Tom Erickson

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.

TAZZ Networks, Inc. provides policy control software solutions. It offers Policy Control Engine, a carrier-grade execution engine that delivers real-time policy evaluations and actions and TAZZ Application Modules, a carrier tested policy and service components for developing and delivering IP services. The company was founded by Jared S. Rosoff in 2001 and is headquartered in Providence, RI.

Meru Networks, Inc. designs and develops networking equipment for wireless LAN systems. The company was founded by Nicholas Mitsakos and Vaduvur Bharghavan in January 2002 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Opportunity International, Inc. operates as a non profit organization that provides small business loans, savings, insurance and training. It offers micro banking, agriculture finance, and education finance. The company was founded by Al Whittaker and David Bussau in 1971 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Rivertop Renewables, Inc. manufactured makes non-toxic chemicals. It offered Glucarate containing bio products and polymers are best used in short-life applications such as absorbents, adhesives, films, fibers, composite materials, fire and flame retardants, dust suppressants, heavy metal sequestering agents and fertilizer delivery agents. The company was founded by Donald E. Kiely in 2008 and was headquartered in Missoula, MT.

First Green Partners LLC (First Green Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Tom Erickson and Doug Cameron. The firm is headquartered in Stillwater, Minnesota.

Trelys, Inc. owns and operates biotechnology products. The company was founded by Jay Kouba and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

Monolith Materials, Inc. operates as a carbon black manufacturing company. The firm converts natural gas to carbon black. It produces hydrogen tail-gas, supplied to the power generation and industrial gas markets. The company was founded by Peter L. Johnson, Robert Hanson, and William J. Brady Jr. in 2012 and is headquartered in Lincoln, NE.