Richard Nigon

Compex Technologies, Inc. designed and manufactured equipment for pain management, muscle rehabilitation and athletic training for consumer, sports training, clinical, sports medicine and home health uses. The company was founded in 1972 and was headquartered in New Brighton, MN.

Endocardial Solutions, Inc. designs, develops and manufactures a minimally invasive diagnostic system that diagnoses within the span of a few heartbeats, arrhythmia, a potentially fatal abnormal heart rhythm. The company's EnSite catheters and clinical workstations produce a high-resolution, real-time, three-dimensional color display of electrical activity in the heart chamber, thus allowing electrophysiologists to locate and diagnose tachycardia in real-time and to determine the course of treatment. It was founded in 1992. The company is located in St. Paul, MN.

Vascular Solutions LLC operates as a medical device company, which engages in the provision of clinical solutions for diagnostic and interventional vascular procedures. Its products include GuideLiner, Langston, Pronto V4, and D-Stat Dry. The company was founded by Howard C. Root on December 20, 1996 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Transoma Medical, Inc., headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a medical technology company engaged in developing, manufacturing and distributing implantable, wireless diagnostic and monitoring systems. Transoma is focused specifically on diagnostic and monitoring technology and dedicated to providing physicians with information needed to accurately and quickly diagnose unexplained, infrequent symptoms and to monitor changing, often asymptomatic complex arrhythmias. Transoma has an extensive technology platform based on more than 20 years experience in developing implantable wireless diagnostic systems for use in biomedical research. These innovative tools have played a key role in drug discovery, pre-clinical evaluation of safety and efficacy, and other academic and government basic research. Customers have turned to DSI for more accurate, timely physiological data, highly humane research practices, and faster times to market. In 2003 the Patient Management division was formed utilizing this proven technology platform and paving the way for the formation of Transoma Medical.

Restore Medical developed, manufactured and marketed pillar palatal implant systems used for the treatment of soft palate components of sleeps disordered breathing, obstructive sleep apnea, and snoring. The company was founded in 1999 and was headquartered in St. Paul, MN.