FireLight sales automation software to digitally transform the entire sales process across all lines of business and to create cohesive and influential sales and buying experiences. It serves various lines of business, including annuity, life, long term care, and DI insurances; and carriers and distributors. Insurance Technologies, LLC was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Insurance Technologies, LLC designs and develops sales automation solutions to insurance and financial services industries. It offers ForeSight, an annuity and life insurance illustration software to create compliant and compelling new business and inforce illustrations, as well as supports key aspects of the sales process for multiple lines of business and product types across diverse distribution channels. The company also provides FireLight sales automation software to digitally transform the entire sales process across all lines of business and to create cohesive and influential sales and buying experiences. It serves various lines of business, including annuity, life, long term care, and DI insurances; and carriers and distributors. Insurance Technologies, LLC was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Seniorlink is a tech-enabled health services company focused on transforming care management in the home, where family caregivers play a pivotal role. Their solutions combine proprietary collaboration technology, evidence-based clinical protocols, and the human touch of dedicated care teams who work in partnership with family caregivers to meaningfully lower costs and improve consumer engagement and satisfaction for risk-bearing provider and payer organizations.

The AmeriLife Group of companies includes more than 45 individual marketing organizations and agencies, working with over 100,000 independent insurance agents from California to the Carolinas. The company's remarkable growth is the result of vision and innovation, resulting in record expansion, production, sales and profits in recent years.

Autism Home Support Services Inc. offers at-home and center-based therapy and counseling services tailored for children with autism spectrum disorders and their families, primarily operating in Northern Illinois, Colorado, and Michigan. The company provides a range of services, including school consulting, behavioral support, and psychological services, all aimed at fostering skill development in areas such as communication, social interaction, and compliance. With a focus on evidence-based practices, Autism Home Support Services develops individualized care plans to meet the unique needs of each child, addressing various challenges from basic communication to more severe behavioral issues. Furthermore, the company integrates proprietary software and telemedicine support to enhance service delivery and streamline insurance reimbursement processes. Established in 2009 and headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois, it also has additional offices in several key locations across its service regions.

Nextech Systems, LLC specializes in providing healthcare technology solutions tailored for specialty providers, including ophthalmology, dermatology, orthopedics, medical spas, and plastic surgery. Founded in 1997 and based in Tampa, Florida, the company offers a comprehensive suite of electronic medical record (EMR), practice management, revenue management, and patient engagement software. Serving over 7,000 physicians and more than 50,000 office staff members, Nextech focuses on enhancing workflow efficiency, optimizing charting accuracy, and improving overall practice profitability. The company's integrated platform is designed to streamline clinical, administrative, financial, and marketing functions, allowing physicians to manage revenue trends effectively. By continuously evolving its products based on the specific needs of specialty physicians, Nextech aims to provide a reliable and supportive healthcare IT solution that fosters confidence and growth in medical practices.

AutoStore AS manufactures automated warehousing and storage systems. The company provides automated retrieval and material handling solutions. It has strategic partnerships with Bastian Solutions, AM Automation, Egemin, Swisslog, Element Logic, and LG CNS. The company was formerly known as Jakob Hatteland Computer AS. AutoStore AS was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Nedre Vats, Norway.

Fortna is a designer and manufacturer of material handling automation systems and software tailored for various industries, including distribution, fulfillment, parcel, e-commerce, and manufacturing. The company specializes in enhancing distribution operations by mapping the flow of goods, engineering custom solutions, and selecting appropriate equipment to optimize performance. Fortna's products facilitate key material handling processes such as conveying, sortation, singulation, and scanning. They provide comprehensive service and support to ensure seamless integration and functionality according to customer requirements. By partnering with Fortna, clients can transform their distribution operations into a competitive advantage, enabling them to fulfill customer promises effectively.

