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30 Best CEOs of the Year 2020

The aim of becoming a successful CEO is not for the faint hearted, and if you ask a business professional to pin down the qualities of a successful CEO, he/she will give you an endless list. But that is very difficult to become one. What separates a great CEO from the rest of the pack? That we will read in this edition. For every talented, dedicated and high-achieving professional, the ultimate goal is to become a successful CEO. Anyone who starts their own company can hold this prestigious title. It takes an outstanding leadership quality to truly become what it means to be a CEO. So, are you sure you have what it takes to be a successful CEO? <br>Succeeding as a CEO takes hard work and persistence because, unfortunately, a CEO has to wear many caps and there is no fairy who magically bestows success. Most successful CEOs follow incomparable patterns but also share some basic characteristics. Hundreds of articles and books say that they know the secret of success in business, but for the most part, they boil down to the same major points.<br>You must be an architect, a coach, and most importantly, a learner, but there are many other attributes which sets successful CEOs apart. Cultivating these attributes requires a unique skill set and some tips to get started. So here in this edition, The Silicon Review u201830 Best CEOs of the Year 2020u2019.<br>

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30 Best CEOs of the Year 2020

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  3. EDITOR’S NOTE Keep Inspiring. Stay Inspired. T we will read in this edition. For every talented, dedicated and high-achieving professional, the ultimate goal is to become a successful CEO. Anyone who starts their own company can hold this prestigious title. It takes an outstanding leadership quality to truly become what it means to be a CEO. So, are you sure you have what it takes to be a successful CEO? he aim of becoming a successful CEO is not for the faint hearted, and if you ask a business professional to pin down the qualities of a successful CEO, he/she will give you an endless list. But that is very difficult to become one. What separates a great CEO from the rest of the pack? That Succeeding as a CEO takes hard work and persistence because, unfortunately, a CEO has to wear many caps and there is no fairy who magically bestows success. Most successful CEOs follow incomparable patterns but also share some basic characteristics. Hundreds of articles and books say that they know the secret of success in business, but for the most part, they boil down to the same major points. You must be an architect, a coach, and most importantly, a learner, but there are many other attributes which sets successful CEOs apart. Cultivating these attributes requires a unique skill set and some tips to get started. So here in this edition, The Silicon Review ‘30 Best CEOs of the Year 2020’. In this edition, we will introduce you to some well-defined leaders who started their way through a rough runway but ended up flying very high. Success recognized to the fullest! Best, Vishnu Vardhan Kulkarni Managing Editor, The Silicon Review editor@thesiliconreview.com

  4. Contents Contents U.S. Special Edition cxLoyalty – Strategic partners in customer experience, engagement, and loyalty Todd Siegel, CEO Take control of your complex IT infrastructure with specialists in cloud and infrastructure monitoring: Opsview Mike Walton, Founder & CEO 8 28 Transform your data into knowledge with the leading provider of scientific graphics software: Golden Software Blakelee Mills, CEO Stop email data breaches by combining battle-tested email security with machine learning and advanced DLP: Egress Tony Pepper, Co-founder & CEO 10 30 Pete O’Heeron, CEO: ‘Through Continued Discovery and Development in the Lab, SpinalCyte, LLC has Become a World Leader in Using Fibroblasts for a Number of Chronic Disease Pathways’ Pete O’Heeron, CEO 12 DataStax – The database warehouse for Hybrid and Multi-cloud technology Chet Kapoor, Chairman & CEO 32 Ann Chapman, Minesoft, Co-Founder and Managing Director: ‘We Have Worked to Constantly Develop our Platforms to Enable Professional Searchers and Business Executives to Quickly Gain the Ability to Answer Business Critical Questions in the Timeliest Manner’ Ann Chapman, Co-founder & MD Robert Hessel, Source 1 Solutions Inc CEO: ‘Our Mission is to Partner with Truly Great Companies to Expand Technical Capabilities and Geographical Reach’ Robert Hessel, CEO 14 34 A Jedi in Family Wealth Systems Integration & Client Reporting: Risclarity Rick Higgins, CEO & Founder ‘Where Engineering and Accounting Come Together’: Engineered Tax Services, a Florida- based Firm, Specializes in the Preservation of Wealth and United States’ Job Creation through IRS Engineering-Based Services Julio P. Gonzalez, Founder & CEO 36 16 An Interview with Neil Fineman, greenONE Holdings Inc CEO: ‘We Address the Issue of Manufacturers Being Forced to Depend upon Digestion as the Standard for Getting Nutrition into the Human Body’ Neil Fineman, CEO 38 Pariveda Solutions, Inc. – Focusing first on growing the individual to their fullest potential Bruce Ballengee, CEO 18 A pioneer in providing high quality database services: Datavail Mark Perlste, President & CEO 20 Trulioo: Verify Customers Online, Anywhere in Seconds Stephen Ufford, CEO 44 An Interview with Karan Yaramada, Jade Global CEO: ‘We’re Well-Positioned to be a Strategic Digital Partner for Mid to Large Enterprises in their Digital Transformation Journey’ Karan Yaramada, CEO 22 Tempered Networks – Managing Cyber Risk with new technology that fixes the fatal flaw Jeff Hussey, President & CEO 46 Pioneering the art of recruitment through technology and innovation NJF Global Holdings Ltd Nathan Francis, CEO Aircastle Limited – Creating opportunity by vanquishing complexity Michael Inglese, CEO 26 48

  5. CyberX – Protecting people, production & profits by providing the most interoperable solution Omer Schneider, Co-founder & CEO László György Dellei, Kerubiel Ltd. CEO: ‘We Provide Professional and Up-to-Date Solutions for Your Company’s Security’ László György Dellei, CEO 50 70 Darktrace – Applying AI to tackle cyber defense challenges Nicole Eagan, Co-CEO 52 An Interview with Baptiste Martin, FX Shoulder USA, Inc. CEO: ‘We’re Rapidly and Strategically Expanding our Distribution Network and are Continually Seeking Qualified and Reputable Distributors to Partner With’ Baptiste Martin, CEO 72 Reservations.com: Empowering New Travel Experiences and Bringing the Human Touch Back into the World of Online Travel Yatin Patel, Co-founder & CEO 54 Cysurance: Safeguarding Small and Medium Businesses and their Partners Through Affordable Cyber Insurance Kirsten Bay, CEO & Co-founder Forging new standards of channel success in the field of IT distribution across Europe: Nuvias Group Simon England, CEO 74 56 Strategikon Pharma: A Pioneer in Changing the Landscapes of Clinical Study Anca Maria Copaescu, CEO 58 COVER STORY Page No. - 38 Finastra: Unlocking innovation in financial services Simon Paris, CEO 60 Alok Mani Tripathi, RPATech Founder and CEO: ‘Our Vision is to be the Market Leader in the Implementation of Intelligent Automation. We will Confront this Challenge by Developing Innovative Tools, Development and Customer Service Strategies’ Alok Mani Tripathi, Founder & CEO 62 IDEMIA National Security Solutions: ‘Our Vision is to Provide Best-in-Class Identity Solutions across the Continuum of the National Security and Public Safety Communities’ Scott Swann, CEO & President 64 Neil Fineman, CEO Ashkan Rajaee, TopDevz Founder and CEO: ‘Our Award-Winning Model is on Demand, at Scale, and at an Attractive Price Point to Manage and Deliver Some of the Nations Most Complicated Software Development Projects’ Ashkan Rajaee, CEO & Founder greenONE Holdings Inc 66

  6. cxLoyalty – cxLoyalty – Strategic partners in customer experience, engagement, and loyalty C best customers. The happier your customers are, the higher your overall ROI will be. In this guide, we’ll discuss what customer engagement and loyalty are, why they are important, and how you can increase your overall success by knowing and understanding who your customers are. Customer engagement leads to loyal customers. Not every customer holds equal value. Focusing on your best customers, those who spend and visit the most will help you build customer loyalty. Having an effective customer loyalty program in place will encourage your best customers to feel connected to you and their customers by partnering authentic brand promise ustomer engagement and loyalty are important when it comes to retaining your and will encourage them to spend and visit more. with clients to solve complex business issues and drive results. They believe that to build loyal relationships and connections between you and your customers, you have to be intentional. The team designs, builds, personalizes and supports customer experiences for some of the world’s most successful brands. They are a full-service customer engagement and loyalty company. Their team of always- curious and creative marketing technology expertsis passionate about delivering the best possible customer experiences. As a brand trying to build a better relationship with customers, the firm creates the experience to achieve organizational goals while also being 100% cxLoyalty is a leading loyalty and customer engagement solutions company servicing over 70 million consumers with approximately 3,000 client partner relationships and over 30 years of experience. The firm designs administer and fulfill loyalty and customer engagement programs that strengthen and expand the value of relationships for brands around the globe, including many of the largest and most respected companies in the financial services, retail, and travel industries. Why cxLoyalty? cxLoyalty creates value for brands The formidable leader behind the success of cxLoyalty Todd Siegel is the Chief Executive Officer of cxLoyalty, responsible for setting strategic direction and management of the company. Mr. Todd has held a variety of positions over the past 15 years, including CFO, General Counsel and oversight of the International business, prior to being appointed CEO in 2013. Prior to joining the company, he was a corporate associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, and Flom and prior to that he was employed as a certified public accountant with Ernst & Young. In his free time, Todd enjoys being with friends and family; watching NY Mets baseball and Chelsea football (soccer for those in the US); playing soccer, tennis, and golf; and enjoys live music. He is involved in many local community organizations with a specific focus on underprivileged children and education. He attended Binghamton University and Fordham University School of Law where he earned his JD. Todd Siegel, CEO 8

  7. cxLoyalty – Strategic partners in customer experience, engagement, and loyalty Stand out features of cxLoyalty • They listen to understand the most complex business challenges • They leverage the deep industry knowledge of their subject matter experts to determine a solution that is right for you. Technology is only as good as the strategy that guides it • With powerful enterprise marketing capabilities, they enable their clients to connect with each customer to create a differentiated experience, consistent with brand promise and values • The firm builds relationships, set realistic expectations, and deliver consistently and with excellence redemption and fulfillment and engages with its dedicated service delivery teams to experience their award-winning support. Leaders in content development In today’s market, content is everything. Optimal consumer engagement isn’t just one- dimensional or ‘a catalog of stuff’. Success requires a curated set of options delivered at a unique customer level. With an industry- leading network of suppliers, the choices are limitless across travel, gift cards, merchandise, experiences, coupons, benefits, and services. The firm helps in loyalty Knowing when to communicate is one thing. Knowing how to communicate in their digital, multi- device, multi-channel world to deliver personalized engagement and meaningful interaction is another. From a simple text message to a series of interactive campaigns to digital, media campaigns, attention to detail and intuitive human experience design is core. The firm offers services to meet its clients’ needs no matter where or what is on your journey. SR “No matter where you are in the evolution of your brand and customer engagement journey, cxLoyalty can help.” journey, cxLoyalty can help.” “No matter where you are in the evolution of your brand and customer engagement 9

  8. Transform your data into knowledge with the leading provider of scientific graphics software: Golden Software S control charts for laboratory quality control programs. Golden Software is a leading provider of scientific graphics software, specializing in the development of software that transforms both simple and complex data into understandable visual tools such as maps, graphs and models. The company is trusted across the globe by industry leaders in a wealth of specialties due to the dynamism and dependable performance of its many products. Golden Software strives to create an ideal user experience by striking the perfect balance between powerful functionality and intuitive ease of use. The creators of Golden Software think like scientists and engineers whereas other software products focus on business users - a unique mindset which provides users with an unrivaled customer support experience. Golden Software products are used in mining, oil and gas, engineering, medicine, applied science and university settings. The company celebrated its 36th anniversary in 2019 with more than 250,000 software licenses sold, in nearly 190 countries and territories, on all seven continents. Golden Software products are used by best display your data. Don’t cientific graphics software was specifically designed to generate analytical more than 10,000 companies and universities worldwide. miss any opportunity. Your data may be hiding valuable information. Utilize Grapher’s extensive analysis charts, tools, and statistical features to identify trends, find new insights, and locate opportunities. Grapher provides a holistic view of your data. Grapher’s extensive selection of graph types and innumerable customization options allow you to communicate your complex ideas in a format that your audience will easily understand. Let your data do the talking with Grapher. Surfer You work hard gathering your data. Don’t settle for subpar visualization. Utilize Surfer’s extensive modeling tools to display your data the way it deserves while maintaining accuracy and precision. Clearly communicate information with Surfer. Discover the depths of your data with Surfer’s numerous analysis tools. Adjust interpolation and gridding parameters, assess the spatial continuity of data with variograms, define faults and breaklines, or perform grid calculations such as volumes, transformations, smoothing, or filtering. Surfer quickly transforms your data into knowledge. Communicate your hard-earned findings with confidence. Whether it is for your project manager, thesis advisor, or client, Surfer facilitates a complete and thorough understanding of data. Strater Eliminate subsurface uncertainty. Achieve insight and clarity by transforming raw, subsurface data into understandable well logs, borehole models, and cross sections/profiles. Easily create professional geotechnical reports that clearly communicate important information with Strater. Get answers to all your subsurface questions. When displayed in Strater, subterranean data becomes clear and easy to understand. Strater’s extensive features allow you to quickly view and analyze areas otherwise unseen and make decisions with confidence. Transform data into profit. Easily communicate important information to clients, stakeholders, and coworkers. Grapher Present your data at its best. Grapher offers high-quality graphing tools so you can get the most out of your data. Grapher provides over 70 different 2D and 3D graphing options to 10

