Top Founding Partners in Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Brent Swanson

Product Manager

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Product Manager

Director of Product Development

Owner (Brand Development Consultant)

Brand Strategist

Founding Partner (COO & CCO)

Project Manager & Senior Art Director

Art Director

Digital Media Producer

Art Director

University of Minnesota-Duluth

Recommendations: 29

Leadership

Strategy

Product Design

Branding

Marketing

Management

Operations

Planning

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Tracy Simmons

Chief People Office and Board Director

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Chief People Office and Board Director

Co-Founder, Board Director & Chief People Officer

Founding Partner

University of Vermont

Florida Institute of Technology

Recommendations: 11

Start-ups

Entrepreneurship

Marketing

SEO

Online Marketing

New Business Development

Management

Business Strategy

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Alan Wallner

Creative Director and Founder

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Creative Director and Founder

Chief Creative Officer and Founding Partner

Creative Director

Senior Designer

Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Recommendations: 9

Creative Direction

Corporate Identity

Brand Development

Web Design

Graphic Design

Logo Design

Brand Strategy

Creative Branding

Al Watts

Consultant and Senior Team Coach

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Consultant and Senior Team Coach

Founding Partner

Charter President

Manager Training and Development

President

Manager Training and Development

Human Resources

Bowling Green State University

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Recommendations: 9

Leadership Development

Organizational...

Board Development

Team Building

Strategic Planning

Meeting facilitation

Workshop Facilitation

Coaching

Curtis Carlson

VP Sales & Marketing

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

VP Sales & Marketing

Board Member

Founding Partner

Sr. Director of Sales & Marketing

Director of Sales & Marketing

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Recommendations: 4

Transdermal

Medical Devices

Orthopedic

Capital Equipment

Healthcare

New Business Development

Hospitals

Strategic Planning

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Mark Steven Apfelbacher

Principal Owner

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Principal Owner

Founding Partner

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Gustavus Adolphus College

St. Paul Academy and Summit School

Recommendations: 4

Sustainability

Green Infrastructure

Green Building

Energy Efficiency

Water

Competitive Bidding

Green Roofs

Public Speaking

Nate Jameson

Co-Founder, Growth Strategist

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Co-Founder, Growth Strategist

Founding Partner & Realtor

Marketing & IT Project Manager

Marketing Project Manager

Business & Finance Manager

Research and Development Intern

Account Executive Intern

Carlson School of Management

Onalaska High School

Recommendations: 4

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Laurel Stephenson

President and Founding Partner

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

President and Founding Partner

Owner

Board Member

Account Director

Project Manager, BBE, Contract

Director of Marketing

Interactive Producer

Project Manager

Recommendations: 4

Digital Marketing

Online Advertising

Information Architecture

Interactive Marketing

Integrated Marketing

Social Media Marketing

Strategy

Account Management

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michael kraabel

VP, Creative + User Experience

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

VP, Creative + User Experience

Founding Partner - Idea Generator/Director

Creative Director

Board of Directors

Creative Director - Digital & Interactive

Group Creative Director - Integrated

Interactive Media Director

Technology Marketing Manager

Interactive Consultant

Electronic Marketing and Product Manager

Business and Product Development

Saint John's University

St. John's University

Recommendations: 3

Integrated Marketing

Interactive Marketing

Creative Direction

Social Media

Microsoft Office

Promotions

Information Architecture

User Experience

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Erik Hinds

Founding Partner | Vice President, Marketing

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Founding Partner | Vice President, Marketing

VP, Solutions Architect

President, CEO

Manager Web & Systems Development

Web Developer

Senior Applications Developer

Systems Developer

Web Developer

Brown College

Winona State University

Recommendations: 3

Web Design

Web Development

SEO

CMS

CSS

jQuery

HTML

Web Project Management

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Dean Carlson, Broker

Founding Partner

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Founding Partner

President, CEO & Real Estate Broker

Executive Sales Associate

Recommendations: 2

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Gerald T. Laurie

Attorney and Founding Partner

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Attorney and Founding Partner