Fortna is a designer and manufacturer of material handling automation systems and software tailored for various industries, including distribution, fulfillment, parcel, e-commerce, and manufacturing. The company specializes in enhancing distribution operations by mapping the flow of goods, engineering custom solutions, and selecting appropriate equipment to optimize performance. Fortna's products facilitate key material handling processes such as conveying, sortation, singulation, and scanning. They provide comprehensive service and support to ensure seamless integration and functionality according to customer requirements. By partnering with Fortna, clients can transform their distribution operations into a competitive advantage, enabling them to fulfill customer promises effectively.

Alfresco is an enterprise open-source software company that automates content-centric processes for digital business. It couples the innovation of open source with the stability of a true enterprise-class platform. The open-source model allows Alfresco to use open source technologies and contributions from the open-source community to get higher quality software produced more quickly at a much lower cost. It was founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Mateo, California.

The Guaranteed Rate Companies, which includes Guaranteed Rate Inc., and Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC, has over 6,000 employees in a total of 700 offices across the U.S. and funded $37 billion in 2019. Headquartered in Chicago, Guaranteed Rate Inc. is one of the largest retail mortgage lenders in the United States. Founded in 2000 and licensed in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., it has helped homeowners nationwide with home purchase loans and refinances. 2017 marked the launch of Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC, a mortgage origination joint venture between Guaranteed Rate, Inc. and Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY), a global leader in residential real estate franchising and brokerage. Collectively, the companies have earned honors and awards such as HousingWire’s 2020 Tech100 award for the company’s industry-leading FlashClose technology, Top Lender for Online Service for 2018 by U.S. News & World Report, and Best Online Mortgage Lender, Best Mortgage Lender for VA loans and Best Conventional Mortgage Lender by NerdWallet in 2019.

HighTower is a advisor-owned financial services company. HighTower Advisors are free of those conflicts typically found in traditional brokerage firms. They are totally independent, yet fully supported in both viewing the financial lives of our clients more completely and working with them more effectively.

As the nation’s leading online real estate marketplace focused exclusively on the sale of bank-owned and foreclosure properties to real estate investors, Auction.com makes every property transaction fast, efficient and transparent.

Ten-X, Inc. operates an online real estate marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of both commercial and residential properties through a user-friendly platform accessible via desktop and mobile devices. The company features two main divisions: Ten-X Commercial, which focuses on commercial real estate transactions, and Auction.com, dedicated to residential and bank-owned homes. Founded in 1990 and originally known as Auction.com, Ten-X rebranded in January 2016 and is headquartered in Irvine, California, with additional offices in San Mateo, New York, and Miami. The platform allows buyers, sellers, and real estate professionals to search, list, and conduct transactions entirely online, simplifying the real estate process for various property types, including office, multifamily, hotel, retail, industrial, and land. Ten-X operates as a subsidiary of CoStar Realty Information Inc.

MHS is a premier material handling systems integrator in North America. They deliver on the promise of their commitment to quality, performance, and safety by successfully executing projects and cultivating customer relationships.

Art Van Furniture is the Midwest’s furniture retailer. It is one of America’s largest independent furniture retailers and Michigan’s premier customer destination for great style at an affordable price. The company operates more than 100 stores throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, including freestanding Art Van PureSleep mattress stores, Art Van Flooring stores, and Art Van Furniture franchise locations, as well as a full service e-commerce website.

Professional Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy, headquartered in Uniondale, New York, is an award-winning, leading provider of physical therapy and rehabilitation services in the New York metropolitan area, New Jersey and Connecticut. Founded in 1998, Professional Physical Therapy now operates 83 outpatient physical therapy centers: 12 located within Equinox Fitness Centers, five located in Blink Fitness facilities, one located in a STACK Sports Performance Center, and 65 standalone. The company’s outpatient physical therapy centers provide treatment to patients suffering from musculoskeletal impairments associated with orthopedic and sports injuries and other medical conditions

CSafe specializes in the design and manufacture of cold chain solutions and mobile refrigeration units tailored for various sectors, including medical devices, pharmaceuticals, public health, military, and disaster relief. The company provides both passive and active containers for transporting temperature-sensitive materials, making it a key player in the logistics of sensitive goods. Additionally, CSafe offers a range of services such as leasing, active qualification and validation, training, and packaging qualification. With a global presence, the company serves its customers through a network of partners, service centers, and distributors, ensuring comprehensive support for cold chain logistics. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, CSafe is recognized for its unique offerings in active air cargo solutions and specialized services for cell and gene therapies.