  9. Regardless of data complexity, Strater’s visualization abilities facilitate a complete and thorough understanding of subsurface data. angle to pinpoint anomalies and discern patterns and trends. Use Voxler’s extensive analysis tools to discover new business opportunities for you and your clients. Discover the value of your data with Voxler. Communicate your results with confidence and ease. Voxler’s powerful modeling abilities facilitate complete and thorough understanding of data, regardless of complexity. Clearly communicate your message to clients, takeholders, and coworkers with Voxler. and give clients and stakeholders the information they need. Put data to work for you. MapViewer gives you tools to visualize and analyze the geographic distribution of your data so you can make decisions with confidence. Locate opportunities to drive efficiency, innovation, and profitability. MapViewer turns your data into valuable information. Voxler Model data with striking clarity in every dimension. With Voxler’s extensive 3D modeling tools, it is easy to visualize multi- component data for geologic and geophysical models, contamination plumes, LiDAR point cloud, borehole models, or ore body deposit models. Distinguish areas of interest, highlight important information, and easily communicate your newfound knowledge to stakeholders in three dimensions. Explore the depths of your data. A wealth of information at your fingertips waiting to be discovered. View your Voxler model from any Didger Don’t be limited by static data formats. Didger’s comprehensive digitizing, georeferencing, reprojection, tiling, and mosaicking features transform paper maps, graphs, photographs, and well logs into dynamic digital formats. Didger is a must-have tool for anyone working with inconsistent data formats. SR MapViewer Make the most out of your data. Quickly produce publication-quality maps with MapViewer’s extensive thematic mapping and spatial analysis features. Distinguish patterns and trends in your data, understand the spatial relationship, Blakelee Mills CEO of Golden Software As Chief Executive Officer of Golden Software, Blakelee Mills oversees the company’s strategic direction, global sales, growth, market expansion, and product direction. Blakelee began her career as an intern for Golden Software co-founder Patrick Madison while attending the Colorado School of Mines. Upon graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics, she began working fulltime with Golden Software. Blakelee’s unique ability to understand both the scientific and technical aspects of the Golden Software products as well as the business development aspect of the business, led her into a leadership role with the company and the eventual position of CEO in 2014. Today Blakelee oversees all aspects of the business from new product development, to customer service, to global sales. Blakelee Mills, CEO 11

  10. Pete O’Heeron, CEO: ‘Through Continued Discovery and Development in the Lab, SpinalCyte, LLC has Become a World Leader in Using Fibroblasts for a Number of Chronic Disease Pathways’ “SpinalCyte was formed to develop a regenerative medicine cure for degenerative disc disease using human dermal fibroblasts to regrow the disc nucleus.” C million of those people suffer from Degenerative Disc Disease. Aging baby boomers may double those numbers in the next two decades. hronic Lower Back Pain afflicts an estimated 33 million people annually in the U.S. Over seven using human dermal fibroblasts. Currently, SpinalCyte holds 57 U.S. and international issued patents and has filed for an additional 100+ patents pending. The company holds 157 U.S. and International Patents pending and issued across a variety of clinical pathways, including Disc Degeneration, Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), Diabetes, Liver Failure, and Heart Failure. Funded entirely by angel investors, SpinalCyte represents the next generation of medical advancement in cell therapy. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. pipeline products include Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Cancer, Diabetes, and CTE (Football Head Injuries). Can you brief us about the history of your company? We began the company with one provisional patent to treat Degenerative Disc Disease using dermal fibroblasts to regrow the disc. We spent years in the lab and multiple animal trials before we were ready to advance into humans. Our first- in-human trial was a success and we saw 83% of the patients experience significant pain reduction. Over the years, our research developed other uses for fibroblasts and we’re currently developing a pipeline of clinical pathways including Diabetes, Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s, and CTE. Back pain is strongly associated with degeneration of the inter vertebral disc. Disc degeneration, although in many cases asymptomatic, is also associated with sciatica and disc herniation or prolapse. It alters disc height and the mechanics of the rest of the spinal column, adversely affecting the behaviour of other spinal structures such as muscles and ligaments. In the long term, it can lead to spinal stenosis, a major cause of pain and disability in the elderly. Degenerated disc incidence is rising with current demographic changes and an increasingly aged population. Pete O’Heeron, SpinalCyte, LLC CEO, spoke exclusively to The Silicon Review. Below is an excerpt. What would you say was the single most influential factor in your business’ success? I always believe curiosity and determination are the most important factors in our success. We try to keep updated on all new clinical data being published. As you can imagine, the amount of innovation is growing both domestically and internationally. Staying at the forefront of scientific discoveries is focus for us. It’s curiosity and determination that takes us in new and promising directions. In light of the foregoing, we’re thrilled to present SpinalCyte, LLC. SpinalCyte’s invention provides a new and unique patented regenerative cell therapy for repairing the cartilage of the intervertebral disc (or any other articular cartilage). The method is based on using Human Dermal Fibroblasts (HDFs) which are forced to differentiate into chondrocyte-like cells in vivo through mechanical force, and the Intermittent Hydrostatic Pressure (IHP) critical for chondrogenic differentiation of fibroblasts. Why was the company set up? And how did you expand your company and its offerings over the years? SpinalCyte was formed to develop a regenerative medicine cure for degenerative disc disease using human dermal fibroblasts to regrow the disc nucleus. The human body has two cell sources which can regenerate into other tissues or organs, stem cells and fibroblasts. Through continued discovery and development in the lab, SpinalCyte has become a world leader using fibroblasts for a number of chronic disease pathways. Current What are your three biggest accomplishments? My three biggest accomplishments are developing a proprietary surgical access system, developing a full cell SpinalCyte is a regenerative medicine company developing an innovative solution for spinal disc replacement 12

  11. platform for regenerative medicine, along with drafting and passing tort reform legislation for personal responsibility in ice arenas. These all required different skill sets and disciplines which ranged from science and biology to mechanical engineering and politics. The improvement we made in those patients’ lives is such a motivating factor to commercialize this product and offer a cure to individuals suffering from lower back pain. their generation through science, technology and even politics. If not a business leader/CEO, what else you want to be? I would probably be a marine biologist or a geologist. I have always been interested in science and biology. What other CEOs do you look up to? Instead of looking up to operational type CEOs, I find myself gravitating to the more creative CEOs like Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and even Thomas Edison. These CEOs possess the broad skill set that I strive to develop. Each one defined What do you think is the most memorable moment in your career? So far, I would have to say the human trial results from using fibroblasts to treat Degenerative Disc Disease. Give me one word that describes you the best. The one word that describes me the best is ‘determined’. SR Pete O’Heeron: A Formidable Leader Pete O’Heeron serves as the Chief Executive Officer of SpinalCyte, LLC. With more than 20 years of medical technology development experience, Mr. O’Heeron brings together the resources necessary to commercialize unique technologies. His expertise covers a broad range of disciplines, from business start-ups and biologics to medical devices and patient-centered healthcare delivery. Prior to founding SpinalCyte, LLC, Mr. O’Heeron founded and still serves as the CEO of an operational investment group, Advanced Medical Technologies, LLC, which identifies early-stage opportunities in the medical field with strong intellectual property potential. Mr. O’Heeron’s previous experience includes the founding of NeoSurg Technologies to develop a minimally invasive access system. As a result of his efforts, NeoSurg Technologies was successful in launching the T2000 Minimally Invasive Access System, which reduced surgical equipment cost by over 60 percent. Mr. O’Heeron completed the sale of NeoSurg Technologies to CooperSurgical. Mr. O’Heeron was employed by Christus Health Care Corporation in a variety of executive-level positions. He has provided strategic advisory services to healthcare companies in the areas of biologics, surgical instrumentation, and telemedicine. Pete O’Heeron, CEO Mr. O’Heeron earned a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Houston. He completed Executive Management Certification in Mergers and Acquisition from the University of Chicago and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare Administration with a minor in Business Administration from Texas State University. “Over the years, our research developed other uses for fibroblasts and we’re currently developing a pipeline of clinical pathways including diabetes, cancer, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, and CTE.”

  12. g l o b a l p a t e n t s o l u t i o n s London • Dusseldor f • Washington • Tok yo Ann Chapman, Minesoft, Co-Founder and Managing Director: ‘We Have Worked to Constantly Develop our Platforms to Enable Professional Searchers and Business Executives to Quickly Gain the Ability to Answer Business Critical Questions in the Timeliest Manner’ “If our clients have ideas about how we can further help them, we will do so. Even if the benefit is focused on a particular vertical market segment.” “We are developing a new Search Engine that should be released later this year and we will continue working on it in the coming few years to develop some neat new functionality in areas like natural language searching and semantics.” Co-founder & Managing Director Ann Chapman I are granted for innovations across all industries to provide incentives and protection to firms by offering them a monopolyon their invention for a set period of time. Patents are obligatorily published so that details of the invention can be recognised and built upon. This accelerates the mutually beneficial spread of knowledge. These original inventions can be evolved within the same industry or in some cases aspects can be taken and applied elsewhere. An excellent example of a patent describing a technology to solve one problem that can be repurposed for an entirely different scenario is a white, reflective nnovation is the linchpin for every business in today’s competitive industry. Patents coating that can be applied to road surfaces, roofs or walkways to combat rising temperatures in cities. This technology was originally developed to hide spy planes from satellite infrared camera technologies! the USA – with additional agents representing every corner of the globe. Ann Chapman, Minesoft Co-founder and Managing Director, spoke exclusively to The Silicon Review. Below is an excerpt. Minesoft is an innovative online patent solutions provider offering its products and services to national patent offices, professional search firms, patent attorney firms, academic institutions and many Fortune 500/FTSE 100 companies around the world. Established in 1996, Minesoft quickly gained market traction due to its innovative patent information products. Since then the company has established its offices in the UK, Germany, and Rewind: Taking the Flight Minesoft is a family-run business started as an ideal way to combine both Ann Chapman’s and her husband Ophir’s skills. Her career was blossoming in the online publishing industry, managing and 14