Partner and Founder

Special Assistant Attorney General

University of Minnesota Law School

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Recommendations: 2

Litigation

Commercial Litigation

Civil Litigation

Arbitration

Appeals

Mediation

Employment Law

Non-compete Agreements

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Tara Schlosser

Founding Partner

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Founding Partner

Independent Publicity and Marketing Consultant

Publicity Consultant

Senior Specialist in Communications, Category PR

Senior Specialist in Events Marketing and Publicity

Administrative Assistant

Producer/Office Manager

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

The University of North Dakota

Century High School

Recommendations: 2

Marketing

Nonprofits

Press Releases

Public Relations

Non-profits

Writing

Leadership

Strategic Communications

Richard Hervieux

Founding Partner

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Founding Partner

Photographer

Manager

Manager GSE

Regional Sales Manager

Recommendations: 2

Customer Service

Team Building

Problem Solving

Customer Relations

Negotiation

Aviation

Inventory Management

Airports

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Melissa Houghtaling

Referee

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Referee

Attorney/ Shareholder

Referee

Founding Partner

Commissioner

Adjunct Professor

Board of Directors

Attorney

Patient Care Assistant and Ambulatory Coordinator

William Mitchell College of Law

Hamline University

Recommendations: 1

Estate Planning

Family Law

Teaching

Mediation

Litigation

Trusts

Wills

Powers of Attorney

Glenn Galloway

CIO

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

CIO

Co-Founder

CIO

SVP

CEO

Founding Partner

Volunteer/free agent/entrepreneur

Interim IT Director

Iowa State University

Recommendations: 0

Healthcare Information Technology

EHR

EMR

Informatics

Healthcare

Healthcare Consulting

Revenue Cycle

Process Improvement

g****[email protected]

Jim Romlin

Founding Partner

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Founding Partner

Senior Vice President/Group Director Media Strategy

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Recommendations: 0

Digital Marketing

Integrated Marketing

Interactive Advertising

Media Planning

Digital Strategy

Strategy

Interactive Marketing

Advertising

Tim Magnusson

Fixed Income Trader

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Fixed Income Trader

Senior Portfolio Manager

Fixed Income Trader & Financial Analyst

Founding Partner and Senior Portfolio Manager

Thunderbird School of Global Management

Central Michigan University

Recommendations: 0

Fixed Income

Portfolio Management

Hedge Funds

Asset Management

Derivatives

Alternative Investments

Investments

Bloomberg

Jill King

Founding Partner and CFO

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Founding Partner and CFO

Senior Operations Analyst

Senior Accountant

Partner

Solutions Architect

University of Wisconsin-Madison

University of Wisconsin-Madison - School of Business

Recommendations: 0

Financial Reporting

Essbase

Forecasting

Audit

Accounting

Excel

Certified Anaplanner

Strategic Planning

Howard Tripp

Founding Partner & Chief Innovation Officer

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Founding Partner & Chief Innovation Officer

Chief Marketing Officer

CEO/CCO

Evangel University

Olathe Senior High School

Recommendations: 0

Strategy

Marketing Strategy

Marketing

Brand Development

Product Development

Brand Strategy

Consumer Products

Marketing Communications

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Kel Nelson

Managing Partner / Director / Executive Producer

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managing Partner / Director / Executive Producer

Vice President

Agency Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer / Director

Producer / Director (Freelance)

Producer

Founding Partner | Executive Producer

Creative Director | Producer

University of California, Los Angeles

Recommendations: 0

Commercials

Post Production

Film Production

Feature Films

Documentaries

Video Production

Creative Direction

Directing

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Joseph Royal Coleman

Project Resource Analyst

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Project Resource Analyst

Business Associate

Sales and Marketing Intern

Marketing Intern

Founding Partner

Azusa Pacific University

Zhejiang University

Arizona State University

Berklee College of Music

Recommendations: 0

Economics

Entrepreneurship

Music Performance

Marketing

Business Strategy

Drums

Strategy

Sales

g****[email protected]

Brent Bechtle

Vice President

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Vice President

Global Head of Hedging Products

Senior Managing Director

Founding Partner - Head of Agriculture Funds

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

William Mitchell College of Law

Recommendations: 0

Hedge Funds

Alternative Investments

Global Macro

Fixed Income

Asset Managment

Global Farmland Investments

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Caleb Gerrels

Founding Partner

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Founding Partner

General Manager

Operations Specialist

Operations and Systems Manager

Sr. Project Manager

Columbia College

Recommendations: 0

Project Management

Budgets

Restoration

Customer Service

MS Project

Infrastructure

Project Estimation

Contract Management

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Olivia Mastry

Founding Partner

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Founding Partner

Nonprofit and collaboration consultant and facilitator

Lake Country School

Recommendations: 0

Organizational Development

Grant Writing

Strategic Planning

Strategic Thinking

Fundraising

Program Development

Nonprofits

Non-profits

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Andrew Wainwright

Team Leader - National Intervention Team

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Team Leader - National Intervention Team

Local Interventionist - National Intervention Team

Behavioral Health Specialist

Founding Partner

Chief Development Officer | Founder

Chief Executive Officer | Founder

Georgetown University

The Catholic University of America

University of Oxford

Recommendations: 0

Mark Thorsen

Cloud Infrastructure Architect - Professional Services

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Cloud Infrastructure Architect - Professional Services

Technical Analyst - IT Engineering

Practice Director - Architecture and Engineering - Migrations

Consultant - Senior Cloud Infrastructure Architect - Microservices

Consultant - Senior DevOps Engineer - Cloud Platform Engineering

Consultant - DevOps Engineer - Bioinformatics

Founding Partner

Contractor - DevOps Engineer - Enterprise

The University of South Dakota

Recommendations: 0

Steve Hastings

President

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

President

Founding Partner

Certified Trainer

multiple

Iowa State University

Harvard Business School

Recommendations: 0

Agriculture

Agribusiness

Strategic Planning

Leadership Development

Marketing Strategy

Business Planning

Business Strategy

New Business Development

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Amy J. Holzman, Esq.

