Charles L. Truwit

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Pentair, Inc. manufactures water treatment systems. The company's products include water & wastewater pumps, filtration & purification, components & systems, storage tanks & pressure vessels and pool. Its applications include industrial machinery, data communications, networking, telecommunications, test and measurement, automotive, medical, security, defense and general electronics. The company was founded on August 31, 1966 by Murray Harpole, Vern Stone, Vincent Follmer, Leroy Nelson and Gary Ostrand and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Respicardia, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of cardiovascular ultra-sound diagnostic devices. The company was founded by Theodore C. Skokos, Mark Gelfand, Dr. Howard R. Levin and Dr. Danny Sachs in 2006 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Piper Sandler & Co. operates as an investment company, which engages in the provision of securities brokerage and investment banking services. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

The National Association of Corporate Directors is a non-profit organization that provides essential resources to help directors strengthen board leadership. The American company was founded by Maryann Bruce and the CEO is Peter R. Gleason.

LifeSync Corp. engages in the development, marketing, and sale clean disposable electrocardiogram technologies. Its products are lifesync wireless ECG system, and disposable leadwear a wireless electrocardiogram data communication system appropriate for use in hospital and outpatient. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Coral Springs, FL.

Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. is an integrated healthcare system that includes a 484-bed academic medical center, primary care and specialty clinics, psychiatric, home care, and hospice services. It includes a nationally recognized level I adult and pediatric trauma center as well as a clinic system located in and across the county. The system is operated by Hennepin Healthcare System, a subsidiary corporation of Hennepin County. The CEOs of the American company are John Cumming, Jennifer DeCubellis. The system offers primary and specialty care, home care, and hospice, rehabilitation, and trauma services. The medical education programs serve critically ill and underserved patients and produce some of the best professionals in the nation. The foundation supports the largest level one trauma center, safety net, and public teaching hospital.

4 Catalyzer Corporation (4 Catalyzer Corp.) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Jonathan M. Rothberg. The firm is headquartered in Guilford, Connecticut.

Explorer Surgical Corp. engages in the development of a cloud-based software platform that provides workflow management for surgical procedures. It focuses on gathering data, improving training, reducing disruption, and eliminating waste in procedures. The company was founded by Jennifer Fried, Alexander Langerman, and Marko Rojnica in 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.