Renee Conklin

Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. manufactures medical devices. It markets biological and mechanical products used by surgical specialties to facilitate the repair and reconstruction of soft tissue damaged or destroyed by disease or injury. The company was founded in July 1985 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Image Sensing Systems, Inc. engages in the development and marketing of video and radar image processing products used in traffic applications such as intersection control, highway, bridge and tunnel traffic management, and traffic data collection. It operates through the Intersection and Highway business segments. The Intersection segment comprises sale of machine-vision product line, video products, international products, and royalties. The Highway segment consists of radar product lines sold domestically and internationally. The company was founded by Panos G. Michalopoulos on December 20, 1984 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Medtronic ATS Medical, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets medical devices for the treatment of structural heart disease. The company was founded on November 09, 2000 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Vital Images, Inc. provides visualization and image analysis solutions for medical professionals in clinical analysis and therapy planning . It offers software, customer education, software maintenance and support, professional services, and third-party hardware. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

Intralinks, Inc. engages in the provision of software-as-a-service solutions or secure content management. It provides support for mergers and acquisitions, alternative investments, and banking and securities. The company was founded by Mark Adams and Arthur Sculley in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

The University of St. Thomas is an institution that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. The private company is based in St. Paul, MN. It offers over 150 undergraduate majors and minors, as well as graduate programs in various fields such as business, engineering, law, education, social work, and arts and humanities. The University of St. Thomas was founded in 1885 by John Ireland.

GREAT NORTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP (Great North Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Ryan J. Weber, Robert J. Weber and James DonFrancesco. The firm is headquartered in Maple Grove, Minnesota.

Compellent Technologies, Inc. provides network storage solutions. The firm provides Fluid Data storage solutions that automate the movement and management of data at a granular level, enabling organizations to constantly adapt to change, slash costs and secure information against downtime and disaster. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Roseville, 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.

Edge Embossing, Inc. manufactures micro structured thermoplastic devices for diagnostic, medical and optics industries. The company was founded by Andrew Kamholz and is headquartered in Charlestown, MA.

Field Nation LLC operates as an online work platform for connecting businesses and workers. Its self-service web portal is used by global enterprises to small local companies to find, manage and pay contractors for any specific job. The company was founded by Mynul H. Khan in 2008 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Proto Labs Ltd. manufactures prototypes and production parts. Its First Cut delivers machined parts while Protomold offers injection-moulded plastic parts. The firm also engages in web-based quoting system, which gives manufacturability analysis. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Telford, the United Kingdom.

Virtual Radiologic Corp. provides teleradiology services. It engages in the development of software as a service-oriented workflow technology solutions for radiology using cloud computing hosted and managed through the internet. The firm also provides educational Webinars. It serves medical, radiologist, and hospital facilities in the United States. The company was founded by Eduard Michel in 2001 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN.

Part of Humana, Inc., SecureHorizons USA, Inc. provides Medicare services. The company is based in Pasadena, CA. SecureHorizons USA was acquired by Humana, Inc. from UnitedHealth Group, Inc. on May 01, 2008 for $185 million.

PhotoShelter, Inc. operates an online platform for photography websites. Its online tools allow users to sell, archive, and customize and design their photography websites. The company was founded by Allen Murabayashi, Jeffrey Arnold, Thomas S. Chin, and Grover Sanschagrin in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Sophos Ltd. is a provider of security software solutions for mid-market enterprises. It offers products for network, end-user and server protection. The firm offers comprehensive protection and control, defending against known and unknown malware, spyware, intrusions, unwanted applications, spam, and policy abuse and data leakage. The company was founded by Jan Hruska and Peter Lammer in 1985 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Newforma, Inc. develops and sells project information management software. Its products include Newforma Project Center, Contract Management, Building Information Management, Project Cloud, Mobile Apps, and SmartUse. The firm also offers consulting and implementation services, instructor led training, and support services. The company was founded by Allen Preger, Larry Nuttall, Todd Kozikowski, Jim Forester, Dave Plunkett, and Bob Batcheler in November 2003 and is headquartered in Manchester, NH.

Guidepost Growth Management Co. LLC (Guidepost Growth Mgmt) is a private equity subsidiary of North Bridge Venture Partners founded in 2007 by Doug A. Kingsley and Jim M. Moran. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Meltwater US Holdings, Inc. develops online business management software solutions. It produces and supplies software to provide social media monitoring, search engine marketing and analytics. The company was founded by Jorn Lyseggen in 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

CloudSense Ltd. operates as a salesforce native omni channel commerce platform. It offers services to the ecommerce, mobile workforce, service agents, retail, reseller and telephone operators. The company was founded by Fawzi Fares, Richard Wilson Britton, Davor Dubokovic and Alexander Raphael Fuller in 2009 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Part of Vector Capital Partners V Ltd., Vector CS Holdings Ltd. is a British company founded in 2017 that specializes in the CloudSense CPQ & Order Management platform, which is built on Salesforce. The company is based in London, UK. The platform enables telecommunications providers to launch faster, sell more, and fulfill orders faultlessly. The CloudSense CPQ software provides a faster and more accurate quoting system, resulting in increased productivity and profits. The company offers a knowledge hub where customers can learn how CloudSense can transform their sales processes.

Single Digits, Inc. provides secure managed wireless network solutions. Its solutions include wi-fi site survey, network design and engineering; wi-fi authentication and access portals; network monitoring application and support; event wi-fi and rentals; and internet of things. The company was founded by Stephen A. Singlar and Robert M. Goldstein in 2003 and is headquartered in Bedford, NH.

Lightship Telecom offers data, Internet, and voice telecommunications services over its digital switching network that serves New England business clients. The company offers local exchange access, long-distance, and broadband Internet access, as well as frame relay data transmission and data lines. Lightship Telecom has operations in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Sectigo, Inc. provides cyber security services and digital identity solutions. Its services include SSL / TLS certificates, DevOps, IoT, and enterprise-grade PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) management, as well as multi-layered web security. The company is headquartered in Roseland, NJ.

Oktopost Technologies Ltd. develops social media content management platform. The firm delivers business value from social media, generating new sales and integrates marketing and sales in today’s social-centric marketplace. The company was founded by Daniel Kushner and Liad Guez in 2013 and is headquartered in Yokneam, Israel.

PaR Systems, Inc. designs, engineers and integrates automation and material handling equipment. It serves industrials, hazardous environments, aerospace, marine, life science, material handling and technologies Sectors. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Shoreview, MN.

North Point Advisors LLC operates as an independent investment bank focused on providing financial advice on mergers and acquisitions. Its capabilities include mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and sale transactions, financial sponsor advisory and corporate finance advisory. The company was founded by David Jacquin in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of Avient Corp., ColorMatrix Group, Inc. is a company that provides effective AA scavenging technologies to protect food content and brand image. The company is based in Berea, OH. The company specializes in controlling AA levels without affecting container aesthetics or recyclability. ColorMatrix Group offers ColorMatrix™ Joule™ Reheat Additive for PET.