Nate Young

Johnson Controls, Inc. operates as a global diversified technology and industrial business. The firm operates through the following segments: Building Efficiency, Automotive Experience and Power Solutions. The Building Efficiency segment engages in designing, producing, marketing and installing integrated heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems, building management systems, controls, security and mechanical equipment. The Automotive Experience segment provides innovative interior systems through its design and engineering expertise. The Power Solutions segment is a global supplier of lead-acid automotive batteries for passenger car, light truck and utility vehicle. It serves both automotive original equipment manufacturers and the general vehicle battery aftermarket. It also supplies batteries to power Start-Stop vehicles, as well as lithium-ion battery technologies to power certain hybrid and electric vehicles. The company was founded by Warren Seymour Johnson and William Plankinton in 1885 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Southwest Michigan First Corp. offers economic development, venture capitalism, recruitment, life science, manufacturing, back office, commercial real estate, talent management and leadership development and community capitalism. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Kalamazoo, MI.

Twisthink LLC is a professional service firm that partners with companies to develop digital strategies and solutions. The American company transforms companies by bringing new digital and connected offerings to life that their customers desire. The private company achieves this by leveraging a human-centered design process (HCD) to create new user experiences with digital technology. Twisthink helps create what hasn't been created by applying new technology to unwired and analog things, but they only do it when value is the output. The problems the firm helps solve range from ergonomics and healthcare to transportation and everything in between. The company was founded by Nate Young.