Erickson Air-Crane (NASDAQ:EAC) is the market leader in global aviation services. With the recent acquisition of Evergreen Helicopters, Inc. and the pending acquisition of Air Amazonia, the combined company will be able to offer customers a complete suite of airlift solutions including heavy, medium and light-lift helicopters as well as fixed-wing aircraft for both cargo and passenger transportation. On a combined basis, EAC’s worldwide operations, broad fleet of 99 rotary and fixed-wing aircraft, Federal Aviation Regulation Part 135 Aviation Operating Certificates and Commercial Airlift Review Board certifications will enable the company to provide commercial, DOD, and other government customers with a comprehensive set of capabilities with multi-mission airlift service solutions. EAC will also be able to provide MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) support across transport service offerings to both internal and external customers. This complete suite of airlift solutions will increase EAC’s attractiveness to customers who have complex mission requirements and multiple airlift solution needs. After giving effect to the acquisitions as if they had occurred on January 1, 2012, EAC estimates that the combined company would have had 2012 revenue and adjusted EBITDA of $441.5M and $135.1M – a huge step forward from reported revenue/EBITDA of $180M and $57.2M respectively for the pre-acquisition company.

EAC specializes in the operation and remanufacture of the Erickson S-64 Aircrane, a versatile and powerful heavy-lift helicopter. Through its Aerial Services segment, EAC owns and operates a fleet of 20 Aircranes and two support aircraft, which are used to support a wide variety of government and commercial customers worldwide across a broad range of aerial services, including firefighting, timber harvesting, infrastructure construction, and crewing. The Manufacturing/MRO segment provides aftermarket support and maintenance, repair, and overhaul services for the Aircrane (and other aircraft) and related components. EAC owns the Type and Production Certificates for the Aircrane, granting it exclusive design, manufacturing and related rights for the aircraft and OEM components. EAC is the only fully-integrated developer, manufacturer, operator, and provider of aftermarket parts and services for a precision heavy-lift helicopter platform.

The EAC/Evergreen fleet serves a wide range of customers, including significant passenger transport and airlift services for the Department of Defense and State Department. EHI’s operations span the globe, including a presence in each of North America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Air Amazonia, based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is HRT’s in-house airlift supplier and provider of aerial logistics support. HRT is one of the largest independent Brazilian oil exploration companies. EAC/Air Amazonia will have a three year service contract with HRT to provide ongoing aerial services to support HRT’s on-shore oil exploration efforts in the Amazon.

Erickson Air-Crane was founded in 1971 and has grown its global footprint to 1200 employees (including both acquisitions) with services and subsidiaries located in Canada (BC), Europe (Italy), Malaysia, Brazil and primary manufacturing located in Central Point, Oregon. 2012 reported revenue was just over $180M, but with the recent acquisitions and integration activities, this figure is poised to grow substantially for 2013 and beyond. Erickson Air-Crane is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

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Brentwood recently concluded the Wacom Technology VP Marketing search. Michael Gay, previously VP Marketing & eCommerce (U.S. CMO) at Phillips consumer Lifestyle/Electronics, accepted the position and started in April.  The Brentwood Group was honored to have been selected as the executive search partner for Wacom on this critical position.

About Wacom Technology Corp.

Wacom is the world’s leading manufacturer of interactive pen displays, pen tablets and digital interface solutions. Wacom’s line of interactive pen displays, signature tablets, and software for business and education provide specialized solutions to meet the needs of these environments. The company’s vision extends worldwide, with offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. The American headquarters for Wacom, referred to as Wacom Technology Corporation, is headquartered in Vancouver, WA and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wacom Company, Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan (TSE: 6727). Visit the company’s web site at www.wacom.com.

About The Brentwood Group, Ltd.

The Brentwood Group, Ltd. is a boutique executive search firm with a global reputation for identifying high-performing senior executive leaders for our high technology and alternative energy clients. For over 25 years, The Brentwood Group has recruited exclusively at the CXO, Board of Directors, VP and Director level for some of the most innovative, public, private and early-stage entrepreneurial firms. Visit www.brentwoodgroup.com.

