Marty Kieffer

Norstan, Inc. manufactures electrical contacts, rivets, and small metal stampings. It supplies rivet type contacts, buttons, discs, in-die staked & welded contact assemblies, stampings & terminals. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Pleasant Prairie, WI.

Lazard Middle Market LLC engages in financial advisory business. It specializes in strategic advice on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), restructuring, and capital raising. The firm’s M&A and Strategic Advisory service focuses on private equity and divestitures, privately-owned companies, corporate acquisitions and divestitures, and sale of public companies. Its Restructuring service consists of situation assessment, alternative assessment, and execution. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Nouvant, Inc. provides online marketing platform and data aggregator software services. It provides licensing, technology management, content development and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) strategies, and branded websites for technology transfer organizations (TTOs) at universities and research institutions. The firm’s product Portfolio, is a state-of-the-art technology marketing, licensing and lead engagement platform. Its SaaS (software as a service) product connects seamlessly to tech transfer organization's websites, delivering content, and user experience that leverages the TTO's established brand. The company was founded by Darren Cox and Thomas M. Kieffer in 2011 and is headquartered in Roseville, MN.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Gelco Information Network, Inc. provides e-business solutions. Its Gelco Travel Manager that provides corporations, colleges and universities, and government agencies with a Web-based pre-trip approval and per diem based travel expense management solutions; payment processing and reimbursement services for business expenses using travel and entertainment expense management software. The company was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN.

The Lek/Alcar Consulting Group, Inc. provides business strategy consulting services. It offers strategy, finance, marketing and sales, operations, and transaction services including business unit strategy, brand management, pricing, alliances and joint ventures, product development, corporate transformation, and operations design. It serves the defense, energy, health, building and construction, aerospace, media, retail, and telecommunications industries. The company was founded by Andrew Kutter in 1983 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Part of Essar Group, Connect Computer Co. is a company that designs local and wide area computer networks. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN. The company was founded by Thomas M. Kieffer. Connect Computer was acquired by Norstan, Inc., part of Essar Group from January 27, 2005 on June 05, 1996.

Magenic Technologies, Inc. provides software development and consulting services. The company founded by Greg Frankenfield and Paul Fridman in 1995 and is headquartered in St. Louis Park, MN.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Children's Health Care engages in the operation of a children's hospital. It offers emergency and trauma care, primary care, surgery, walk-in ready care, specialty care and departments, family services, and education materials. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Calabrio, Inc. develops and markets customer interaction and workforce optimization software solutions. Its offers Calabrio ONE, call recording, quality management, analytics, and workforce management. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

DialogTech, Inc. provides voice-based marketing automation solutions. It offers a suite of applications that enable businesses to connect, measure, and optimize sales and service calls to marketers, salespeople, and support professionals to automate voice interactions, and generate and track leads. The firm offers solutions for call tracking, hosted interactive voice response, call routing, call management, voice broadcasting, real-time reporting, toll-free numbers, SMS notifications, dynamic phone numbers, phone number cleansing, developer APIs, integration, keyword spotting, store locator, virtual receptionist, call recording, call forwarding, and click to call. The company was founded by Irvin M. Shapiro in 2007 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Second Century Ventures LLC is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2007. Second Century Ventures LLC is headquartered in Chicago.

The Minnesota High Tech Association provides biological and life sciences, information technology programs, educational opportunities, support services, and networking events. The private company is based in Roseville, MN. Jeff Tollefson has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

EcoOnline AS engages in the development of software for workplace safety, as well as management and documentation of chemicals. It offers dangerous goods, safety management, training, and safety data sheet authoring services. The company was founded on July 27, 2000 and is headquartered in Tonsberg, Norway.