dr. ann shermann, dr. sherman is the associate professor of finance at de paul university. she received her phd in economics from the university of minnesota. had he she was a consultant on the google ipo. dr. sherman has taught finance at the university of wisconsin-madison, university of notre dame and hong kong university of science and technology. and next witness in line is ms. liz buyer. founding principle of the class five group, providing strategic and logistical guidance in official public offerings. ms. buyer has firsthand experience in venture capital t capitalis capitalists, board member and internal coordinator/analyst and employee. previously was the director of business optimization for google, inc. where she was one of the chief ash tekts of the company's innovative ipo. our next witness is mr. joe h. trotter, a partner at lathe am watkins and co chair of the practice group and deputy chair of the corporate department in the washington, d.c. office. his focus is on capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation and general corp