Minnesota tech giants will discuss the state of tech and the investment ecosystem Sept. 17 at St. Cloud State.
The event is part of Great North Labs’ annual stakeholder meeting but is going beyond the traditional meeting to feature speakers and panels. The invite-only event features talks by some of the Midwest’s most active entrepreneurs and innovators including:
- Mary Grove, a partner at Revolution/Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and former director of Google for Entrepreneurs
- Margaret Anderson Kelliher, President/CEO of Minnesota High Tech Association
- Matt Lewis, director of Make it MSP @ Greater MSP, team member at Forge North
- Mynul Khan ’04, founder/CEO of Field Nation
- Corey Koskie, former Minnesota Twin, founder at Linklete
- Mark Ritchie, former Minnesota Secretary of State
President Robbyn Wacker will welcome attendees to the event. Professor Sarnath Ramnath will speak about St. Cloud State’s computer science program and introduce computer science alumni Khan and Great North Labs managing partner and co-founder Ryan Weber ’03.
Khan will speak to students at 1 p.m. Sept. 17 in the Integrated Science and Engineering Laboratory Facility (ISELF) 118 about his experience as a St. Cloud State student and about founding Field Nation, which employs about 150 people worldwide.
Khan formed Field Nation with Travis Emslander ’05 to connect tech workers with companies seeking contractors.