  13. directing companies in the field of published patents, sci-tech, and business information whilst Ophir was an in-demand web- based developer working in the early internet era. Initially, they worked closely with Questel-Orbit for about five years in marketing, sales and product development before branching out with their own products in the first decade of 2000. In 2003, they began close cooperation with RWS PLC, a publicly quoted UK specialist translation company and one of the biggest corporate translation companies in the world today. Together, they built a searchable patent database, PatBase, that now hosts about 135 million patent documents from 106 jurisdictions and has since gone on to attract over 80,000 users worldwide. the past, only the more specialised databases and access portals such as Orbit, Dialog or STN – or Genios and GBI in Germany - enabled sophisticated and experienced users to manipulate input queries in the hope that they could then decipher the vast amount of data available. search input. “If our clients have ideas about how we can further help them, we will do so. Even if the benefit is focused on a particular vertical market segment.” Subsequent Plans “Minesoft is in good shape and we have a great team around us to take the company further and faster in the up coming years. We are developing a new Search Engine that should be released later this year and we will continue working on it in the following few years to develop some neat new functionality in areas like natural language searching and semantics. We will also develop the area of automated translations and landscaping analysis. Artificial Intelligence is a big buzzword in the Online Publishing Industry at present and we are designing new ideas in this area to further automate and streamline our products. We host about 125 million patent (sci-tech) documents right now and this is increasing literally every week. Such a large body of research material needs to be made accessible to companies who are working to pioneer new solutions. Search speeds are getting exponentially faster and the computer industry and data delivery mechanisms (including the Internet) are developing rapidly too. In hindsight, we chose an ideal moment in ‘technology time’ to set up Minesoft. We foresee a great future.” Today, all manner of users want easy-to-query databases and the ability to seamlessly create everything from board-level presentations to detailed invalidity reports. Search and analytics features need to allow users to quickly go from initial query to intelligent graphical output, just as easily as creating search results ready to submit to worldwide patent offices. “We have worked to constantly develop our platforms to enable both professional searchers and business executives to quickly gain the ability to answer business- critical questions in the timeliest manner. Search platforms should be built for users, by users, irrespective of what background these user communities have.” Minesoft strives to strike the balance between development cycles while listening to clients’ feedback. “We have benefitted from great user feedback. High-tech countries like USA and Germany have played a big part in this continual development and improvement of our products. We have big markets in USA and Northern Europe and hold many constructive discussions and beta tests with our clients based there.” The company has since then expanded its portfolio of innovative patent information products to include PatBase Express, Patent Order, PatDocs, IPShare, Legal StatusTracker, CiteTracker, Chemical Explorer, Pat-KM, and PatBase Analytics. Moreover, Minesoft is a two-time recipient of the prestigious ‘Queen’s Award for Enterprise’ (2009 and 2015) for outstanding achievement in rapidly growing export markets in the field of Intellectual Property (patent) Information. In 2018, the company was awarded ‘Best Business’, and Ann Chapman named ‘Female Entrepreneur of the Year’ at a regional business award ceremony in South West London. “In the coming 10 years, Ophir and I will continue to travel widely and help develop new technologies for the future – we are looking forward to spending much time both sides of the Atlantic and Mediterranean Seas.” SR An example of how Minesoft develops products is in vertical- specific tool modification. For instance, it has developed tools for users in the biotech, chemical, and life sciences area which range from the automation of text extraction and association, to the ability to easily draw chemical structures for Going Above and Beyond As the number of user types across the IP lifecycle has multiplied over the years, so has the need for the flexibility of search and analytics platforms with respect to functionality and usability. In For more information go to www.minesoft.com 15

  14. ‘Where Engineering and Accounting Come Together’: Engineered Tax Services, a Florida-based Firm, Specializes in the Preservation of Wealth and United States’ Job Creation through IRS Engineering-Based Services “We work to uncover potential tax savings and increase cash flow through reclassification and depreciation of property.” “Our unique business model of engineers working collaboratively with accountants and attorneys aligns true subject matter experts with proven methodologies that are pragmatic and sustainable with IRS and multi-state examinations.” Julio P. Gonzalez, Founder & CEO incentives in which the IRS requires professional engineers and scientists to determine the tax benefits in the areas of real estate and manufacturing. Specific to real estate is the ability to depreciate real estate investments by components vs. the traditional expensing of real estate over a 39 or 27.5-year period. A forensic engineering study of a real estate property, in which the building is depreciated component by component, allows investors to expense up to 50 percent (and in some cases, more because of 100 percent bonus depreciation) of the purchase of their building up front. Decades ago, cost segregation was only available to real estate investors who worked with the Big four accounting firms which had dedicated engineering staff. Mr. Gonzalez’s goal was to be a resource to the CPA community so that these services could be available to all real estate investors, big or small. Cost segregation continues to be one A progresses to entropy or chaos. For the sake of argument, let’s look at the increasingly complex U.S. tax code. ccording to the second law of thermodynamics, a natural process always ETS provides professional services. The company offers specialty tax, cost segregation, credit certification, repair and maintenance tax studies, energy star certification, and construction tax planning services. ETS has 26 offices nationally and is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida. Even with laws aimed to simplify the system, such as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), simplification in one area — such as the standard deduction — often causes complications in other areas. Since passage of the TCJA, the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) has issued multiple regulations and clarifications on everything from opportunity zones to bonus depreciation to new restrictions on business interest deductibility. Engineered Tax Services, Inc. : Synopsis Why was the company set up? And how did you expand your company and its offerings over the years? Engineered Tax Services, Inc. (ETS) was founded by Julio Gonzalez to bring specialty tax engineering services to mainstream America. There are several federal tax In light of the foregoing, we’re thrilled to present Engineered Tax Services, Inc. (ETS). 16

  15. of the largest tax incentives for wealth preservation. There are very few investments that the United States Federal government allows investors to expense dollar for dollar. Real estate is the one investment from which you can deduct 100 percent of the purchase price against taxable income. Inherently, this allows for a 50 percent return on investment at a 50 percent federal and state tax bracket. Cost segregation allows the investor the ability to mitigate tax liabilities and preserve wealth by accelerating these deductions much quicker. impacted millions of jobs in the country. Congress, Administration, and Treasury to play an instrumental role in passing tax reform with a focus on small business growth. What are the factors that make Engineered Tax Services outshine its competitors? Engineered Tax Services uses its engineering, scientific and tax team to provide one of the most important federal and state tax credits available to United States businesses in the form of research and development tax credits (R&D). R&D Tax Credits are meant to incentivize manufacturing, innovation and technical design in the United States. These credits are essential to keep labor and promote job creation in the United States. Qualifying activities include developing new or improved products or manufacturing processes, tool and die development, technical design in the construction industry, software development, fracking and drilling technique development, and developing new or improved drugs or formulas, just to name a few. The R&D Tax Credit is a very important federal incentive meant to ensure that US companies remain competitive globally. Mr. Gonzalez, tell us about your company culture. We are one team – That is encouraging and supportive. We are committed to the health, happiness, and success of each other. We are a family. We are fanatics when it comes to customer service – We understand the customer is the lifeblood and of our company and we give our customers the ultimate respect. Mr. Gonzalez’s vision was to first bring awareness to mainstream America through education of the accounting firms across the country. Over the decades, Engineered Tax Services has become the country leader in these services that increase cash flow to allow for United States job growth and expansion. We are humble – We check our egos at the door and realize that every team member brings value. We are selfless. No one person is better than the other. We are all equals. We assume positive intent – We work from the assumption that people are good, fair, and honest and that the intent behind their actions is positive. The company’s tax attorneys, engineers, and scientists are the leading experts that have performed millions of these tax services over the past decades. ETS, through these services, has generated billions of dollars in the United States stimulus that has We communicate honestly and professionally – We create an open, transparent, and trust-based environment by showing respect in our communications to each other. Mr. Gonzalez worked in Washington D.C. with the country’s Senate, SR Julio P. Gonzalez: A Formidable Leader Julio P. Gonzalez, Founder, serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Engineered Tax Services, Inc. Mr. Gonzalez started ETS to bring specialized engineering tax studies to mainstream America, which have historically only available to the Fortune 500 and public companies through then the Big 8 National Accounting Firms. In addition to ETS, Mr. Gonzalez started several other family operational companies including his family office, Gonzalez Family Office (GFO), Calle Gato Ocho (CGO), Engineered Tax Exchange (ETE) and Engineered Family Office (EFO). Gonzalez Family Office manages the Gonzalez family capital by investing primarily in real estate, private equity, and venture capital. CGO owns and operates direct real estate investments in multi-family housing and office/ mixed-use real estate for the Gonzalez family. Mr. Gonzalez works weekly in Washington D.C. to work with the administration, Congress and Senate to advise on tax reform and is the go-to tax expert representing many national organizations and associations. He is a regular public speaker on a national level regarding tax reform and tax sophistication for wealth preservation. 17

  16. Pariveda Solutions, Inc. Focusing first on growing the individual to their fullest potential M solving problems and finding new and better ways of doing things. It’s not just in the private sector either – many firms work with public sector organizations to help develop their services and, where necessary, reduce costs and make savings. Consultancy firms offer services across all areas of business – from HR and marketing to IT and finance. • Welcome constructive feedback • Enable open communications and discussion anagement consultants help businesses improve their performance and grow by it based on how well each choice conforms to these values. They are: follow and the best followers lead. The healthiest organization is one whose members possess strong voluntary support for its values and objectives, where people sign themselves up for the mission. This includes providing patience, attention, encouragement, respect, fairness, compelling goals, and honest feedback, whether you are leading or following. Integrity Pariveda adheres to high ethical standards in all of their work and: • Report information promptly and completely Encourage disclosing news that is not positive to foster transparency • Excellence • To constantly improve to meet and exceed the highest expectations of their clients and employees • Identify, attract and retain the finest talent possible to serve the clients and our employees • Promote people with demonstrated ability • Never allow the good to succeed as the enemy of the great Pariveda Solutions, Inc. is a leading management consulting firm specializing in improving our clients’ performance with strategic services and information technology solutions. The firm creatively solves complex, ambiguous business problems with their clients, mostly using technology. The company desires to help the individual grow through learning, coaching and giving to others to achieve their fullest potential. The individual is defined as Pariveda’s people, clients, recruits, alumni, and communities. Partnership Altruism is a dominant trait of a successful organization and across all aspects of life. The firm expects its clients to: • • Share risk and reward Pull their own weight and help others including peers, subordinates, and supervisors Work to create value for all parties Profit • The measure of the marketplace's collective judgment about the company’s ability to generate value The opportunity to earn a profit is how the free enterprise system enhances human health and happiness • Core Values of Pariveda The five core values of Pariveda permeate everything they do. When the firm makes a decision, they do Servant Leadership Pariveda values humble leadership as the most effective and powerful leadership model. The best leaders • “We believe in providing for the security and well-being of our people and their families.” 18

  17. Expanding profits reflect on their clients' increasingly positive views of the company's ability to create value modernize your portfolio or expand into a new market (M&A), the firm will work together to create a roadmap that caters to your enterprise. Beginning with your goals, the experienced problem solvers of Pariveda will work to find the custom strategy for you, your employees and your customers. (AI), cloud architecture, and DevOps automation, they have the knowledge to build the foundation of the future of your business. Strategic solutions furnished by Pariveda Innovative Solutions Pariveda Solutions will establish purposeful, intelligent experiences through solutions like predictive analytics, mobile, and connected devices, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), web solutions, portals, and conversational applications. They offer experience-changing innovation to extend the value of your business. SR Strategic Objectives The team at Pariveda Solutions is ready to listen to your business strategy, analyze the possibilities, hypothesize a solution and ultimately, create value for your company. Whether you’re seeking to increase efficiencies, revolutionize operations with new technology, Foundational Capabilities The team of thinkers at Pariveda is prepared to add value and move your business to the cutting-edge. With technical expertise in the internet of things (IoT), machine learning, artificial intelligence Meet the pre-eminent leader: Bruce Ballengee Bruce has held leadership positions in consulting, software and telecommunications industries in both large and small organizations including CEO, COO, CFO, and CTO. He has a bachelor’s degree in Business applications from Baylor University and holds a post-graduate degree in business application (Finance and economics) from University of Chicago. Bruce Ballengee, CEO 19