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, System One is one of the largest professional staffing firms in the U.S. with over 6,000 employees serving the diversified engineering, clinical/scientific, IT, and legal markets. System One offers a full suite of specialty workforce solutions and integrated services focused on mission-critical, recurring human capital solutions, such as testing and inspection, non-destructive testing, staff augmentation, legal process outsourcing and eDiscovery, recruiting services, managed service provider (MSP) services, and vendor management services (VMS).

As a trusted manufacturer of baked goods operating for over 25 years, they’re all about providing innovative, quality bakery solutions that meet our customer needs, whether it’s convenience, increased efficiency, creative product offerings, and of course, growing sales. With their extensive product selection and portfolio of successful brands, they cover all needs, from bite sized delights under the bestselling two-bite® brand, decadent indulgences under Kimberley’s Bakeshoppe™, feel good snacks under Mason St. Bakehouse™, or traditional treats that are good to the last crumb under The Worthy Crumb Pastry Co™.

Syneos Health® (Nasdaq:SYNH) is the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization. The Company, including a Contract Research Organization (CRO) and Contract Commercial Organization (CCO), is purpose-built to accelerate customer performance to address modern market realities. We bring together approximately 24,000 clinical and commercial minds with the ability to support customers in more than 110 countries. Together we share insights, use the latest technologies and apply advanced business practices to speed our customers’ delivery of important therapies to patients.

Ceridian is a global business services company that provides reality-based KnowHow to take the guesswork out of impacting your organization's bottom line. From human resources and benefits to productivity and payroll services, they help organizations maximize their human, financial and technology resources. As a leader in payroll outsourcing, gift cards and corporate spending, they're the driving force in payment innovation. Whether they're partnering with you to save money, grow your business, enhance operations or minimize financial risks they provide the insights and solutions that ensure your success. Dayforce, the company's flagship cloud HCM platform, provides human resources, payroll, benefits, workforce management, and talent management capabilities in a single solution. Ceridian's platform helps to manage the entire employee lifecycle, from recruiting and onboarding, to paying people and developing their careers. Ceridian provides solutions for organizations of all sizes, from small businesses to global organizations.

Bargain Hunt Superstores operates a chain of discount retail stores in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Indiana. It sells merchandise ranging from overstocks, out-of-season goods, customer returns, and new and refurbished items in the areas of clothing for men, women, and children; electronics and HDTVs; home goods and domestics; various toys and bikes; sporting goods and outdoor gear; indoor and outdoor furniture; and more. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in La Vergne, Tennessee. Bargain Hunt Superstores operates as a subsidiary of Essex Technology Group, Inc.

GCA Services Group is a national provider of quality facility services, including janitorial/custodial services, contamination control for cleanroom manufacturing, facilities operations and maintenance, grounds management, in-sourced production staffing and labor management, diversified staffing, and more.

Healthcare Staffing Services, LLC is a healthcare staffing services company focused on providing quality patient care and delivering improved patient outcomes throughout the U.S. Through its investment in Fastaff ® Travel Nursing and U.S. Nursing Corporation ®, the company supplies rapid response temporary travel nurses for urgent staffing needs to maintain the continuity of care for its clients and their patients.

Acorns is a finance company that allows individuals to round up purchases and automatically invest the change. It allows customers to automatically invest in a low-cost, diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds offered by some asset managers including Vanguard and BlackRock. Acorns was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Curo Health Services is a hospice care company offering medical care, pain management, and emotional and spiritual support to families. Curo Health Services and its eight hospice affiliates provide compassionate Hospice care with clinical excellence to over 7200 patients, and their families, across 19 states. Their goal is to enrich the quality of life as life's journey nears its completion. Through supportive, loving, comfort care they offer patients and their families comfort for body, mind and spirit.