Brentwood recently concluded the HzO VP Marketing & Sales search. Sergio Leveratto, who previously held head marketing roles at Nokia, accepted the position and started in April. The Brentwood Group was honored to have been selected as the executive search partner for HzO on this critical position.

About HzO, Inc.

HzO’s WaterBlock technology is number one in cutting-edge nanotechnology for protecting valuable electronic devices from their number one threat: water. HzO’s WaterBlock is a chemical vapor deposition that blankets vital electronic circuitry with a nano-thin film containing highly effective, water-repelling properties. WaterBlock protects electronic devices from the inside out from drips, splashes, and full submersion as well. HzO is privately held and major investors include Harris & Harris, Pike Capital Partners, Prudence Holdings, and ZAGG, Inc. HzO has approximately 40 employees and is based just south of Salt Lake City, Utah. Visit the company’s web site at www.hzoinside.com.

About The Brentwood Group, Ltd.

The Brentwood Group, Ltd. is a boutique executive search firm with a global reputation for identifying high-performing senior executive leaders for our high technology and alternative energy clients. For over 25 years, The Brentwood Group has recruited exclusively at the CXO, Board of Directors, VP and Director level for some of the most innovative, public, private and early-stage entrepreneurial firms. Visit www.brentwoodgroup.com.

ScaleOut Software is a pioneer and leader in in-memory data grid software and has consistently developed leading-edge technologies that help customers solve scalability and performance challenges to gain competitive advantages for their businesses.

New Market Opportunity

ScaleOut Software is entering one of the hottest markets in years. The momentum around “big data analytics” is hard to miss and quickly accelerating. At the center of Hadoop’s open source technology, Hadoop MapReduce for data analysis has experienced rapid adoption over the last few years. However, Hadoop’s inability to analyze live data in real time has been identified as a critical weakness. To address it, Gartner Research has named two of its 2013 Top Ten Strategic Technology Trends as in-memory computing and actionable analytics. Those form two core strengths of ScaleOut Software.

To take advantage of this opportunity, ScaleOut recently introduced a new product line called ScaleOut hServer™, which extends their proven technology for real-time analytics to the popular Hadoop platform – and has new releases coming soon that will deepen their technology leadership. By the second half of 2013, ScaleOut will have an end-to-end solution that provides Hadoop users with the ability to perform MapReduce analytics, delivering sub-second results for live data using in-memory computing. This opens up a very large, previously untapped market by enabling organizations to make faster business decisions using familiar Hadoop analytics on their live, operational data. It’s clear that many companies need real-time analysis; in a recent survey conducted at the O’Reilly Strata Conference, 93% of respondents said that their organizations “require or would benefit from real-time analytics.” By analyzing live data while updates are in progress, ScaleOut delivers increased access times by 10x.

Backed by the Seattle Alliance of Angels and industry luminaries, ScaleOut is well positioned for accelerated growth and success. Based in Bellevue with sales offices in Portland (Beaverton), ScaleOut is expanding to leverage their first mover advantage in real time analytics for Hadoop.

Overview of the Company’s Products

ScaleOut Software’s products are designed to meet the mission-critical needs of enterprise applications running on Web farms, application server farms, and grid computing environments. These applications provide uninterrupted service and powerful performance that scales on demand. The company’s latest product, ScaleOut hServer™ brings the capability of analyzing live data to Hadoop. ScaleOut hServer’s integration with Hadoop enables standard Hadoop MapReduce programs to access data directly from ScaleOut hServer’s in-memory data grid (IMDG), providing significantly faster access than previously possible. The next release of ScaleOut hServer will build on this capability and enable Hadoop programs to analyze live data in real time.