  18. A pioneer in providing high quality database services: Datavail V support. Our service is designed specifically to meet the Informix, Db2 LUW, Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL database administration, maintenance, monitoring, management, development, support and consulting needs of clients. Datavail was founded in result of a spin-off from Stratavia in 2008.In November, Datavail moved its headquarters from downtown Denver, Colorado to Broomfield, Colorado. The company managed 7000 databases for 47 corporate clients that year. The company provides services for DB2, Oracle, SQL, and MySQL databases. According to Inc., the company is the largest provider of remote database administration services in North America. desire to serve. Gain expert database management services for Oracle, Oracle E-Business Suite, SQL Server, MySQL, DB2, SharePoint, PostgreSQL and MongoDB database environments with an unmatched level of service, support and affordability. When you hire Datavail, you also get the Datavail Service Platform, a suite of database monitoring and problem- mitigation software. irtual-DBA managed service provides around-the-clock, multi-platform remote DBA as ETL automation, OLAP analytics, data warehouse design and more. Data is the backbone of every organization, and how it’s utilized can be the difference between success and failure. Database Administration Where other service providers see data management as a small add-on chore, at Datavail, they see it as a strategic priority. It is at the core of their business and is the foundation that determines what you can achieve next. Datavail is seen a go-to employer with industry-low turnaround. That enables us to hire only seasoned professionals with years of technical expertise. You get highly skilled DBAs and other skilled IT workers who have proven business acumen and a genuine Mark Perlste, President & CEO Mark Perlste in President and Chief Executive Officer of Datavail Mark is a national leader in database support and professional services. For more than two decades, Mark has been a leader in the IT services market and brings a wealth of growth-oriented and operating experience in the services business to Datavail. Prior to his CEO role at Datavail, Mark was President of the IT Outsourcing division of a large global systems integration corporation. While there, Mark led the firm’s entry into the IT infrastructure outsourcing market and helped lead that division to a tripling of its revenues and becoming a major force in the ITO sector. Analytics & Business Intelligence Before you can turn data into knowledge, you need certainty that your information is accurate, current and rapidly accessible. You can achieve it with the full- application support Datavail provides for all stages of the business intelligence lifecycle. From initial roadmaps to custom reporting and visualization functions, your Datavail team brings all the skills you need to capture the opportunities data uncovers. Datavail has deep expertise in integration – both on- premises and in the cloud – as well Application Development & Integration Eliminate the wasted time, money and resources that disconnected business systems bring. Streamline 20

  19. processes, enhance customer engagement, increase agility and position your organization to evolve. Datavail helps you maximize the value of your technology stack. With more than 200 application development professionals and some 15,000+ projects completed, Datavail has become one of Microsoft’s preferred partners for enterprise and mid-market clients. Many of our customer relationships span 10 years or more. These days, customers are in control, and they like it that way. A 2016 survey of U.S. consumers found that 71 percent want the ability to solve most customer service issues on their own. That’s why Datavail has made self-service solutions a priority, and they have staff trained to support your digital engagement efforts. implemented cloud initiative. From managed services and consulting to projects and 24/7 operational support, Datavail has you and your data covered. Datavail’s clients range from Fortune 100 to mid- sized companies. They are also working with startups that rely on robust support services to build their revenue-generating data infrastructure. is also proud to have achieved the coveted status of being an Oracle Platinum Partner with 17 designated specializations in the Oracle Partner Network (OPN). As a very high level of membership within the Oracle Partner Network, this prestigious status recognizes Datavail for their in-depth expertise and excellence across the entire suite of Oracle applications. Application Performance Management Platform Datavail’s platform is the only enterprise APM solution designed to enable both IT and business users to manage and optimize their enterprise applications. By working from a common APM platform, IT and business users can work collaboratively with a common set of data and analytics to ensure high-performance of mission critical applications. Datavail’s APM platform was created by Accelatis, a group of Hyperion technologists, to rapidly deliver long-term value to Oracle Hyperion EPM clients’ global user base through unprecedented visibility and flexibility to manage their applications. Datavail acquired Accelatis in July 2017. Platform capabilities include performance testing, infrastructure management, log management, performance optimization and load generation. Your users will appreciate the UX monitoring, too.SR Application Implementation & Management Your human resources, finance, procurement, marketing, enrollment management and sales systems are vital to the life of your business. Proven experience, understanding of objectives, and ability to guide clients through complex change processes, demonstrates that Datavail is uniquely prepared to meet the consulting needs of your project. Microsoft has been at the forefront of digital transformation, and Datavail has been a Microsoft partner – in delivery, deployment and education – since the inception of .NET, the language and development framework that enabled organizations to first extend themselves online. As a Microsoft Gold Partner Datavail has been recognized for global and national awards for excellence with 12 specializations. Datavail Cloud Migration & Management Whether you’re migrating to the cloud or creating a hybrid solution, skilled oversight can avoid problems that often arise. A successful cloud solution requires careful planning, consistent application design approaches, and consistent standards for cloud operations. You can’t achieve success with separate initiatives being conducted simultaneously by individuals with varying levels of expertise. Datavail will help you realize the advantages of a well-designed and “We are data and technology experts who leverage our tech-enabled IP to provide faster, more efficient services and support to maximize your organizational data.”

  20. An Interview with Karan Yaramada, Jade Global CEO: ‘We’re Well-Positioned to be a Strategic Digital Partner for Mid to Large Enterprises in their Digital Transformation Journey’ “We have been ranked on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. for the past nine years in a row.” C as the IT infrastructure driving new digital businesses. loud computing platforms and applications are proliferating across enterprises today, serving skills, project management and flexible delivery models to help you accelerate business agility and achieve digital transformation. Becoming an entrepreneur virtually overnight was a complete bootstrap, bottom-up undertaking. I spent the first year at Jade Global working simultaneously on three Oracle upgrade projects. Gradually, I surrounded myself with a team and hired Jade’s first employees, tapping into my personal network and circle of friends. Despite the challenges of entrepreneurship, I always kept a long-term vision in mind. As Jade Global grew, we expanded our offerings to include enterprise business application implementations, integrations, software product engineering, testing, support, cloud services, technology advisory, and managed services. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. Its East Coast headquarters are located just outside Philadelphia in North Wales, Pennsylvania. Jade Global’s European offices are in Reading, UK and Vienna, Austria. Jade’s delivery centers are in Pune and Hyderabad, India and Toronto, Canada. Transition to the cloud means more than just a change in pricing. To be successful with cloud offerings, software vendors must retool their operations and remodel their business structures to achieve greater efficiency and adapt to the new realities of lower average sales prices and lower margins. At the same time, customer expectations are higher, and the risk of turnover is higher due to agility the cloud offers. Software vendors need a sharper focus on customer satisfaction and a clear realization of reduced cycle time in addressing customer issues. Karan Yaramada, Jade Global CEO, spoke exclusively to The Silicon Review. Below is an excerpt. Today, Jade Global is an Oracle Platinum Cloud Select Partner, Salesforce Silver Partner, Dell Boomi Certified Select Implementation Partner, and ServiceNow Silver Partner with additional strategic partnerships with NetSuite, Microsoft, Zuora, and Tableau. Our wide range of offerings allow us to design robust solutions for a variety of industries and client needs. How and why was the company set up? And how did you expand your company and its offerings over the years? After the Dot Com boom and Y2K bust, I observed a major shift in IT services and business becoming more global by nature. There was an opportunity in the market to start an IT services company that had the culture, competitive pricing, and benefits of a boutique firm, but at the same time could provide customers with large-scale IT projects. In light of the foregoing, we’re thrilled to present Jade Global. The company provides enterprise business application implementations, integrations, software product engineering, cloud services, technology advisory, testing, and managed services across diverse industries. In February 2017, Jade Global embarked on another major expansion, physically. We opened a second US headquarters located on the East Coast in Philadelphia through acquisition. In early 2019, we set up two new European entities in Toronto, Jade Global brings the right combination of process knowledge, product expertise, technical 22

  21. Canada and Vienna, Austria. It’s safe to mention that Jade Global has scaled new heights and continues to grow. Jade Global brings the right combination of process knowledge, product expertise, technical skills, project management and flexible delivery models to help you accelerate business agility and achieve digital transformation. Moreover, we have been ranked on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. for the past nine years in a row. Can you brief us about the history of your company? I founded Jade Global 16 years ago after having worked for over a decade in the IT industry. I took the risk to leave my former employer and make myself the first employee of Jade Global, working independently with no paycheck for the first three months. Jade Global began as a small business that handled Oracle support services and upgrade projects. ” Today, Jade Global is over 900 employees strong and has strategic partnerships with several vendors (mentioned above). Since 2014, the company has consistently seen 3-fold revenue growth each year. We were always upfront about expectations and delivered consistent work. QuickLogic Corporation, Marine Terminals and Silicon Storage are some of Jade Global’s earliest customers who are still with us today. without external funding or institutions supporting Jade Global. I am proud that Jade has remained a privately held company and grown from 0-900 employees. My goal of keeping Jade Global an employee-owned company throughout its periods of growth is something I am extremely proud of. What were the biggest initial hurdles to building your business and how did you overcome them? It was difficult to find the right customers during the early stages of the business. I started with a vision and a philosophy, but the customers needed to align with what we wanted to do. With my experience working with KPMG and TCS, I saw the greatest value in having customers who were patient, trusting and willing to give repeat business. We overcame this challenge by finding a few key customers, in the beginning, to build close relationships with. In addition, I faced the challenges of being an entrepreneur with little resources and trying to differentiate the business in an already saturated industry. I overcame these hurdles by networking and finding the right people who had experience in similar business ventures. Outside of business, I am proud to say that I embarked on a mission to rebuild and redesign my home in Silicon Valley in just five months. This was not an easy task. I was able to accomplish something in months that often takes years. I was lucky to find the right people and contractors to help; a theme that seems to follow in my life! I am proud of the home we built and designed for my family, wife and two children. What are your three biggest accomplishments? I pride myself in the ability to stay focused on Jade Global’s business mission for the past 16 years. Many people doubted I could grow the company beyond 100 employees 23

  22. What do you think is the most memorable moment in your career? The most memorable moment was when I quit my job at KPMG BearingPoint on July 1, 2003. I had been working at KPMG as a consultant for about five years. You could say the day was my own ‘Independence Day’. It was a turning point for me personally and for Jade Global. From that day forward, I started offering my own services and managing a few projects and business development work. I tapped into my network, which is how we got the first Oracle upgrade project with our customer Quick Logic. Initially, the project was already with another large software vendor, but it had not yet started. QuickLogic’s IT Management liked the proposal I had given them and trusted me to take it on! In that next month, I built my own team and closed a fixed price Oracle 11i upgrade deal. This was the project that allowed me to build a Jade Global team. For five months, Jade had its own office at Quick Logic. After 16 years, QuickLogic is still a loyal customer. SR I had a connection who knew the CIO of Quick Logic. Karan Yaramada: A Formidable Leader Karan Yaramada is the Chief Executive Officer of Jade Global. An alumnus of Harvard Business School, Mr. Yaramada exemplifies the company’s deep-rooted culture of maximizing value from the latest technology to address some of the biggest business challenges. His commitment to innovation culture empowers Jade’s employees and has helped build a high performing team. Karan Yaramada, CEO 24

  23. Pioneering the art of recruitment through technology and innovation– NJF Global Holdings Ltd “To disregard traditional boundaries and rigid solutions while concentrating on flexibility, speed, innovation, and delivery.” T is increasing, and more companies are looking outside their confines for hard-to-find talent. At the same time, the vast majority of staffing companies are hiring more recruiters, specialists, and coordinators. This gives rise to an overcrowded market and fierce competition for talent and clients. To deal with this, many agencies are heavily investing in business development and innovative recruitment tools that can give them a competitive advantage. This allows the recruiters to gain better insights and bright ideas about how they can support the job-seekers in their journeys. Given the preceding, we are ecstatic to present NJF Global Holdings Ltd he staffing and recruitment industry is rapidly expanding, the number of placements know them as people. This ensures that the company’s efforts result in a long-term, lasting relationship for both client and candidate. Their technology practice has a track record of finding the very best developers and infrastructure experts to build world-class systems and frameworks for high-frequency proprietary trading firms, hedge funds, and technology start-ups. longer-term strategic goals. By partnering with our clients and building long-lasting relationships, we can focus on the most crucial aspect of Search – and one of our core values – delivery. A well-defined mission and vision is the secret behind the success of many firms.’ What is your company’s M&V statement? To disregard traditional boundaries and rigid solutions while concentrating on flexibility, speed, innovation, and delivery. Always taking responsibility and never compromising our integrity or quality of service. We continuously strive for excellence through a universal commitment to continuous improvement, thus enabling us to build long term relationships with all stakeholders and clients, providing mutual satisfaction and real value. In conversation with Nathan Francis, CEO NJF Global Holdings Ltd Why was the reason behind the genesis of NJF Global Holdings Ltd? How did you expand your company and its offerings over the years? The firm was set to supply technology staff to some of the world’s largest and most successful global hedge funds. Expansion to global locations provided the growth needed at the right stage of the company’s history. NJF is one such tech-focused company whose by-product is recruitment. Its reputation among many of the world’s leading institutions has resulted in a prolific demand for our services and the continued expansion of our international network. ‘It is difficult to start a venture. But far more difficult to maintain it’ - How would you and your team interpret this saying? I agree with it 100%... maintaining the standard set across the firm with multiple departments for many years is a tricky to continue - but with the correct people in the right roles using the proper tools... we have managed to maintain our incredibly high standards since day one... something which we are all very proud of. NJF is a leading search firm focusing on the Financial Services industry. Our growing reputation among many of the world’s leading financial institutions has resulted in a prolific demand for our services and continued expansion of our international networks. We offer a range of bespoke services designed around a comprehensive understanding of our clients’ immediate requirements and their NJF’s focus is within the Trading and Technology markets. Their interrelated teams employ rigorous research methodologies to ensure that the firm is at the forefront of the latest trends in both spheres. Along with taking the time to gain a deep understanding of each candidate’s technical skills and market experience, they also get to 26

