Scott Pasquini

The Bazooka Companies, Inc. has been a leader in non-chocolate candy around the world since 1938 with popular, high-quality lollipop brands Ring Pop®, Push Pop®, Baby Bottle Pop®, Juicy Drop® and other candy and gum products, including the iconic Bazooka® Bubble Gum. For additional information visit https://bazookacandybrands.com/ The Bazooka Companies, Inc. was originally founded as Topps Chewing Gum and in its early years produced a popular penny “Topps Gum” from a factory in Brooklyn, N.Y. After World War II, the company developed Bazooka Bubble Gum and in 1950, added trading cards to its product line. The company was acquired in October 2007 by Madison Dearborn Partners, a private equity group, and Michael Eisner, former CEO of Disney, and is headquartered in New York City.

The Complete Gift Card Solution. TDS Gift Cards, a division of Ziff Davis, is a leading provider of global gift card products and services to top-tier digital brands. Many of the fastest-growing streaming, rideshare, marketplaces, and similar companies are currently partnered with TDS to manage their gift card programs worldwide. TDS provides comprehensive professional services and processing technology for clients across all retailers, countries, currencies, and methods of distribution. Currently, TDS is servicing clients’ programs in over 40 countries and delivering cards and codes to consumers through a worldwide network of leading distribution retail, online, and third-party outlets. TDS Gift Cards is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with employees located around the world to service clients’ global payment needs. The TDS culture and business have been built upon an entrepreneurial drive created by experienced leaders and a team of people who thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, creative, and energetic environment.

Fastwyre Broadband is a premier broadband and internet service provider delivering affordable, reliable, high-speed internet services to cities and towns across America. The company provides broadband services, phone access lines and video to customers in a wide array of locations including Alaska, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska and Texas. Fastwyre partners in the growth and economic vitality of its communities by providing broadband and other advanced services and supporting new business activity and job growth. Fastwyre Broadband is a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners, a leading private equity firm based in Chicago, and Catania Capital Partners. Fastwyre Broadband brings together, under one mantle, brands formerly known as American Broadband, TelAlaska and Cameron Communications. Synergies achieved through harmonizing these operating brands into Fastwyre Broadband will result in building out fiber to homes and businesses so customers can enjoy the ever-expanding broadband applications available today and tomorrow. Fastwyre Broadband is a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners, a leading private equity firm based in Chicago, and Catania Capital Partners. More information about Fastwyre Broadband can be found at www.Fastwyre.com.

InMoment, the leader in improving experiences and the highest recommended CX platform and services company in the world is renowned for helping clients collect and integrate customer experience data to uncover the insights that enable the smartest actions. As the pace setters in applying award-winning AI, its global clients activate every byte of their experience data—from structured surveys and social reviews to unstructured conversations from call logs, emails, support tickets, and chat transcripts to breakdown data silos. This unique technology combined with in-house industry experts empower brands to gain ROI from their CX programs in half the time as its competitors. Unlock the true potential of every piece of customer data with InMoment. To learn more, visit inmoment.com

Navisite is a modern managed cloud service provider that accelerates IT transformation for thousands of growing and established global brands. Through our deep technical knowledge and strategic relationships with the world’s leading cloud providers, proven delivery methodologies, platform-agnostic approach and worldwide network of highly specialized experts, we provide the capabilities and practical guidance customers need to successfully embrace IT change and move their businesses forward. Let us partner with you to navigate the now—learn more at navisite.com.

Navisite is a trusted digital transformation partner for growing and established global brands. Through our highly specialized teams, industry solutions, business process expertise and application services, we provide the capabilities and practical guidance customers need to modernize, build and support more agile, resilient and expanding businesses. Our strategic advisory and transformation services advance innovation with comprehensive cloud, enterprise application, data management, intelligent automation and cybersecurity solutions, empowering customers to navigate change and meet new demands at any point in their journey.

Orchard Investment Partners is an independently owned secondary investment firm being led and advised by a team of private equity industry veterans. Orchard is exclusively focused on investing in private equity-backed continuation vehicles and related transactions where it can serve as a value-added partner to financial sponsors and their management teams.

The Bazooka Companies, Inc. has been a leader in non-chocolate candy around the world since 1938 with popular, high-quality lollipop brands Ring Pop®, Push Pop®, Baby Bottle Pop®, Juicy Drop® and other candy and gum products, including the iconic Bazooka® Bubble Gum. For additional information visit https://bazookacandybrands.com/ The Bazooka Companies, Inc. was originally founded as Topps Chewing Gum and in its early years produced a popular penny “Topps Gum” from a factory in Brooklyn, N.Y. After World War II, the company developed Bazooka Bubble Gum and in 1950, added trading cards to its product line. The company was acquired in October 2007 by Madison Dearborn Partners, a private equity group, and Michael Eisner, former CEO of Disney, and is headquartered in New York City.

The Complete Gift Card Solution. TDS Gift Cards, a division of Ziff Davis, is a leading provider of global gift card products and services to top-tier digital brands. Many of the fastest-growing streaming, rideshare, marketplaces, and similar companies are currently partnered with TDS to manage their gift card programs worldwide. TDS provides comprehensive professional services and processing technology for clients across all retailers, countries, currencies, and methods of distribution. Currently, TDS is servicing clients’ programs in over 40 countries and delivering cards and codes to consumers through a worldwide network of leading distribution retail, online, and third-party outlets. TDS Gift Cards is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with employees located around the world to service clients’ global payment needs. The TDS culture and business have been built upon an entrepreneurial drive created by experienced leaders and a team of people who thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, creative, and energetic environment.

At Bazooka Candy Brands were all about Edible Entertainment and creating delicious candies with interactive packaging for our iconic family of sweets - Bazooka Bubble Gum, Ring Pop, Push Pop, Baby Bottle Pop, and Juicy Drop. We are a manufacturer with over 70 years experience of building brands in over 40 international markets. We create candy that makes sweet moments even more fun. We deliver memorable candy products that surprise and delight. From gum, to gummies, to chewy candies and lollipops, our interactive and innovative candies are always an exciting treat.

Zilliant delivers AI-driven pricing that helps B2B companies gain clarity, protect margins, and make faster decisions. With governed workflows and real-time intelligence, organizations can scale pricing with confidence—from core price management to advanced optimization.