The company’s product family includes ScaleOut StateServer®, designed from the outset as a fully peer-to-peer, scalable, and highly available architecture. This is a production-proven in-memory data grid (IMDG) that delivers fast data access with industry-leading performance and ease-of-use, integrated high availability, powerful APIs, and comprehensive management tools. ScaleOut GeoServer® seamlessly extends ScaleOut StateServer’s in-memory data grid across multiple, geographically distributed data centers to enable global data access and to protect against loss of data due to a site-wide outage. ScaleOut Analytics Server™ uses familiar Java and C# methods and parallel, object-oriented query to easily develop powerful in-memory, real-time analytics. This product automatically ships code to grid servers and combines the power of multiple servers and cores for near real-time results, resulting in the analysis of grid data much faster than file-based map/reduce.

Customers

ScaleOut Software’s products are production proven and are used around the clock on thousands of servers at hundreds of customers worldwide. The deep experience in in-memory data grids and distributed computing is reflected in the company’s high rate of customer success. Their customers use ScaleOut’s products to solve scalability needs for applications serving a wide range of vertical industries including equity trading (to minimize risk during a trading day); ecommerce (to optimize real-time shopping activity); reservations systems (to identify issues, reroute, etc.); credit cards (to detect fraud in real time); smart grids (to optimize power distribution and detect issues). Current customers include Thomson Reuters, Amway, EMC, AT&T, Bell Canada, Delta Airlines, Google, Proctor & Gamble, Staples, SoCal Edison, and hundreds more.

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Wacom designs, develops and sells products ranging from pen and touch tablet products, to mobile computers with their own original multi-touch and pen technology, to providing solutions for various platforms such as notebook PCs, slate PCs, and e-books.

The company’s vision extends worldwide, with offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Working together, they provide organizations with core solutions, including the Cintiq® line of interactive pen displays, and mobile computers, the Intuos® line of professional pen tablets, and the Bamboo® and Bamboo Fun® pen tablet lines. Wacom also services specialty markets with a line of other pen displays, and it provides underlying technology for a wide variety of products, including mobile information terminals, Tablet PC’s, UMPC’s, amusement equipment, and medical devices.

Inspired by natural human abilities to create, Wacom’s patented pen and touch input technology allows freedom of expression, inspired creativity, and drastic improvements in productivity, control and comfort. From product development and graphic design to the media and entertainment sectors, Wacom facilitates the work of individuals and workgroups with truly natural ways to work with digital content.

Wacom believes that technology should be easy to use and simple to understand. With products that rely on human intuition and natural movement, the company strives to bring people and technology closer together. Their patented pen and touch input technology has helped professionals around the world create extraordinary characters, digital art, films, special effects, fashions, and industrial designs. Some of the most celebrated companies in these industries rely on their products. No other technology company strives to design tools that empower creative professionals the way Wacom does. Not even close. This is evidenced by a domestic share in the pen tablet market of 89.8% (survey by BCN Inc. in 2011) and the company’s estimated global market share of approximately 80%.

Wacom will do over $650 million in global revenue, with well over $100 million in revenue in the Americas. The American headquarters for Wacom Technology Corp is in Vancouver, WA and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wacom Company, Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan (TSE:6727).

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Congratulations to our client, Enphase Energy (NASDAQ: ENPH) for recording record revenue and margin in 2012.

For the fiscal year 2012, total revenues were $216.7 million, an increase of 45 percent compared to 2011. Units sold in 2012 increased to 1.5 million compared to 1.0 million in 2011. GAAP gross margin for the year was 25.5 percent, an increase
of 610 basis points year-over-year.

Paul Nahi, Enphase CEO:

“Our fourth quarter capped a year of improving strategic and financial performance, underscored by the shipment of our 3,000,000th inverter. This demonstrates the widespread acceptance of our microinverter system offering. Together with the strengthening of our balance sheet attributable to last April’s IPO and the additional credit capacity we have put in place, we are well positioned entering 2013 to execute our balanced profitable growth strategy. I am tremendously proud of what we accomplished in our first year as a public company which was made possible by the hard work and commitment of our entire Enphase family.”

