Jeff Tollefson

Secure Computing Corp. develops network security solutions that enable organizations to exchange critical information with their customers, partners and employees. Its product lines include Sidewinder G2 security appliances for application security, safeword products that enable organizations to remote access to network resources and verify the identity of remote users, web filtering products to monitor the internet use with control over outbound web access and embedded firewall, which offers a security solution to manage access control inside the corporate perimeter firewall. The company also offers life cycle of support and services, such as solution planning, implementation and integration and support services. Secure Computing sells its products to organizations in banking, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, manufacturing, public utilities and federal and local governments. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Cherry Investments /Private Equity/ is a private equity/venture capital operating division of Cherry Tree Investments, Inc. founded in 1980. The firm is headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

ALLIED Group, Inc. provides property and casualty insurance, investment services excess and surplus lines insurance and data processing services. The company's property-casualty segment operates through three subsidiaries: AMCO insurance company, ALLIED property and casualty insurance company and Depositors insurance company. The segment underwrites personal lines and small commercial lines and operates in the United States. The company is headquartered in Des Moines, IA.

Crescendo Management LLC (Crescendo Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1993 by David Spreng, Mitchell Dann and Jeff Tollefson. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

FBL Financial Group, Inc. operates as holding company, which engages in the sale of individual life insurance and annuity products. It operates through the Annuity, and Life Insurance segments. The Annuity segment is consists of fixed rate and indexed annuities and supplementary contracts. The Life Insurance segment is the whole life, term life, and universal life policies which provides benefits upon the death of the insured and may allow the client to build cash value on a tax-deferred basis. The company was founded in1939 and is headquartered in West Des Moines, IA.

LaSalle National Bank is headquartered in Chicago and serves individuals, small businesses, middle market companies and institutions. Their parent company, LaSalle Bank Corporation, is a subsidiary of Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC).

Social Venture Partners provides social services. It offers nonprofit and collaborative solutions. The company was founded by Kim Sanchez Rael and Margaret Walker and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Part of GTT Communications, Inc., Airband Communications, Inc. provides secure, scalable, internet and data services. The company is based in Dallas, TX. Michael S. Ruley has been the CEO of the company since 2010.

MacKay Life Sciences, Inc. develops medical device and associated diagnostic systems to assist in detecting breast cancer. The company was founded on October 16, 1987 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.