1-800 CONTACTS, Inc. retails lenses online for consumers in the United States. It provides daily disposables, toric lenses, color lenses, bifocal lenses, and eye care solutions; and glasses. The company sells products through phone, Internet, mail, or fax. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Orem, Utah. 1-800 CONTACTS, Inc. is a former subsidiary of Anthem, Inc.

At Prime Risk Partners, they are building a superior national insurance distribution operation through selective acquisitions, strategic new hires and thoughtful operations. Their philosophy of innovative solutions and collaborative success enables them to be the home of choice for industry professionals seeking to grow as part of something larger than themselves. They aim to be the partner of choice for independent agencies that want to be rewarded for what they have built while maintaining a sense of independence and continuing to build their businesses with the capital they provide.

Phillips Pet Food & Supplies is a family-owned distributor of pet food and supplies, established in 1938 and based in Easton, Pennsylvania. Initially a local feed store in Germansville, the company has evolved to distribute over 300 brands of pet products, including pet foods, toys, and flea and tick control items. Serving a diverse clientele that includes independent pet stores, groomers, veterinarians, and feed and farm stores, Phillips Pet Food & Supplies operates across the United States, maintaining a commitment to quality and service in the pet supply industry.

Black Knight is a prominent provider of integrated technology, data, and analytics solutions that enhance and automate various processes within the mortgage lifecycle. The company focuses on supporting lenders and servicers by delivering advanced technology and services designed to help them achieve their strategic objectives and improve customer service. Black Knight aims to be the preferred business partner in the mortgage industry, emphasizing excellence, innovation, and integrity in its offerings.

ServiceLink Holdings, LLC provides real estate title, closing, and escrow services. It also offers appraisal and valuation solutions and default related services that includes asset management and sales. ServiceLink Holdings, LLC was formerly known as Black Knight Financial Services II, LLC. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. ServiceLink Holdings, LLC operates as a subsidiary of Black Knight Financial Services, Inc

CTI Foods, LLC is a food processing company that specializes in supplying meat and other food products to the quick service restaurant industry. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Wilder, Idaho, the company provides a diverse array of culinary solutions, including raw and pre-cooked proteins, soups, sauces, and dehydrated beans. With six state-of-the-art production facilities located in California, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Texas, CTI Foods employs over 1,500 personnel. The company focuses on delivering custom and proprietary products tailored to the specific needs of its clients, emphasizing flavor and menu innovation.

CompuCom Systems, Inc. provides end-to-end managed services, technology and consulting to enable the digital workplace for enterprise, midsize and small businesses. Celebrating its 30th year, CompuCom delights with individualized experiences, drives workplace collaboration and productivity, and delivers operational performance and efficiency. For more information, visit www.compucom.com.

Party City Corporation is a leading supplier and retailer of party goods in North America and internationally, offering a wide range of products including balloons, party supplies, birthday decorations, Halloween costumes, and personalized items. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Rockaway, New Jersey, the company operates through a network of approximately 900 party superstores, which include around 600 company-owned and franchised locations in the United States and Puerto Rico, as well as a temporary network of Halloween stores. Party City provides its products through physical retail stores and an e-commerce platform, PartyCity.com, featuring a broad selection of items. The company is part of Amscan Holdings, Inc., and supplies products to a variety of retailers and distributors, enhancing its reach in the market for seasonal and themed events.

Party City Corporation is a leading supplier and retailer of party goods in North America and internationally, offering a wide range of products including balloons, party supplies, birthday decorations, Halloween costumes, and personalized items. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Rockaway, New Jersey, the company operates through a network of approximately 900 party superstores, which include around 600 company-owned and franchised locations in the United States and Puerto Rico, as well as a temporary network of Halloween stores. Party City provides its products through physical retail stores and an e-commerce platform, PartyCity.com, featuring a broad selection of items. The company is part of Amscan Holdings, Inc., and supplies products to a variety of retailers and distributors, enhancing its reach in the market for seasonal and themed events.