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Brentwood recently concluded the HzO VP Finance search. Roger Fowler, previously Director of Finance & Segment Controller at Flextronics, accepted the position and started earlier in February.  The Brentwood Group was honored to have been selected as the executive search partner for HzO on this critical position.

About HzO, Inc.

HzO’s WaterBlock technology is number one in cutting-edge nanotechnology for protecting valuable electronic devices from their number one threat: water. HzO’s WaterBlock is a chemical vapor deposition that blankets vital electronic circuitry with a nano-thin film containing highly effective, water-repelling properties. WaterBlock protects electronic devices from the inside out from drips, splashes, and full submersion as well. HzO is privately held and major investors include Harris & Harris, Pike Capital Partners, Prudence Holdings, and ZAGG, Inc. HzO has approximately 40 employees and is based just south of Salt Lake City, Utah. Visit the company’s web site at www.hzoinside.com.

About The Brentwood Group, Ltd.

The Brentwood Group, Ltd. is a boutique executive search firm with a global reputation for identifying high-performing senior executive leaders for our high technology and alternative energy clients. For over 25 years, The Brentwood Group has recruited exclusively at the CXO, Board of Directors, VP and Director level for some of the most innovative, public, private and early-stage entrepreneurial firms. Visit www.brentwoodgroup.com.

Brentwood recently concluded the TriQuint VP Oregon Operations search. Gadi Dvir, previously a Fab Manager and with a track record of success at Intel for almost 30 years, accepted the position and started earlier in February. The Brentwood Group was honored to have been selected as the executive search partner for TriQuint on this critical position.

About TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.

TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ:TQNT) is a leading supplier of high-performance modules, components and foundry services for the world’s leading communications companies.  The company’s focus is on the specialized expertise, materials and know/how of radio frequency (RF) and other high and intermediate frequency applications.  With revenue approximately $850M in 2011, TriQuint has grown revenue 6 consecutive years in a row. TriQuint is headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon, a western suburb of Portland. Visit the company’s web site at www.triquint.com.

About The Brentwood Group, Ltd.

The Brentwood Group, Ltd. is a boutique executive search firm with a global reputation for identifying high-performing senior executive leaders for our high technology and alternative energy clients. For over 25 years, The Brentwood Group has recruited exclusively at the CXO, Board of Directors, VP and Director level for some of the most innovative, public, private and early-stage entrepreneurial firms. Visit www.brentwoodgroup.com.

Named Oregon 2012 Software Company of the Year, Coaxis has been providing construction software solutions to commercial contractors for over 35 years. Over the past 3 years, Coaxis has been experiencing rapid growth with total revenues growing at a 50% compounded annual growth rate. Headquartered in Portland, OR in a beautiful Gold LEED certified building on the Willamette River, Coaxis employs over 330 professionals throughout the U.S., Canada, and Australia.

Coaxis, Inc. is a high growth, vertically focused software-development and management company empowering the construction industry to access mission critical business data, regardless if they are in the office or on the jobsite. Coaxis’ construction ERP and Enterprise Content Management platforms help industry leading general contractors, heavy/civil contractors, and specialty subcontractors unlock mission critical business intelligence and financial information, increasing productivity and the bottom line.

Coaxis, known across the commercial construction industry as Viewpoint Construction Software, has a flagship product called Viewpoint V6. It is a highly scalable, easily configurable, rock-solid software platform that helps construction professionals efficiently manage all areas of financial accounting and construction operations. With a complete suite of integrated configurable applications for Pre-Construction, Project Management, Job Costing, Accounting and HR built on the award-winning Microsoft .Net framework and using the SQL Server database, Viewpoint Construction Software is the fastest growing ERP solution in the construction industry. .