  24. What were the biggest initial hurdles to building your business and how did you overcome them? Scalability and trust from clients and candidates in the infancy of the business. These were overcome through the hard work put into providing a first-class service and finding solutions to major business issues. What other CEOs do you look up to? Pat Gelsinger, CEO of VM Ware. If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting, what would it be? Cash flow is king. Having a high turnover is not sustainable without the profit coming. Additionally, don’t run before you can walk. “Failure is the greatest fear for any business owner, it helps fuel success.” What would you say are the top three skills needed to be a successful CEO? • Patience • Self-belief • Determination What are your three biggest accomplishments? My wife and my 2 children. What do you think is the most memorable moment in your career? The day named the firm after my initials. From that moment, I knew I had to make it work. What would you say was the single most influential factor in your business’ success? Helping to make sure the people around me (within the business) attain success themselves. If not a business leader/ CEO, what else you want to be? Professional athlete SR Meet the preeminent leader behind the glory of NJF Global Holdings Ltd Nathan Francis serves as the Chief Executive Officer of NJF Global Holdings Ltd. He was named as one of the World’s Top 10 Most Influential Headhunters & Game Changer Award Winner 2018 / 2019’s Most Outstanding International Executive Search Firm by AI Magazine - Chief Executive Officer. Nathan Francis, CEO 27

  25. Take control of your complex IT infrastructure with specialists in cloud and infrastructure monitoring: Opsview A is highly context dependent. A generally accepted definition is that “Automation is the use of machines, control systems and information technologies to optimize productivity in the production of goods and delivery of services.” IT monitoring that works with automation tools can scale with the speed of your business, discover new infrastructure, and self-configure. Automatically deployed and configured monitoring is intrinsically more available and reliable – giving you an important edge in preventing costly outages of monitored assets. Opsview provides unified insight into dynamic IT operations on-premise, in the cloud or hybrid. Opsview is a modern, scalable monitoring platform that enables digital transformation. Opsview is trusted by hundreds of businesses, government organizations and service providers globally. Customers include Sky, Cisco, IBM, Comcast, Telefónica, PayPal, British Telecom, Norfolk Southern, CIT, Fujitsu, HMRC and AAA. utomation is defined differently depending on where you look and watching the display when the event happens, or it is 2AM and you are the stand-by engineer. This is where notifications come into their own. Most modern APM / IT monitoring systems allow users to setup alerts so that when a problem occurs they get an email alerting them of an issue occurring. The more advanced solutions allow users to choose from multiple methods, along with specifics on which hosts to be alerted for, which services on those hosts, etc. In Opsview Monitor, they have the concept of “notification profiles” which allow users to choose specifically how, when and what alerts they get receive. This automation allows administrators to be informed immediately for only the problems they want to be aware of, instead of the dreaded “notification spam” whereby they get alerted for every change in state. This alert refinement, along with the ability to choose when and what for, and to have the option to get the notifications via a multitude of methods, allows administrators to be aware immediately of problems, so that they can fix them faster. monitoring solutions can integrate with your service desk using API’s, in order to automatically create tickets when they occur. This removes the cumbersome need for an administrator having to view the problem, login to the service desk, raise a ticket, and then add that ticket number against the original issue. With service desk automation, in the event of an error occurring, Opsview Monitor will automatically create the ticket for you in the service desk group / project desired (depending on CRM/Service desk), and then take the ticket number and add it as a comment next to the original error within Opsview Monitor. This allows subsequent administrators to log-in and see what the issue is, and what the ticket number is, in order to prevent duplication of tickets, etc. This service desk automation allows administrators to keep an eye on the ticket queue specific to the monitoring system, i.e. the Opsview Monitor queue, and work tickets raised based upon the criteria given during setup. Pro-active Monitoring One of the benefits of automation and monitoring systems is to have the monitoring solution actually solve the problem for you, leaving you to spend time figuring out why it failed, rather than actually Alerting When a problem occurs on your monitored equipment, you will want to know about it as soon as possible just in case you are not Service Desks The next stage of automation is service desk integration. Some of the higher-end APM / IT “Out-of-the-box support for leading enterprise hardware, application stacks, service desks and notification software makes on-boarding our platform easy.” 28

  26. fixing it. By using event handlers, we can specify what a service should automatically do when the service check turns critical, from nothing (default) but alerting, through to automatically restarting the service, etc. via scripts, meaning it can do pretty much anything imaginable. Conclusion Automation is a key factor in IT monitoring; without it unnecessary duplication of tasks and human intervention would be required, hampering IT support and operations teams worldwide. The more advanced the monitoring tool, the more automation it should provide. Done right, IT monitoring provides clarity and promotes operational effectiveness. Done wrong, it can make your staff crazy and limit business. For larger organizations and more complex IT estates, achieving high operational efficiency with monitoring demands ongoing work to gradually build and optimize customizations and integrations supporting team efficiency and productivity. Best practice is to implement effective monitoring using enterprise supported, domain-specific monitoring templates, then gradually customize as appropriate for your IT estate. It makes good sense to begin by iterating over notifications, since these will impact personnel and workflow most directly: working to reduce unneeded alerts and deal with more conditions proactively, within standardized process workflows. Mike Walton, Founder & CEO Mike Walton, Founder and CEO of Opsview Mike has over 30 years of experience in software and consulting sales, management and company leadership. The first half of his career was with large IT and software companies and for the second half of it he has built start-up and high growth businesses as a founder, co-founder and C.E.O. He focuses on raising funding, company development, executive leadership, strategic sales management and all aspects of company operations. He also provides strategic guidance to other high growth technology companies in a non- executive capacity. SR 29

  27. Stop email data breaches by combining battle-tested email security with machine learning and advanced DLP: Egress L to secure this communication channel. Security and risk management leaders must adopt a continuous adaptive risk and trust assessment mindset to protect inboxes from exposure to increasingly sophisticated threats. Impersonation and account takeover attacks are increasing and causing direct financial loss, because users place too much trust in the identities associated with incoming email and are inherently vulnerable to deception and social engineering. This growing problem can only be reduced through education, social graph impersonation filtering, improved indicators of identity in email and suspicious email workflow. The email security market is starting to adopt a continuous adaptive risk and trust assessment (CARTA) mindset and acknowledge that perfect protection is not possible. As a result, vendors are evolving or emerging to support new detect and response capabilities by integrating directly with the email system via API. organizations have struggled to classify, control and track this data as it is stored and shared across users and boundaries, often leading to breaches caused by human error at a time of increased pressure from regulatory requirements. To solve the problem, the Egress platform thinks differently, putting the user in the center of a suite of data security tools driven by intelligent, self- learning software. arge-scale migration of email to the cloud has necessitated a strategic shift in how while reducing the risk of loss and maintaining compliance. These award-winning integrated services include email and document classification, accidental send prevention, secure email and file transfer, secure managed file transfer, secure online collaboration and secure archive. Certified by Government, Egress offers a seamless user experience, powerful real-time auditing and patented information rights management, all accessible using a single global identity. should be accessing that data, and it stops breaches by intervening before users accidentally share with the wrong recipient. The platform also provides enhanced discovery and reporting functionality for ongoing compliance. Egress also enhances data security and privacy when unstructured data is shared, by encrypting it in transit. Whether data is emailed or worked on collaboratively, the user and their organization remain in control of how recipients access and interact with sensitive information, supported by automation and intelligence. User engagement and machine learning also drives usage and efficiency, offering bespoke advice and ensuring security, such as message-level encryption, is applied effectively, every time. Trusted by over 2,000 enterprise organizations and governments around the globe, the Egress platform provides email and document classification, accidental send prevention, email encryption, secure online collaboration and audit and compliance reporting. Factors such as modern working practices, digital transformation and migration to the cloud have resulted in over 80% of enterprise data being considered ‘unstructured’, including information within emails, folders and files. To date, Egress Email Protection Many email protection solutions still rely on a one-size-fits-all approach to protecting content that doesn’t consider the real-world risks of a data breach as information travels over untrusted networks to potentially untrusted recipients. Egress helps organizations protect unstructured data to meet compliance requirements and drive business productivity by mitigating human error and malicious behavior. Using AI and machine learning, the Egress Email Protection platform empowers users to easily control and secure the data they share via email, with measurable benefits in data protection and end-user satisfaction. Using Email Protection, organizations can secure cloud email environments and enhance compliance with data protection Adopt a CARTA strategic approach to email security by layering inbound, outbound, and internal detection and remediation capabilities. Egress Software Technologies is the leading provider of privacy and risk management services designed to manage and protect unstructured data. Offering Government and Enterprise customers a portfolio of complementary services, the Egress platform leverages machine learning led policy management, encryption and e discovery to enable end-users to share and collaborate securely, A data security platform Egress automates data classification to help users understand who 30

  28. “People-centric email security. Predict and prevent data breaches, proactively.” regulations, as well as demonstrate measurable return on investment. Egress’ commitment to people-centric data security starts with automated document classification and DLP tools that prevent accidental or malicious release of sensitive content. Risk-based Protection then ensures that the right people receive sensitive data and calculates the risk of a breach to understand the right level of security to apply. This includes Egress message-level encryption, as well as third-party encryption solutions, including Microsoft OME. Egress Smart Authentication then secures and streamlines the recipient experience, automatically configuring an appropriate level of authentication. Overcoming legacy authentication approaches for ad- hoc recipients that often result in user dissatisfaction and customer support issues, Smart Authentication balances risk with ease of use. A recipient accessing highly sensitive content from a high-risk domain, location or device may need to use MFA, while trusted internal users could achieve read-only access seamlessly. Tony Pepper CEO of Egress Co-founder of Egress, Tony currently serves as CEO, overseeing all aspects of business growth and innovation. Prior to Egress, Tony held executive management positions at Reflex Magnetics, Pointsec Mobile Technologies, and Check Point Software Technologies. A frequent technology and industry speaker, Tony holds a Bachelor of Politics degree, a Software Engineering Master’s and is a certified BCS Fellow. Tony sits on industry committees including Intellect’s Government Management and Defense & Security Groups. Business impacts As well as improving security, the Egress platform enables organizations to achieve cost and operational efficiency. Significant benefits can be seen from digitizing processes such as postal and courier services, while machine learning and intelligence can help users make educated choices over who to include in their communications. Egress also helps organizations to securely take advantage of the increased flexibility and reduced costs provide by cloud environments, including Office 365. Email content and attachments can be encrypted in transit and at rest, with real-time message auditing and access revocation keeping users informed and in control. Efficient ad-hoc encrypted collaboration and user engagement tools mean unstructured data is shared securely and with the correct people. SR Tony Pepper, Co-founder & CEO