First Bancorp is a bank holding company that primarily operates in North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina through its subsidiary, First Bank. The company offers a variety of banking products and services tailored for individuals and small to medium-sized businesses. Its offerings include deposit accounts such as checking, savings, and money market accounts, as well as loans for various purposes including personal, real estate, and small business needs. Additionally, it provides credit and debit cards, safe deposit box rentals, and electronic funds transfer services, along with internet and mobile banking capabilities. First Bancorp also offers investment and insurance products, including mutual funds, life insurance, and financial planning services. As of late 2020, the company operated 101 branches, reflecting its commitment to serving its local communities. Founded in 1934, First Bancorp is headquartered in Southern Pines, North Carolina.

Fogo de Chao is a Brazilian steakhouse chain business. The company’s restaurants offer beef, lamb, chicken, pork, and seafood items, as well as liquor, beer, and wine.

Sword Insurance delivers software solutions that help companies around the world sell their products and service their clients throughout the customer lifecycle. They offer the world's leading web-based distribution technologies, global policy administration solutions and robust business intelligence tools—a powerful mix that makes the complex business of insurance easier and smarter, and helps their customers seize opportunities and gain a competitive edge quickly.

Agencyport Software (formerly Sword Insurance), delivers software solutions that help companies around the world sell their products and service their clients throughout the customer lifecycle. They offer the world's leading web-based distribution technologies, global policy administration solutions and robust business intelligence tools—a powerful mix that makes the complex business of insurance easier and smarter, and helps there customers seize opportunities and gain a competitive edge quickly.

Acosta Sales & Marketing is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. Acosta is committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, or any other status protected by law. At Acosta, we know that a diverse workforce is an effective one. We understand that it is only through our differences that we are able to truly build a strong company — one with a range of perspectives and ideas that come together to create more innovative solutions. We also understand how important it is that our workforce reflects the diversity of our markets and consumers. Our commitment goals to diversity regardless of content are to support the true representation of the environments in which we operate. We strive to create culturally diverse networks of inspired and skilled associates. We also promise to design and promote positive attitudes, beliefs and understanding toward equality. These principles will be based on respect and appreciation of individual ideas no matter the difference. We believe that when talented associates, from a wide range of backgrounds combine a variety of ideas, our clients and customers will benefit and thrive based on our commitment to inclusion. At Acosta we believe that diversity in our associates and our business relationships brings richness and strength to the services we provide to our clients and customers. Our commitment to diversity extends to our suppliers, where we strive to increase opportunities for ethnic minorities and women-owned businesses to accelerate their growth with Acosta. Supplier diversity is embedded into our strategic procurement processes; we maintain a database of qualified diverse suppliers, and include diverse suppliers in our sourcing and procurement efforts whenever possible. For more than 80 years, Acosta has been dedicated to conducting business with integrity, caring for our communities and respecting our environment. Through sustainability initiatives, Acosta endeavors to be a responsible corporate steward of the environment and, whenever possible, encourages eco-friendly business practices.

Curvature, Inc. provides new and pre-owned hardware, third-party maintenance, and IT services under. It also provides networking, server, storage, hardware, and asset disposition products. In addition, the company sells optical network transceivers, switches, routers, IP telephony, security, products, network interface cards, dual in-line memory products, solid state drives, and related accessories. It offers It services, such as cloud advisory, data center and cloud migration, IT asset management, wireless transformation, network transformation, IT discovery, assessments, staging and configuration, deployment, health checks, remote hands, staff augmentation, physical relocation, IT asset disposition, storage performance, and cloud spend services. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina with locations in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. As of November 11, 2020, Curvature, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Park Place Technologies, LLC.

Sterling Financial Corporation of Spokane, Washington is the bank holding company for Sterling Savings Bank*, a state chartered and federally insured commercial bank, that operates under the trade names of Sterling Bank and in California as Sonoma Bank.

