Vertiv Group Corp

For over 110 years, Black & Veatch has been at the forefront of engineering critical human infrastructure that powers communities, protects the planet, and enables progress around the world. As a 100% employee-owned company with more than 12,000 professionals operating globally, the team brings deep technical expertise to solve the world's most pressing infrastructure challenges - from transforming coal plants into renewable energy hubs and engineering resilient power delivery systems, to building water infrastructure that sustains communities and developing innovative process solutions like hydrogen and ammonia for a lower-carbon future. The company's employee-ownership model drives accountability and long-term thinking, ensuring every project reflects personal commitment to client success and sustainable impact. Headquartered in the Kansas City metropolitan area, Black & Veatch combines innovation with execution certainty across Energy, Water, Digital Connectivity, and Government Services. Their bolder vision approach transforms coastlines to withstand climate threats, delivers LNG and hydrogen infrastructure bridging to cleaner energy, and powers the data centers and manufacturing facilities driving the digital economy. With a purpose of Building a World of Difference®, the company's 7,000+ active projects demonstrate how strategic planning, deep technical capabilities, and collaborative partnerships create infrastructure that serves both today's needs and tomorrow's potential.

In 1984, our founders George Dalton and Leslie Muma had a vision to transform how financial institutions operated. They merged First Data Processing and Sunshine State Systems to create Fiserv - a national data processing organization focused on the financial services industry. What started as a way to help banks and credit unions manage their operations more efficiently has evolved into so much more. Today, we are a global leader in payments and fintech, serving thousands of financial institutions and millions of businesses in more than 100 countries. Our journey has been marked by continuous innovation and strategic growth. From launching the first-of-its-kind mobile banking solution in 2008 to completing a transformative combination with First Data in 2019, we have consistently pushed the boundaries of what is possible in financial technology. Now, under the leadership of CEO Mike Lyons, Fiserv moves more than money - we move commerce, culture and communities forward. With 6 million merchant locations globally, 1.6 billion issuing accounts on file, and the capacity to process 25,000 financial transactions per second at peak, we are the invisible force powering everyday financial interactions for millions of people worldwide.

We're a team of experienced consultants based in Quantico, Virginia, providing first-class IT services and products to commercial and government organizations. Our focus is on deploying Microsoft-based solutions that actually work in the real world - whether that means cloud, on-premises, or hybrid approaches that fit our clients' specific needs. We've seen firsthand how the right technology can transform an organization when it's implemented thoughtfully and with the people who use it in mind. Our work spans Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint, Project, and Power BI, but the tools are just the starting point. We help organizations with PMO support, process automation, organizational change management, custom application development, and comprehensive training. We believe the biggest key to any successful deployment is teaching teams how to use these tools to their fullest extent. When we say we implement innovation, we mean we work alongside our clients to make sure new technology delivers real, lasting value across their entire enterprise.

We're a team of about 4,000 people building software that helps organizations deliver better customer experiences without the chaos of adding more staff. Most of us work across the globe, serving roughly 10,000 customers in more than 175 countries, and over 80% of the Fortune 100 rely on our platform. We know firsthand how painful contact center operations can be, and we're determined to solve it properly with AI-powered automation that actually works. Our open platform puts behavioral data and Verint Da Vinci AI at the core, letting organizations connect seamlessly with their existing systems instead of forcing them to rip and replace everything. We've built more than 50 specialized bots that handle everything from customer self-service to agent coaching, helping companies increase capacity, lower costs, and see measurable ROI in weeks, not months. We're proud to generate over $900 million in revenue while staying focused on what matters: creating tangible AI outcomes for the world's most iconic brands.

At Aurecon, our culture is defined by a genuine commitment to 'Believe it. Say it. Do it.' - this isn't just a slogan, but a reflection of how we work together and build trust with our clients and each other. We're a team of designers, engineers, scientists, and advisors who place eminence, digital innovation at the core of everything we do. Our strength lies in how we bring together diverse capabilities across the entire asset lifecycle, from shaping and planning through to delivery and optimization. We're an owner-managed company where every team member has the opportunity to shape the future. We thrive on tackling some of the world's most complex challenges across markets including built environment, energy, resources, infrastructure, and government. Our people are empowered to imagine and co-create with clients, bringing ideas to life to create better futures. We foster an environment of respect, trust, and inclusiveness, recognizing that our differences fuel our creativity. With offices across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia, we offer a global perspective while maintaining the agility of local experts. Join us if you're excited about innovation and want to contribute to meaningful, sustainable impact that leaves a lasting legacy.

IEX Group operates a U.S. stock exchange built around a threat model that most exchanges ignore: predatory high-frequency trading strategies exploiting microsecond-level advantages in market infrastructure. Founded in 2012 by a team that discovered these vulnerabilities while working at Royal Bank of Canada, IEX engineered market-structure protections directly into its trading platform - most notably the "Speed Bump," 38 miles of coiled fiber optic cable that introduces intentional latency to level timing advantages. The exchange earned SEC approval as a national securities exchange in 2016, a regulatory milestone that validated its unconventional approach to market design. The technical stack reflects the dual demands of exchange operations: low-latency systems built on C++ and Java for order execution, combined with machine learning infrastructure (Python, KDB+/Q) powering "Signal," a formula that protects orders during price instability. Proprietary order types like D-Peg and D-Limit represent ongoing engineering around algorithmic trading behavior. The infrastructure runs on Azure Cloud with FIX Protocol for market connectivity, handling network engineering challenges where milliseconds matter and the margin between fair execution and front-running is measured in fiber optic cable length. Security posture here isn't just about perimeter defense - it's embedded in the exchange's core value proposition. The team works across exchange infrastructure, market microstructure, and order type engineering, domains where bugs or timing vulnerabilities could enable exactly the predatory patterns IEX was designed to prevent. The company gained mainstream visibility through Michael Lewis's "Flash Boys," which chronicled how mutual funds and pension funds - millions of Americans' retirement savings - were being systematically exploited by market structure flaws that IEX's founding team set out to fix.