  29. DataStax – The database warehouse for Hybrid and Multi-cloud technology T are radically connected, hyper- informed, and always on. To survive and thrive in this customer-centric, data-driven economy, enterprises need to rethink the technology infrastructure on which they are building and deploying mission- critical cloud applications and move to a modern, distributed database platform, built for hybrid cloud. In doing so, enterprises can make data the centerpiece of their organization, build real-time value at epic scale, and innovate with ease and speed. masterless replication allowing low latency operations for all clients. In a nutshell: Cassandra offers unprecedented speed, flexibility, and power. Evolved from work at Google, Amazon, and Facebook, Cassandra is used by leading companies such as Disney, IBM, The New York Times, Hulu, Spotify, and Twitter. oday’s digitally empowered and geographically distributed customers Macy’s, McDonald’s, Safeway, Sony, and Walmart use DataStax to build modern applications that can be deployed across any cloud. market, with the enterprise functionality needed for serious production systems and backed up and supported by the best distributed-experts in the world. It’s one platform for all types of applications anywhere, any cloud, any model: key-value, graph, tabular, JSON. DataStax Enterprise is a fully integrated and optimized database, with a graph, analytics, in-memory, search, and Kafka included, all with a unified security model. Simply put, it’s the only database capable of meeting today’s demanding requirements. About Apache Cassandra™ Apache Cassandra is an open- source distributed database management system designed to handle large amounts of data across many commodity servers, providing high availability with no single point of failure. Apache Cassandra offers robust support for clusters spanning multiple data centers, with asynchronous DataStax Enterprise Advanced Workloads Pack An add-on “pack” for DataStax Enterprise (DSE) that includes fully integrated components tuned for performance and scale, and extends its mixed workload capability with the addition of DSE Analytics, DSE Graph, and DSE Search. DataStaxis an experienced partner in on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud deployments and offers a suite of distributed data management products and cloud services. DataStax helps companies compete in a rapidly changing world where expectations are high and new innovations happen daily. They make it easy for enterprises to deliver killer apps that crush the competition. More than 400 of the world’s leading enterprises including Capital One, Cisco, Comcast, Delta Airlines, eBay, DataStax Managed Services All the features of DataStax Enterprise, plus white-glove service so you can focus on innovation, option to run on your AWS or Microsoft Azure account, managed DATASTAX OFFERINGS DataStax Enterprise (DSE) The most advanced distribution of Apache Cassandra™ on the “DataStax Delivers its services Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond.” 32

  30. upgrades, including proactive alerts and dedicated DataStax experts for quick and seamless production. next-generation businesses. With DataStax Enterprise (DSE) providing the blazing fast, highly- available hybrid cloud data layer and Apache Kafka™ detangling the web of complex architectures. DSE clusters and provides a continuous background repair service and self-orchestration with auto-scaling. Cloud-Native With the DataStax Enterprise Kubernetes operator, you can streamline cloud-native modern application development with the most trusted NoSQL database powered by Cassandra. DataStax Enterprise and Apache Kafka™ for Modern Architectures DataStax Enterprise and Apache Kafka are designed specifically to fit the needs of modern, DataStax Kubernetes The DataStax Enterprise Kubernetes operator greatly simplifies the process of deploying and managing SR Chet Kapoor, Chairman & CEO The formidable leader behind the success of DataStax Chet Kapoor is the Chairman and also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of DataStax. He is a proven leader and innovator in the tech industry with more than 20 years in leadership at innovative software and cloud companies, including Google, IBM, BEA Systems, Web Methods, and NeXT. As Chairman and CEO of Apigee, he led company-wide initiatives to build Apigee into a leading technology provider for digital business. Google (Apigee) is the cross-cloud API management platform that operates in a multi- and hybrid-cloud world. Chet successfully took Apigee public before the company was acquired by Google in 2016. Chet earned his B.S. in engineering from Arizona State University.

  31. Robert Hessel, Source 1 Solutions Inc CEO: ‘Our Mission is to Partner with Truly Great Companies to Expand Technical Capabilities and Geographical Reach’ “We expanded our operations in 2012 by opening European locations, with an increased focus on expanding globally.” S rampant increase in threats to businesses globally. All major and minor companies need to protect their data from fraudulent activities in order to ensure privacy of sensitive information. Global security companies are on the rise, coming up with new ways of tackling security problems and providing their clients with a sense of safety and security. reach. In Conversation with Robert Hessel, Source 1 Solutions CEO What were the biggest initial hurdles to building your business and how did you overcome them? The biggest hurdle for any privately funded company is cash flow. To overcome this challenge without any outside investment is imperative to focus on the core strengths and profitability of the company. ecurity is one of the fastest- growing industries of the 21st century, given the What was the idea behind the setup of Source 1 Solutions? It was created with the vision of a services-only firm specializing in expanding clients’ technical capabilities and geographical What is your greatest fear, and how do you manage to overcome the same? My greatest fear is in balancing; being present in the day to day but not getting pulled back into the routine operation. It is key for a CEO to focus on vital tasks of the company in order to see into the future to adjust strategy as the global market and economy shifts. Source 1 Solutions is one such global services company that provides IT solutions to its clients all over the world. Founded by Robert Hessel in 2011, the company has been providing high-tech solutions to businesses worldwide. Source 1 currently provide sits services to over 500 hospitals, major retailers, global shipping companies, and four global banks in 96 countries. Major companies like Orange Business Services, Verizon Wireless, Vodafone, and several other global service providers Can you brief us about the history of your company? We established Source 1 Solutions in 2011 focused on IT, Security and International parts delivery. We expanded our operations in 2012 by opening European locations, with an increased focus on expanding globally. By 2016, we had standardized internal operations utilizing International standards for business delivery. From 2017- 2018, we focused on moving all global technology system operations to Clearwater, Florida. Currently, we are opening a new office in Ireland to serve as the European Headquarter. ‘It is difficult to start a venture, but far more difficult to maintain it’. How would you and your team interpret this saying? The challenges that a company faces in the start-up days are similar as the company grows. What makes a great small Source 1 Solutions was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Clearwater FL. “Our vision is to keep cities safe so that people thrive.” 34

  32. business is its culture and ability to service its clients. As an organization grows, it becomes more difficult to maintain a culture and keep a larger number of people in communication with the collective strategy. technical capabilities and geographical reach. What would you say are the top three skills needed to be a successful CEO? The top three skills of a CEO, in my opinion, are the ability to build strong relationships, sound understanding of finance, and a clear vision for the future. What would you say was the single most influential factor in your business’ success? The most influential factor in Source 1’s success was having a strong advisory board and a very clear understanding of what our strengths were and perhaps more importantly what they were not. If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Just start. Everyone waits for the perfect conditions or the perfect plan and this does not exist. You just have to go for it and be willing to work your face off for at least five years before you become the overnight success. What other CEOs do you look up to? I think all CEOs admire and look up to some of the big brand CEOs like Richard Branson, Mark Cuban, and Warren Buffet. However, I especially admire a couple of CEOs that built companies from scratch to be very successful SMB businesses today, such as John Campau of Comtronics and Ross Teague of ITEC; both of them have been mentors and friends to me through the years. Robert Hessel, CEO What are your three biggest accomplishments? Growing Source 1 into one of the fastest-growing companies in Florida and North America, becoming a published author, and watching the team members of Source 1 grow professionally and personally. Robert Hessel: The Leader behind the Success of Source 1 Solutions Robert Hessel serves as the CEO of Source 1 Solutions. He has over 20 years of experience in business management and has developed a worldwide business network by traveling extensively. Mr. Hessel has also served the US Navy. In addition to his success in the business world, he also holds board seats on several charities and advisory boards and is a best-selling published author. “There is nothing more important for a successful small business than a well- defined mission and vision statements.” Can you explain your M&V statements in brief? Our vision is to keep cities safe so that people thrive. What do you think has been the most memorable moment in your career? I honestly would have a difficult time picking one but opening our first office internationally is pretty high on the list. If not a business leader/ CEO, what would you want to be? An NFL Quarterback.SR Our mission is to partner with truly great companies to expand

  33. A Jedi in Family Wealth Systems Integration & Client Reporting: Risclarity “Producing effective, actionable reporting is both art and science.” I net worth family’s assets and their value is becoming extremely difficult. This can make monitoring the family’s wealth, at best, more time consuming and, at worst, almost impossible for the family administrator or trustee. Risclarity has developed its own systems and procedures for monitoring the composition and performance of a family’s investments and other assets. Risclarity’s system will present the family or its advisers with comprehensive and timely reports, consolidating the family’s entire asset base. The asset and performance analyses within the reports are tailored to the individual family’s needs in a way that is believed to be unique in the marketplace. nvestment products are becoming more diverse so keeping track of the ultra-high basically a company that serves a very wealthy family to help manage their financial assets. My parents were accountants, and they both worked and served very wealthy families. As was coming out of graduate school with a degree in Information Systems basic computer science degree, my mother tasked me with how best to serve these families. I decided to leverage technology instead of just throwing more people and hours at the problem. Back in the late 90’s we developed software that would pull information directly from financial institutions from the banks to produce a series of reports. They were web-based reports at that point, and it was very unique for that time frame. These reports allowed us to leverage how we would consolidate information from these very complex and wealthy families. very talented and intensely customer service-oriented group of people. Who are the other successful entrepreneurs you look-up to? There are several people that I look up to, Steve Jobs is one of them. He was undoubtedly an innovator, somebody who’s very insightful and intuitive around user experience, user design, and built to solve everyday problems. Bill Gates is another person who is very innovative and always tries something new and seems to have the ability to see the future. Several people have been in my life that aren’t as well-known names, but they have been huge influences in my ability to lead into manage to and to find the right talent. A gentleman by the name of Frederick Mayer. He was the patriarch of the first family I served. He was a very genuine person, somebody who was authentic and lived in the moment. One thing that he always said was, “Just be yourself, be the best and be the best person you can be at any point in time, but don’t try to be somebody else.” In conversation with Rick Higgins CEO and Founder of Risclarity What is that one thing you are proud of in your company? I’m most proud of the team that we’ve assembled. I’ve had a relationship with my team for at least ten years, and it is really a stunning stellar group. I work with a What was your motivation to start Risclarity? I grew up in the family office environment, a “Family Office” is “We aspire to empower the most influential families around the world to be better informed in their financial decision- making through efficient, accurate and comprehensive wealth reporting.” 36

  34. What are the qualities required to be a successful CEO? There are three qualities a successful CEO must have. First, a good financial sense, the ability to understand the numbers. Second, a good operational sense, the ability to understand the business and lastly, a successful CEO has the ability to inspire others! What do you think was a striking factor that made you to choose this profession? When I graduated in 1997 there were not a lot of opportunities available for people with my background in finance and computer science and I couldn’t find the job that I was looking for, so I just decided to create it! Ever since then, I’ve always tried to create jobs that I want. solution which allows advisers to streamline and expedite client on boarding by automating the process of opening accounts with financial institutions. It takes quite a bit of time, and we are building automation with the ability to move money between accounts. When they need to place trades or move cash between banks, we can automate a lot of those steps and a lot of those processes. If you had not become a CEO, what else had you dreamt of being? I had the dream of being close to the creative industry. I grew up wanting to be a cartoonist; I admired, George Shultz’s “Peanuts” and the Snoopy era, I really wanted to do something like that. I have in sense achieved that. I have created another business that is I’m producing and directing documentary films and a television series for our local PBS affiliate. Overall, we are creating a technology ecosystem for firms so they can support these very wealthy and sophisticated families. This ecosystem connects everything from their CRM and accounting systems to their financial planning tools and investment management platforms. We reduce redundancy and the areas where human error can occur as well produce new analytics and comprehensive reporting, not previously possible, by pulling data from all of the above technology solutions with in the ecosystem. Are there any products that your company is planning to launch? Quite a few, we serve advisers that serve very wealthy families, and we have developed a number of tools that will allow those advisors to help serve their families efficiently. We’re looking at adding risk modeling tools for our portfolio and investment reporting solutions. We’re currently launching a new SR Rick Higgins, CEO and Founder of Risclarity Creative engineer, entrepreneur, thought leader and financial software expert to the nation’s wealthiest families seeking to leverage leadership and entrepreneurial experience to increase the prosperity of individuals, families and organizations. Rick Higgins founded Risclarity in 2010. Previously, he co-founded Wealth Touch in 2001 and is credited with creating the groundbreaking technology that served as the foundation for the firm. In the 1990’s, as Co-founder of Higgins-Knecht, a technology consulting firm, and Digital Partner, a financial technology firm. Higgins established himself as an innovator and leader in the field of family wealth management. In 1999, The sale of Digital Partner to My CFO Inc., a Silicon Valley-based online pioneer in the ultra-high-net-worth market, firmly placed Higgins at the heart of what became known as the technological renaissance in wealth management. Rick Higgins, CEO & Founder Today, Higgins is regularly invited to speak to family offices, insurance companies and financial planning groups all over the U.S. and abroad. 37