Founding Partner

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Founding Partner

Adjunct Assistant Professor, M.A. Health and Human Services Administration Program

President/CEO

Chief Service Officer

Manager

Hamline University School of Law

American University

Nicolet High School

Recommendations: 0

Legal Compliance

Health Law

Legal Research

Legal Writing

Healthcare Consulting

HIPAA

Health Care Compliance

False Claims

Richard Schneider

Founding Partner

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Founding Partner

President, AEM InSight Consulting LLC

The Broughton Group

President

Investment Banker

Founder and President

Marketing Director

Senior Audit Manager

University of Minnesota Graduate School of Business-Twin Cities

The University of Montana - School of Business Administration

Recommendations: 0

Comprehensive business planning (all funtional areas)

Cross-functional Team Leadership

Start-ups

P&L Management

Forecasting

Business Strategy

Financial Modeling

Mergers and acquisitions

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Gina Holman

Founding Partner

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Founding Partner

Instructor

Director of Liquor Operations City of Wayzata

International Sommelier Guild

St. Cloud State University

Recommendations: 0

Social Media

Customer Service

Alcoholic Beverages

Public Speaking

Nonprofits

Event Planning

Wine Tasting

Wine

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Angelo Fraboni

Mechanical Engineer

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Mechanical Engineer

Founding Partner, Operations

Mechanical Design Intern

Student Manager

Data Management Intern

Graduate Lab Assistant

Lead Life Guard

Manager

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Recommendations: 0

Problem Solving

Lean Manufacturing

Team Leadership

Project Management

Process Improvement

Kaizen

Solidworks

PowerPoint

Mike Harvey

Master A Electrician AM711510

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Master A Electrician AM711510

President/ CEO

Founding Partner

Journeyman electrician

CEO

Anoka Technical College

Coon Rapids High School

Recommendations: 0

Solar Energy

Electrical Contracting

Renewable Energy

Photovoltaics

Business Development

Leadership

Solar PV

Solar Design

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David Schlotfeldt

Founding Partner

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Founding Partner

Co-Owner

Founder / Organizer

Board Member, Secretary

University of Saint Thomas

Recommendations: 0

SEO

Web Development

Web Design

Business Strategy

Digital Marketing

Marketing Strategy

Website Consultation

Social Media Marketing

d*****@plaudit.com

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Neleseh DUO

Licensed Banker

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Licensed Banker

Founding Partner and CEO

Assistant Branch Manager

Recommendations: 0

Branch Banking

Banking

Credit

Cross Selling

Customer Service

Financial Analysis

Leadership

Loans

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Ty Schlobohm

Senior Vice President

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Senior Vice President

Board Director

Trader/Portfolio Manager

Managing Director

Founding Partner

Head Trader and Portfolio Manager

Trader/Portfolio Manager

Assistant Trader

Saint Lawrence University

Blair Academy

Recommendations: 0

Hedge Funds

Investments

Equities

Alternative Investments

Asset Managment

Portfolio Management

Trading

Private Equity

t*****@cbackcapital.com

Tony Reno

Founding Partner

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Founding Partner

Recommendations: 0

PowerPoint

Sales Management

Account Management

Microsoft Office

Customer Service

Negotiation

Contract Negotiation

Logistics

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Steve Stolz

Chief Technology Officer and Founding Partner

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Chief Technology Officer and Founding Partner

Board of Directors

Chief Technology Officer and Founding Partner

Software Engineer/Manager

Vice President of Engineering

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Recommendations: 0

Sencha

Mobile Applications

Enterprise Software

Microsoft SQL Server

Database Design

Software Development

SaaS

Professional Services

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Mary Jo Morrison

Founding Partner

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Founding Partner

Vice President, Performance Resources

Vice President, Performance Improvement

Director of Information Services

Manager of Healthcare Consulting

University of St. Thomas

The College of St. Scholastica

Recommendations: 0

Scott Tetley

Founding Partner

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Founding Partner

Restoration Operations Manager

PM/Estimator

General Manager

Production Manager

Steelville High School

Central Methodist College

University of Central Missouri

Recommendations: 0

Customer Service

Budgets

Team Building

Process Scheduler

Team Management

Business Development

Customer Satisfaction

Master Fire and Smoke Restorer

s****[email protected]

James Sampair Jr

Financial Advisor

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Financial Advisor

Principal, Founding Partner

Director - Institutional Investment

Senior Investment Research Analyst

Vice President Institutional Equities/Investment Banking Associate

University of Saint Thomas

Recommendations: 0