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Syensqo is a leading science company whose ground-breaking technologies revolutionize the way we live. Our purpose is to advance human progress while cultivating a future for our planet that is not only safer and cleaner, but also inherently more sustainable, driven by the principles of circular economy. Our disruptive, market-leading solutions address fundamental megatrends. We play a key role in the future of clean mobility and bring about breakthroughs in biotechnology, natural ingredients, and circular solutions, contributing to sustainable, high-performance products for homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, smart devices, and healthcare applications. Inspired by the scientific councils, which Ernest Solvay initiated in 1911, we bring great minds together to push the limits of science and innovation for the benefit of our customers, with a diverse, global team of more than 13,000 associates in 30 countries.
Ascend empowers entrepreneurial CPAs to reach their goals with an innovative growth model that brings their firms into the new age. Backed by private equity from people-focused Alpine Investors, Ascend is building a modern platform for regional accounting firms that enables them to stay independent while accessing the resources of a large CPA firm to help them grow. Ascend provides access to growth capital, robust talent acquisition, best-of-breed technology, a catalytic leadership system, shared back-office services, and modernized equity incentives so that firms can surmount todays industry challenges and reach their full potential. Founded in January 2023, the company attained revenues sufficient to qualify it as a Top 100 U.S. accounting firm within six months of operation.
First Pacific Bank is a growing community bank catering to individuals, professionals, and small-to-medium sized businesses throughout Southern California. With a history that spans 17 years, the bank offers a personalized approach, access to decision makers, a broad range of solutions, and a commitment to delivering an exceptional customer experience. First Pacific Bank operates locations in Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Diego County, and the Inland Empire. For more information, visit firstpacbank.com or call 562.947.1920.
Robert Reynolds, a high-stakes corporate lawyer with law firms such as Alston & Bird and Seyfarth Shaw, and award-winning innovator in the legal space, founded Tangible Global in 2014 with the mission to bring the practice of law into modern times delivering "Law at the speed of business." Joining Robert as Partner, Denise Barnes brings over 20 years of experience as a seasoned entrepreneur in B2B service delivery. Her marketing firm was the first to offer marketing automation, managed services, and digital applications to clients such as Microsoft, Oracle, and Google. With its recent acquisition of AUTTO, a leading no-code technology and applications provider, Tangible further strengthened its technology and software development leadership by adding Ian Gosling as CPO and Krisztian Kerek as CTO. Nike, one of Tangibles early adopters, embraced and understood that Tangible represented a better alternative to the traditional law firm providing great value especially for portfolios of recurring transactions. Nike has continued to partner with Tangible over the last 10 years. AUTTO has been embraced by the global law firms of Eversheds Sutherland and Dentons as well as Petronas. By combining no-code workflow automation capabilities with extensive legal expertise across many industries, Tangible continues to evolve its broad portfolio of digital applications that support various aspects of commercial transactions and legal operations. AUTTOs technology has enabled Tangible to develop digital services to replace "time with tech." By combining AUTTOs workflow automation capabilities with extensive legal expertise across many industries, the firm has developed a broad portfolio of digital services to support various aspects of commercial transactions and legal operations, including an AI risk management service. Headquartered in Portland, OR, Tangibles team members are distributed across the US, with a notable presence in New York, London, Boston, and Chicago.
Reos Partners (www.reospartners.com) is an international social enterprise that helps people move forward together on their most important and intractable issues. We design, facilitate, and guide processes that enable teams of stakeholders—even those who dont understand or agree with or trust one another—to make progress on their toughest challenges. Our approach is systemic, collaborative, and creative. We partner with governments, corporations, and civil society organizations on challenges such as education, health, food, energy, environment, development, justice, security, and peace. Our work is pragmatic, professional, and tailored to the needs of the specific situation. We operate both globally and locally, with offices in Cambridge (Massachusetts), Geneva, Johannesburg, Melbourne, Montréal, and São Paulo. Our name comes from the Greek "rheos," which means "flow."