  35. An Interview with Neil Fineman, greenONE Holdings Inc CEO: ‘We Address the Issue of Manufacturers Being Forced to Depend upon Digestion as the Standard for Getting Nutrition into the Human Body’ “Infused with vitamins, minerals, and electrolytes, it’s easy to see how iDrink Nano-Nutrient Water is truly a first-of-its-kind.” N size, to a few hundred nanometers in diameter. Particles of this size have some unique physicochemical and surface properties that lend themselves to novel uses. Indeed, leading advocates of nanotechnology believe that it will contribute to solving some of the major problems we’re faced with today; like ensuring a safe supply of drinking water for a growing population, replenishing nutrition in our food supply, as well as our soil; and even delivering medication safer and more effectively. anotechnology refers to a broad range of tools, techniques and applications that simply involve tiny particles on a scale from 1 nanometer in nano-technology. Figuring out how to surround miniaturized vitamins with water clusters, a team of doctors and scientists were able to create a nutrient formula, where the ingredients are now rapidly absorbed by the body. The resulting bio-availability, enables the body to “go to work” fast; and the water encapsulation process, for the first time, allows some very pungent vitamins and minerals, to remain tasteless, and colourless. The creators of iDrink Nano Nutrient Water call it “an IV in a bottle.” greenONE is a ‘green company’ utilizing natural plant- based vitamins, with zero taste, zero fillers; and products that are only GMO and BPA free. on producing more ‘functional’ versions of their own products. Facilitating those realtionships to their science and manufacturing partners is greenONE’s dual approach to this “one of a kind” technology. Rewind: Taking Flight greenONE Holdings Inc. was established with the awareness that a new technology fit perfectly with nutrition and rapid hydration in the human body. The CEO, Neil Fineman, recognized the uniqueness of a water-encapsulated, nano- technology that he envisioned for human consumption; even though it was being used for agricultural applications at the time. Neil set out to create a partnership with the scientists behind this technology, who were effectively reducing the size of vitamins (so they could be absorbed faster), while rendering even the worst tasting nutrients (like fish oil and turmeric), tasteless. Neil believed this new “delivery system”, needed to be effectively packaged for ‘Mainstream America’ consumers, and showcased to other manufacturers. Negotiating an exclusive, world-wide beverage contract, began the relationship; it also necessitated a ‘first-of-its- kind’ example that could exhibit the technology, and prove the benefits of its use. The creation of iDrink The company was incorporated in 2014, and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. In light of the foregoing, we’re thrilled to present greenONE Holdings Inc. Revenue Model greenONE Holdings Inc. brands shelf-ready examples of this technology (iDrink, iHydrate, iNourish, iRevive, and Nano- ThryveRx), that were created to solve specific consumers issues. They offer these products to the ‘health and wellness’ marketplace. The company utilizes this front-line branding and distribution, to create awareness of the technology in each market. Their ultimate goal is to establish partnerships with brands and manufacturers that are focused greenONE, the creators of idrink, are a Nano-Nutrient company that developed the world’s first multi- vitamin water, by utilizing a very unique type of COVER STORY 38

  36. Nano-Nutrient Water, is the breakthrough of shrinking down numerous essential vitamins and minerals (so the body’s stomach doesn’t need to), and thus absorb them faster. Combine that with the ability to make all of these ingredients tasteless, odorless, and clear; and you have a potentially game-changing proposition, in food and beverage; and possibly even medicine. Moreover, consumers are demanding ‘better for you’ products that work much faster, use dramatically less sugar and still have a decent taste profile. They want products that help them perform better; whether it’s at work or at play. Since manufacturers have relied on sugar for so long, to deliver nutrients, this poses a difficult proposition for most other brands and manufacturers. until I saw this technology though, that I was inspired to follow in his footsteps. He always said to me: “Do what you enjoy and what you’re passionate about. If you follow that advice, I promise you, your work will become play.” I spent most of my adult life, taking companies public and funding other people’s visions. My passion though, like my father’s, was performance. The path to incorporating this new delivery system into mainstream culture, is quite similar to the one he took over 40 years ago. Realizing you have something unique, is only half the battle. The other half, is showing the most mainsteam of consumers, how they can enhance their lives, by including your product into their daily routines. (Nano) Technology: That Aides greenONE Outshine Competition This ‘water-based’, nano technology (using water ‘clusters’ to deliver nutrients, instead of sugar or even alcohol) gives greenONE the ability to introduce numerous products that target precise consumer issues. Products can be designed specifically for nutrition, health, hydration, pain, anxiety, sleep, concentration, and even recovery. Since the ingredients are miniaturized (nano-sized) to 1-20 nano-meters (1/1000 the size of a red blood cell), they now have the ability to avoid the stomach, for the first time. This means they can be rapidly absorbed into the cells, on a grand scale. By creating products that are both bioavailable and healthy, consumers may actually now begin ‘feeling’ the benefits of the beverage, while they are still enjoying it. Neil Fineman, greenONE Holdings Inc CEO, spoke exclusively to The Silicon Review. Below is an excerpt. What was the motivation to start the company and how did it all come together? My motivation has always been my father, Jerry Fineman. Jerry was the man who convinced Walt Disney to let him put his creations onto toys. He created hundreds of popular toys, and knew exactly how to brand and market them. His Tickle Me Elmo creation, coupled with the idea of open packaging, is still the greatest selling toy of all time. I spent my childhood listening to his philosophy on relationships and creating great products for consumers of all ages. It wasn’t What are the pain points of the industry addressed by the company? For the last 100 years, manufacturers have been forced to depend upon digestion as the standard for getting nutrition into the human body. greenONE attacks this issue for the first time. Additionally, the industry’s use of using sugar to deliver those nutrients, has been a pain point were excited to address. Here’s a brief overview of the products and services we offer: We started by introducing iDrink Nano Nutrient Water in

  37. Las Vegas, and quickly realized that shipping water to excited touristsback in their hometowns, was an expensive prospect; due to its size and weight. Since small amounts of our concentrated nutrients were having impressive results on consumers, we evolved to include small “shots”, that addressed specific issues. We can cost effectively ship iHydrate, iNourish, and iRevive (which are 3 oz. shots), anywhere in the world now. Products that help with rapid hydration, ‘keto meal replacement’, and recovery, are now realistic SKU’s. We even created a concentrated, daily essential nutrient, and antioxidant/ immune booster, called iDrink Nano Nutrient (think a rapid absorption liquid Centrum), that could cheaply utilize Amazon or mass shipping. All of these ideas (including a high-end CBD line), address specific consumer needs (pain, nutrition, hydration, mental clarity, etc.). Ultimately though, they show manufacturers that more functional versions of their current lines, are not only possible, but that we can help facilitate that. ambassadors and centers of influence to speak directly to our consumers; until we can do it effectively ourselves. On the manufacturing side, we first saw a lot of Biopharma and CBD companies coming at us, as they both immediately understood the technology, and its benefits. Now, a growing number of main stream brands and manufacturers, are becoming our partners and clients. Facilitating the production of ‘better for you’ brands, is fast becoming a dependable business model for us. What was first a celebration though, quickly became a fight to defend our position. While I was busy building excitement among my shareholders over garnering this technology, I already had suitors conspiring to copy it. When they couldn’t do that, they stole our nutrient drums that were meant for the introduction of The iDrink brand. Instead of focusing on brand introduction, we were forced to spend our time, and money, on legally shutting them down. Even while we were successfully defending our exclusivity (and formula), in court, we had to deal with people trying to bribe our scientists into making a machine for the technology, behind our backs. Finding distributors, partners, and investors after this experience, has been quite a pleasurable process in comparison. Moreover, we’ve tested the products with both amateur and professional athletes in numerous sports. We’ve also conducted several university studies on the effectiveness of technology in different applications. Currently, a very large biopharma company has contracted to do The PK studies we need. Comparing this technology’s effectiveness against larger well-known brands is a major “next step” for us. We believe this will empower the manufacturing industry to move quicker towards producing more functional brands for consumers. Getting approval from the FDA is a tough feat, how did you manage to get it? We studied the guidelines and FDA requirements and realized that we needed to give the FDA a wide berth for approval. Instead of spending millions of dollars trying to show them this technology’s ability to address maladies and ailments; we decided instead, to present it as just another process for putting nutrients in beverages. After clearing that smaller hurdle, we have now set our sights on convincing the public through trial, demonstration, and referral; rather than through boastful claims. Who are some of your biggest clients? Supermarkets like Albertsons, Vons, Pavilions, and Winn Dixie’s are some of our biggest clients at the moment; as well as a growing number of convenience stores around the West Coast (1,000 AM/PM’s are set to carry iDrink in October). We’re excited to have consumers pulling our product off of the shelves in convenience stores and supermarkets, but we understand that new buyers only have our label and word of mouth to go on. This is why we are concentrating on brand What were the challenges that you faced initially? Becoming an entrepreneur with a goal of changing existing marketplaces has been nothing short of challenging. Starting, funding, and stewarding this company became the single most demanding goal of my life. The process has tested my resolve each day; and forced me to look at problems from multiple angles, not just my own. Seeing this water encapsulation technology as a ‘next gen’ delivery system for nutrients into the human body, has been only a starting point. What other successful CEOs do you look up to? As a fan of The History Channel, and The Men That Made America Great; I am in awe of 40

  38. Neil Fineman, CEO Neil Fineman, a Formidable Leader: In His Own Words My father, Jerry Fineman, was one of the first men in the US to gain custody of his boys; well before he had made a name for himself. This forced my brother to watch over me. His toughness shaped me from an early age. I was forced to compete and hold my own physically (and mentally ) against his friends that were quite older and bigger than I was. Adapting became a neccessity. I parlayed this adaptability into being one of the first scholarship students of what is now IMG’s Sports Academy for future professional athletes. I again trained with kids that were bigger, stronger, and more experienced. I found that the flexible and tough mentality that was forged through sports, and competition, served me even better in the business world. I watched and listened to my father who included me at a very young age in his strategic thinking and product development. I was allowed, and encouraged, to go to the office with him, and attend meetings and preparation for sales presentations. This even led to independent thinking and improving some of his existing products. This kind of problem-solving was far more exciting to me and was ultimately the reason why I chose to attend a top scholastic college, rather than a top athletic one. I have a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Finance from Emory University.

  39. What is the road map ahead? We will continue to introduce beneficial, healthy products aimed at helping consumers hydrate faster, absorb nutrition better, perform at a higher level, and even deal with pain, anxiety and mental acuity. We’re going to concentrate on funding our science partners, so that we can share this next gen technology with manufacturers and other brands around the world. We’re just one company, but licensing and teaming up with bigger partners, means we can speed up the opportunity for consumers worldwide, to experience this new delivery system for nutrients. SR John D. Rockefeller. He not only saw a great market coming (oil), he avoided the risk of wildcatting by perfecting the business of refinement. He even made the product safer through lower combustion. Rockefeller sold investors on oil even when the market was in doubt (kerosene in lamps was first thought to be dangerous), by putting the product into safe metal cans. He used the railroads to get better margins, and used the immense profits to convince competitors to partner with him. I admire his ability to adjust to bad news when others couldn’t. When price fixing became a challenge, he adjusted by creating the first pipelines for in The US. Rockefeller even overcame the effects of electricity on his kerosene business, by utilizing the more volatile version of Kerosine- Gasoline; and applying it to the new car industry. A true master of evolving! If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Find someone you trust and admire in business and do everything you can to work for him; even if it’s for free. Having a master of an industry apprentice, guide and empower you, will give you the self belief that you need, to carve your own path. Andrew Carnegie worked for Tom Scott and was empowered to create the first steel structures in the US. All the great leaders had a willing mentor. Give me one word that describes you the best. One word describes me the best: Passionate. “ “ In the manufacturing industry, we’ve a growing number of brands and manufacturers that are now licensing the technology, and asking us to facilitate their production of ‘better for you’ product.” COVER STORY 42

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  41. Trulioo: Verify Customers Online, Anywhere in Seconds Meet the innovative leader and CEO Stephen Ufford Stephen Ufford has founded and successfully sold several data-focused startups during his career. Ian 2011, he launched Trulioo to help build a layer of trust and safety online, and with the mission to provide access to financial services to the billions of unbanked individuals around the globe. As a serial tech entrepreneur in the identity space, Stephen is well versed on the challenges and opportunities affiliated with identity verification, data privacy, risk and fraud prevention, and the ever-changing regulatory changes that impact emerging startups and global enterprises that have customers worldwide. Stephen Ufford, CEO H used/accessed today. Consider how we currently use our personal information in the online retail and banking arenas: Whether buying something from a retailer or logging in to a mobile-banking platform, we create and use a separate identity (user name/password) for each aving a “digital identity” is different from the way our private information is digital transaction/interaction. Digital identity means each person has their private information stored within a secure platform, and each person then authorizes businesses access to that information with the individual’s permission. businesses. The duo garnered an intimate understanding of the data industry and recognized the limitations of the current identity verification system and the massive possibilities for the future. After successfully launching and exiting three startups together, they wanted their fourth company to be meaningful and impactful at a global scale. The founders, Stephen Ufford and Tanis Jorge, have over a decade of experience working in data-driven 44

