Thomas M. 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.

Spanlink Communications is a leading provider of unified communications and customer interaction solutions. Spanlink helps companies exploit the benefits of virtual unified communications networks for business transformation. Spanlink applies expert advising, deployment, integration and managed services to tailor each customer's solution and support plan to its business needs for transformational business improvements in productivity, efficiency and customer satisfaction. Spanlink is a Master certified Cisco partner serving mid-size businesses and large enterprises.

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.

VeriCenter, Inc. provides information technology managed services. It offers information technology outsourcing services including enterprise hosting, collocation, disaster recovery, server administration, network management, messaging and collaboration services. The company was co-founded by Gray Hall, David Colesante, Mike Sullivan and Tom Veronie in 1999 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Agiliti, Inc. delivers internet-based infrastructure and application services. Agiliti enables enterprises and IT service firms to take advantage of the emerging ASP business model to serve themselves and their customers with internet-based business and technology services. Agiliti allows traditional IT service providers (Integrators, Developers, Telcos, ISVs) to easily add ASP-based services and technology to serve their customers. Agiliti's portfolio of services includes managed server and application platforms integrated through a single SLA; productivity and e-commerce applications. Agiliti has developed a nationwide network of consulting and integration partners. Agiliti is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN with offices in Atlanta, Chicago and San Francisco

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.

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

Virteva LLC provides a suite of as-a-service solutions to deploy, manage and serve on the ServiceNow platform. It offers ops-as-a-service, service desk, end-user computing, monitoring & security solutions and cloud management services. The firm also provides information technology service management and operations management, customer service management and security operations management. The company was founded by Marty Kieffer and Thomas M. Kieffer in 2005 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.