Christopher R. Sweeney

Bank of the West is an investment management firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1874, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BancWest Holding, Inc., ultimately held by BNP Paribas SA (EPA: BNP, NASDAQ: BNPQY) in France. Bank of the West provides investment management services for corporate and institutional clients.

Facet Technologies LLC designs, develops and manufactures medical devices. Its products include carefine pen needles, carelet safety lanecets, manatee lancing device and SURESEAL pressure bandages. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Sarnova, Inc. distributes healthcare products to emergency care providers, hospitals, schools and universities, businesses, and government sectors. The firm is comprised of four business units: Bound Tree Medical, Cardio Partners, Emergency Medical Products, and Tri-anim Health Services. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Dublin, OH.

Breg, Inc. manufactures and sells sports medicine products and services. Its products include knee braces, cold therapy, hip braces, shoulder braces, elbow and wrist braces, Orthopedic Practice Solutions, canes, crutches and walkers. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Precision Dynamics Corp. develops automatic identification wristband systems. It serves healthcare, leisure, entertainment and hospitality sectors. The firm’s products include Smart Band RFID wristband system and PDC Smart Kiosk. The company was founded by Walter W. Mosher in 1956 and is headquartered in Valencia, CA.

InSite One, Inc. provided data archiving, storage and disaster-recovery solutions. The company was founded in 1999 and was headquartered in Wallingford, CT.

The Medical Device Manufacturers Association operates as a trade association. The private company is based in Washington. The American company was founded by Thomas C. Thompson.

Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. is a global surgical implant company providing surgeons with biologic, metal and synthetic implants. It operates through the following business lines: Spine, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Sports and International. The Spine business line designs, manufactures, and distributes surgical implants, instruments, and biologics used in the treatment of conditions affecting the spine caused by degenerative conditions, deformities or traumatic injury. The OEM business line market and distributes the implants and instruments. The Sports business line deals with sports-related injuries that can be addressed with allograft implants. The International business line markets and distributes products through a direct distribution organization and a network of independent distributors from foreign affiliates. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Alachua, FL.