Brian Ruder

Francisco Partners Management LP (Francisco Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Benjamin Ball, Dipanjan Deb, Neil Garfinkel, Sanford Robertson and David Stanton. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco and London.

GXS, Inc. provides cloud-based software and services. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Hellman & Friedman LLC (Hellman & Friedman) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Warren Hellman and Tully Friedman. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Foundation 9 Entertainment is a collection of independent studios, specializing in delivering fun, quality, and franchise-based videogames on every major platform. It provides top talent with an unsurpassed on-time record for its clients and publishing partners. With nine locations across North America, Europe and Asia, it is one of the largest independent game developers in the world, employing most talented and creative people working in games. The company's studios offer the perfect blend of the creative, independent spirit of a small company and the financial stability, professionalism and best practices of a large organization, making them a unique partner in the videogame industry today. It was formed in early 2005 from the merger of multiple veteran game studios. Since then the company has continued to grow, both organically and through strategic acquisitions of additional studios that help complete the company's portfolio of expertise.

Founded in 2002, Permira Advisers LLC is a private equity firm located in New York City with an additional office in Menlo Park, California. The firm is a subsidiary of Permira Advisers LLP, formerly known as Schroder Ventures, a London, England-based private equity firm that was founded in 1985

Renaissance Learning, Inc. engages in the provision of technology-based school improvement and student assessment programs for kinder to grade 12 schools. Its products include Star 360, myIGDIs, Accelerated Reader, Math and myON. The firm's software solutions offers assessments, early literacy, individualized and balanced instruction, and response to intervention. The company was founded by Judith Ames Paul and Terrance D. Paul in 1986 and is headquartered in Wisconsin Rapids, WI.