Solution: Agoraphobia

Written by Eric Berlin

The twelve names are the CEOs of various companies, as follows:

Gregory Swienton
Ryder System

Thomas Lewis
Realty Income Corp.

John Welch, Jr.
General Electric

Jean-Pierre Tirouflet
Rhodia

Vincent Calarco
Crompton Corporation

D. Lee McCreary, Jr
ElderTrust

Jean-Marie Messier
Vivendi

Jose Collazo
Infonet Services

Ronald Turner
Ceridian Corporation

C. Michael Armstrong
AT&T

Luis Limon
Grupo Simec

Hendrik Verfaillie
Monsanto Company

Looking up the stock symbols of these companies, you get the following:

Ryder System R
Realty Income Corp. O
General Electric GE
Rhodia RHA
Crompton Corporation CK
ElderTrust ETT
Vivendi V
Infonet Services IN
Ceridian Corporation CEN
AT&T T
Grupo Simec SIM
Monsanto Company MON

The stock symbols, taken in order, spell out two names: ROGER HACKETT and VINCENT SIMMON. These two gentlemen are the CEOs of two more companies: Sensory Science and Cortex Pharmaceuticals. The answer to this puzzle is SENSORY CORTEX.