Intermedix delivers technology-enabled services and SaaS solutions to health care providers, government agencies and corporations. The company utilizes data analytics to support approximately 15,000 health care providers with practice management and revenue cycle management services. Intermedix connects more than 95 percent of the U.S. with population management technologies. To learn more visit www.intermedix.com.

inVentiv Health offers clinical and commercial professional services to help biopharmaceutical companies streamline their processes. As a global, top-tier, clinical, and commercial professional services company, they work with you to evolve and innovate. They've already challenged the status quo by combining a global Clinical Research Organization (CRO) with a global Contract Commercial Organization (CCO) to create a smoother, better process. By combining the best strategic brains in the biopharmaceutical industry with the latest technologies, they've worked to eliminate the roadblocks, territories, fences, hand-offs, and gaps that can hinder the efficiency and speed at which you bring products into the hands of those who need them most. inVentiv Health offers practices, processes, and systems to enable biopharmaceutical clients to successfully navigate an increasingly complex operating environment. They have more than 15,000 healthcare professionals servicing clients in 90 countries. The company has helped to develop or commercialize 80 percent of all new drugs approved by the FDA and 70 percent approved by the EMA over the last five years. So, they have the proven model to help drive your product successfully from lab to life.

Nortek, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of residential and commercial building products primarily in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The company's Residential Ventilation Products segment offers kitchen range hoods; exhaust fans; and indoor air products, such as air exchangers, heat or energy recovery ventilators, and powered attic ventilators. It also sells door chimes, medicine cabinets, trash compactors, ceiling fans, and central vacuum systems. Its Home Technology Products segment provides audio/video distribution and control equipment, including multi-room/multi-source amplifiers, home theater receivers, intercom systems, hard disk media servers, and control devices, such as keypads, remote controls, and volume controls; security and access control products comprising intrusion protection systems, and garage and gate operators, as well as devices to gain entry to buildings and gated properties. It also offers speakers and subwoofers, power conditioners and surge protectors, audio/video wall mounts and fixtures, lighting controls, and structured wiring products. The company's Residential Air Conditioning and Heating Products segment provides split-system air conditioners; heat pumps; air handlers; furnaces; and related equipment, accessories, and parts. Its Commercial Air Conditioning and Heating Products segment offers HVAC systems for commercial offices, manufacturing and educational facilities, hospitals, retail stores, clean rooms, and governmental buildings. Nortek serves professional remodeling and replacement, residential and commercial construction, manufactured housing, and the do-it-yourself markets. The company was founded in 1967 and is based in Providence, Rhode Island. Nortek, Inc. is a subsidiary of Nortek Holdings, Inc.

Progressive Moulded Products Ltd. is a Canada-based supplier of plastic automotive interior subsystems.

Michael Foods, Inc., based in Minnetonka, MN, is a multinational producer and distributor of food products to the foodservice, retail, and food-ingredient markets. Its principle products are specialty egg products, refrigerated potato products, cheese and other dairy products.

GoodHome.com is the revolutionary home decorating Web site that offers consumers an entirely new way of decorating their homes --online.

Digital Broadband was created around the notion of doing things differently. Doing things better, faster and less expensively. Their mission as the country's premier Broadband Communications Provider is to transform the way businesses work and communicate.

US LEC is a rapidly growing CLEC that provides switched local, long distance and enhanced telecommunications services primarily to medium and large-sized organizations located in selected markets in the southeastern United States. The Company was founded in June 1996 after passage of the Telecom Act, which enhanced the competitive environment for local exchange services. The Company initiated service in Charlotte, North Carolina in March 1997, becoming one of the first CLECs in North Carolina to provide switched local exchange services, and subsequently initiated service in Raleigh and Greensboro, North Carolina and in Atlanta, Georgia. As of February 28, 1998, the Company had 62,545 Equivalent Access Lines in service. US LEC plans to enter 15 new markets in Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina, Virginia and North Carolina by the end of 1999.

ProcureNet serves as a single procurement source for individuals that offers a suite of solutions. It provides e-commerce solutions for the procurement of specialty and non-specialty products by agencies and departments of the federal government, State and local government agencies, and SME companies. Its suite of products and services offers its users with Internet-based requisitioning, order approval workflow, order status checking, purchase order generation, invoice matching and consolidation, and accounts payable management. ProcureNet is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 1994 and the company was acquired by SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation) on November 29, 2004.