  42. Their Offerings via the GlobalGateway platform: Globally, there are an estimated 220 million children whose birth is not recorded, excluding China, where figures are unknown. More than 2 billion people in this world are unbanked and unable to access financial services, primarily due to a lack of traditional identity documentation. After witnessing the tremendous emotional reaction and sense of belonging experienced from the woman from India – resulting from creation of a digital profile (footprint), Stephen and Tanis knew their next business venture together would make a profound difference in this world, hence the launch of Trulioo. checks to ascertain if the document is authentic, legitimate and hasn’t been forged or altered in any way. The combination of eIDV and ID Document Verification during the Customer Due Diligence check can assist you in meeting your Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Customer (KYC) and Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF) compliance requirements, as well as reducing the risk of fraud. Electronic Identity Verification GlobalGateway’s online electronic identity verification (eIDV) service was developed for the international market. It was created specifically to help businesses comply with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) rules, and support a diverse range of international electronic identity verification requirements. Business Verification Trulioo offers on-demand business verification through GlobalGateway, a marketplace of identity data and services. Global Business Verification fully automates the retrieval of company vitals from government registrars worldwide to help streamline workflows for Know Your Business (KYB), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Customer (KYC) and Customer Due Diligence (CDD) processes. Some of the world’s largest banks, online marketplaces, payment solutions, money transfer and remittance companies, financial service companies, cryptocurrency exchanges and more use GlobalGateway. GlobalGateway’s eIDV service is used not only for identity verification, but also fraud prevention, risk mitigation, age verification, compliance, among a host of other purposes. Trulioo’s disruptive technology encapsulates the strengths of traditional ID verification and implements the latest capabilities in online tech today. Trulioo has developed a global ID verification solution that is not constrained by geography, economic status, age or gender, and available to any business or organization around the world at a low cost and frictionless manner – all with consumer privacy at the forefront. GlobalGateway provides real-time identification and verification of company records through official registers, completes an AML check of the business through international watchlist sources, uncovers the Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO) structure, and performs instant electronic identity verification for all individuals deemed to be UBOs. GlobalGateway analyzes, verifies and provides business intelligence on 250 million businesses in over 84 countries across the world. SR ID Document Verification If a customer is not verified during the initial account creation process through eIDV or if a further level of fraud protection is desired, Trulioo clients can request the customer to upload a valid ID document online or through a mobile device and perform ID document verification. Trulioo’s document verification partner performs Mission and Vision It is Trulioo’s mission to verify the identity of the entire human population so that everyone, regardless of their circumstances, has access to essential services. Our dream is to help build a financially inclusive ecosystem where everyone can transact online as equals. “Our goal is to help remove barriers that are preventing the world’s poor from accessing basic financial services.” 45

  43. Tempered Networks – Managing Cyber Risk with new technology that fixes the fatal flaw C yber risk is everyone’s problem. In the first six months of this year, 4.1 billion records were breached. 38% of office buildings have been breached. As billions of OT devices without built-in cybersecurity are connected to IT networks, they are creating a massive and rapidly growing attack surface by offering remote control of critical, physical infrastructure. This exponential increase in new attack vectors didn’t exist when today’s security solutions were being designed. The result is rapidly raising cost and complexity and a precipitous decline in protection. attacks, including lateral attacks that easily evade firewalls. Its Airwall™ eliminates costly, complex network upgrades and firewall OPEX cash burn, and accelerates digital transformation. What is an Airwall™ and How Does It Work? The Airwall architecture incorporates a fully encrypted network fabric made up of Airwall edge services and their connected devices, managed through an orchestration engine, called the Airwall Conductor. Unlike traditional IP networking and SDN approaches, the Airwall is a true overlay requiring little to no modification of the underlying network or security infrastructure. It provides a simple policy- based configuration of Jeff Hussey, President & CEO The stalwart behind the glory of Tempered Networks Jeff Hussey is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Tempered Networks, the pioneer of the Airwall. As an accomplished entrepreneur and business leader with a proven track record in the networking and security markets, Hussey also founded F5 Networks, the global leader in application delivery and an S&P500 listed company. He maintains numerous board positions across a variety of technology, non-profit and philanthropic organizations. Currently, Hussey is the chairman of the board for Carena and chairman and co- owner of Ecofiltro and PuraVida Create Good. Hussey also serves on the board for Webaroo and the Seattle Symphony. He was the chairman of the board for Lockdown Networks, which was sold to McAfee in 2008. Hussey received a BA in Finance from SPU and an MBA from the University of Washington. Tempered is a cyber-risk management company which eliminates catastrophic cyber risks with a solution that fixes the fatal flaw and is purpose-built for IIoT to eliminate remote 46

  44. The Airwall™ relay The Airwall relay routes encrypted edge service connections across all networks and transport options, without modifying the underlying network. Secure end- to-end connectivity is now simple whether you have a Layer 2, Layer 3, or bridged L2/L3 network using Ethernet, Wi-Fi, cellular, MPLS, or radio. The Airwall relay allows the WAN and Internet to behave like one local broadcast domain, making WAN micro-segmentation a reality. devices or groups of devices that are explicitly trusted within the Airwall as an overlay network based on white listing. This trust, based on a unique cryptographic identity, or (CID) for each device, determines what systems or devices can initiate and establish communication before any data is exchanged. • Extend the useful life of IT and Security systems, such as firewalls, security scanners, and proxies • Dramatically reduce the attack surface across an entire network • Deploy and manage less expensively than competing legacy solutions Building an Airwall requires a minimum of three components, an Airwall Conductor, and two or more hardware or software appliances, which we collectively call Airwall edge services. These can be deployed symmetrically either in a hub and spoke topology, mesh, or both. Belowis a short description of each. Products furnished by Tempered that are unique Airwall™ server The Airwall server is an identity- defined perimeter for Linux and Microsoft servers that enable simple access and segmentation. Serving as the network boundary and security perimeter for its protected workload, the Airwall server can be deployed with little or no changes to existing infrastructure and eliminates the complexity associated with a traditionally separate network and security controls. The Airwall™ Conductor Airwall Conductor is the orchestration engine that manages policy for all distributed Airwall edge services, delivering effortless control of the network. It defines what overlay network segments and systems protected machines are allowed to access, as well as how they connect on the LAN, WAN, and public Internet. Policy creation and management is point- and-click simple and requires no advanced training. Available in both software and hardware appliance form factors, the Conductor enables fast network provisioning, micro-segmentation, and secure connectivity based on unchanging cryptographic machine identities, not network addresses that change and are spoof able. Capabilities • Cloak IIoT infrastructure: “hackers can’t hack what they can’t see” • Eliminate lateral movement and malware propagation • Unify security policy across physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure A workload protected by an Airwall server can be cloaked and made undiscoverable by unauthorized systems. Server access is now restricted to only other authenticated and authorized Airwall edge services connecting from any network, significantly reducing the network attack surface. • Authenticate and encrypt every connection, based on a trusted identity Benefits • Reduce downtime of physical infrastructure SR “We establish trust before connectivity with an encrypted, orchestrated, trust overlay.”

  45. Aircastle Limited– Creating opportunity by vanquishing complexity A aircraft. Nowadays, a lot of the aircraft that fly in the sky are leased, rather than owned. With the leasing business booming, Aircastle Limited is one such firm that acquires, leases, and sells commercial jet aircraft to airlines throughout the world. The company employs a balanced approach to investment and capitalization, factoring in industry cyclicality and other global and regional market dynamics. The firm mainly focuses on a long-term investment horizon. Its business is managed by a team of aviation professionals with extensive industry experience. Through servicing offices in the United States, Ireland and Singapore, they provide their airline customers with an exceptional level of service and the investors with global coverage and local market knowledge. Aircastle Limited acquires leases and sells commercial jet aircraft to airlines throughout the world. As of Aircastle “ n aircraft operating firm permits airlines to use, operate, and maintain the September 30, 2019, the firm has owned and managed on behalf of their joint ventures 277 aircraft leased to 87 lessees located in 48 countries. Since August 8, 2006, Aircastle has been traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol AYR. On November 6, 2019, Aircastle reached a merger agreement with Marubeni and Mizuho Leasing has focused on providing our investors Track Record Aircastle has focused on providing investors a steady return on investment through regular dividends. Since inception through September 30, 2019, they have paid over $925 million in aggregate dividends – additionally since 2011. The company’s fleet has grown from 129 to 277 of owned and managed aircraft. During 2018, the firm dramatically improved the credit profile of the company, with recent rating upgrades to BBB- by Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings, in addition to Moody’s Investors Service rating upgrade to Baa3. with a steady return on investment through regular dividends.” 48

  46. Unique & Necessary Over the past ten years plus, Aircastle has developed, and enjoys, a well-earned reputation as a company with a unique and necessary position in the commercial aircraft leasing industry. Their investment strategy prioritizes risk-adjusted returns that are not limited to any specific asset age grouping. They have invested across the age spectrum and continuously look for unique investment opportunities. Their franchise strength and positioning are supported by a team of professionals with extensive experience and deep network of contacts across the industry. As the only permanently capitalized leasing platform that is focused on the secondary market Aircastle has developed a competitive advantage characterized by solid execution abilities and sound financials. As the only permanently capitalized leasing platform that is focused in the secondary market they have developed a competitive advantage characterized by solid execution abilities and sound financials with aim to be the leader in the current market. Major Investors Marubeni Corporation which is considered one of Japan’s premier trading companies with a 150 year+ history is a major investor of Aircastle. Approximately $61.9 billion in total assets and a stock market capitalization of $12.1 billion as of March 31, 2019. It has created worldwide footprint and broad aerospace industry experience to next level. SR Meet the ardent visionary: Michael J. Inglese Michael Inglese serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Aircastle. He was previously the Chief Financial Officer of Aircastle. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Inglese served as Chief Financial Officer of PanAmSat Holding Corporation from June 2000 until the closing of PanAmSat’s sale to Intelsat in July 2006. Mr. Inglese joined PanAmSat in May 1998 as Vice President, Finance after serving as Chief Financial Officer for DIRECTV Japan, Inc. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst who holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University College of Engineering and an MBA from Rutgers Graduate School of Business Management. Michael Inglese, CEO 49

  47. CyberX – Protecting people, production & profits by providing the most interoperable solution C opportunity to disrupt, profit, and destroy. Millions of unmanaged IoT devices such as wireless sensors, printers, routers, CCTV cameras, smart TVs, and smart building devices give ybercriminals and state- sponsored hackers are exploiting every possible and gas utilities across Europe and Asia-Pacific. Partners include industry leaders such as Palo Alto Networks, IBM Security, Splunk, Optiv Security, McAfee, DXC Technology, and Deutsche- Telekom/T-Systems. Why CyberX? CyberX delivers continuous monitoring and vulnerability management with zero impact on operational networks. It discovers and displays a complete network map of all assets, reaching into all areas of production to give their clients a clear picture of all devices and how they communicate with each other. The firm integrates with SOC workflows and existing security stack to provide unified security governance across both IT and IoT and ICS. adversaries new digital pathways into an enterprise. These embedded devices can’t be protected by agent-based technologies. CyberX is a firm that accelerates digital transformation by delivering the simplest, most complete, and most interoperable solution for reducing risk from unmanaged IoT and ICS devices. Founded by blue-team experts with a track record of defending critical national infrastructure, CyberX is the only cybersecurity company to have been awarded a patent for its M2M-aware threat analytics and machine learning technology. Notable CyberX customers include 2 of the top 5 US energy providers; a top 5 global pharmaceutical company; a top 5 US chemical company; and national electric CyberX: Creating a difference with their simplest and complete solutions Asset Management CyberX auto-discovers all your IoT and ICS assets and displays a constantly up-to-date network topology diagram showing how all devices are connected. CyberX Omer Schneider, Co-founder & CEO 50

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