After a 24-year career at 3M, including running its corporate venture capital arm in Asia, Michelle Bellanca made a major career change. “I had a passion for the startup world
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Matt Johnson’s seven years as a touring musician taught him that building a band is not all that different from entrepreneurship, whether that’s structuring a team or growing a client
Edina-based Parallax helps digital services firms as they plan and juggle projects, with software that forecasts months out to determine how much staffing they’ll need. Jeff Eckerle took the helm
For 18 years, Joe Keeley was the nanny guy—founder/CEO of College Nannies & Tutors, a company he started while a student at University of St. Thomas and grew into a
Under Glenn Zerbe’s leadership, New Ulm-based telecommunications provider Nuvera is undertaking a huge $250 million effort to bring fiber connections to every community it serves. It’s the company’s largest infrastructure
Chris Heim’s appointment in August as chief executive of IT services firm Atomic Data and sister company Foundation Technologies capped a months-long search for a new leader after founder and
Loneliness is an epidemic, the U.S. surgeon general declared in 2023. After making the move from Seattle to the Twin Cities a few years ago, spouses Brittany and A.R. Bell
After working as CIO of Cargill’s largest division, food ingredients and bio industrial, followed by a two-year stint as part of Bright Health’s founding team, Lou DiLorenzo boomeranged back to
Janice Tam is working to digitize the fitting room with TrueToForm, a body scanning app that helps shoppers gauge whether a garment will actually fit. Launched in 2022, it gained
Schott Crump at his heart is a tinkerer. He came up with the prototype for fused-deposition modeling in 1989 as he was designing a "froggie" for his 2-year-old daughter. That
"Complementary skills and our love of Apple" were part of the reason JAMF Software's managing partner Pearson and founder Zach Halmstad went into business togehter. Pearson has been with JAMF,
A self-described innovator and engineer, Kieffer is always looking for new ways to close the IT market gaps. Virteva, which provides IT managed services, set-up, and consulting, mainly serves midsized
"I fundementally believe that technology can be transformative if you focus on the strategic objectives of the client's business." This perspective has led Bandy to build a cloud-computing technologies business
After working as chief technology officer for advertising agency Fallon in Minneapolis, Dornquast struck out to build his own company. Enter Code 42 Software, the data restoration and back-up company
Anderson Kelliher relinquished her dream of becoming a vetrinarian to embark on a 12-year legislative career including two terms as Speaker of the Minnesota House. Today, her association represents hundreds