Viewpoint’s leading-edge technology delivers the industry’s best user experience along with the simplest system administration around. Viewpoint’s comprehensive, integrated solution solves the complex information needs for a modern construction industry. Viewpoint’s award winning platform provides a framework for easier integration with Microsoft systems and leading construction applications and tools. The .NET framework allows developers to use the same set of skills to rapidly build mission-critical, scalable applications, and apply common skills across a variety of devices, application types, and programming tasks. This flexibility allows integration with other tools and technologies to build the right solution with less work. Time is money and Viewpoint speeds development of compelling applications.

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EnerG2 makes the carbon that makes energy storage better. Advanced materials are the key driver behind energy storage system improvements. Whether it’s holding electrostatic charge in ultracapacitors or improving the cycle life of battery chemistries, it is the materials that will drive innovation. Competitive carbons used in energy storage systems today are typically derived from agricultural waste materials. These traditional carbon products are highly impure, inconsistent, and not optimized for energy storage end-use. EnerG2’s engineered carbons deliver unparalleled electrochemical performance and value not possible with competing materials. EnerG2 manufactures carbon materials for multiple applications within the rapidly growing markets for lead-acid batteries, ultracapacitors, lithium ion batteries, and next generation lithium chemistries. EnerG2’s business model creates value across a broad spectrum of applications in a rapidly growing and highly valuable new industry.

Through its Carbon Technology Platform, EnerG2 has developed the only technology that can exploit virtually all electrochemical energy storage market opportunities. The Company has deployed proprietary large-scale carbon processing technologies to control the structure and purity of carbons at the molecular
level. These techniques result in optimized material performance, reduced costs, and rapid adaptability to application requirements. This technology dramatically improves the performance of each device type into which it is integrated and enables step-change improvement of storage technologies.

EnerG2 carbons dramatically improve the performance of lead-acid batteries:

• Cycle life improvements of 3-10x in battery-killing applications such as micro hybrids
• Charge acceptance and power improvements of 2-3x
• Failures due to sulfation virtually eliminated

The lead-acid market is over $25B today and EnerG2’s sub-vertical of focus is growing at an annual rate of 73%. Carbon-enhanced lead batteries are primarily used in micro or start-stop hybrids, grid storage and forklift / industrial motive products.

EnerG2 produces the world’s best ultracapacitor carbons:

• Unmatched material purity improves stability and enables higher operating voltage
• Voltage improvements will double energy and power densities in devices over the next 2-3 years
• Unique carbon structure delivers best-in-class power performance
• Highest value – lowest $/Wh and $/kW in devices of any carbon available

The ultracapacitor market is over $600M today and growing at an estimated 50% CAGR. EnerG2 carbon improves performance with minimal effect on cost, dramatically improving $/Wh and $/kW in devices. This unprecedented value improvement will rapidly accelerate ultracapacitor adoption and market growth.

EnerG2 is developing the world’s best performing hard carbon materials for use in Li-ion anodes:

• Target capacity 2x better than graphite
• Potential to significantly improve overall Li-ion energy density at lower cost.

The market for Li-ion anode materials has doubled over the past year and is expected to grow 4x over the next five years. Hard carbons are preferred over graphite for high growth applications such as hybrid and electric vehicles. For example, the Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf both utilize a hard carbon anode material. Improvement in Li-ion anode technology is the next major opportunity to accelerate the electrification of vehicle drivetrains.

EnerG2’s state-of-the art manufacturing plant in Albany, OR is now fully operational. This $28M facility was funded in part by a $21M grant from the Department of Energy. The inherent scale advantages of the Carbon Technology Platform allows the Company to produce best-in-class carbons at costs competitive with traditional carbons.

The Company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA with production facilities located in Albany, OR. EnerG2 has 40 full-time employees, including 20 at its Seattle office headquarters and 20 at its production facility in Albany. Current investors include OVP Venture Partners, Firelake Capital Management, Yaletown Venture Partners, WRF Capital, Reference Capital Management and Northwest Energy Angels.

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