Richard J. Nigon

Dick is currently Senior Vice President of Cedar Point Capital, LLC., a private company that raises capital for early stage companies, where he has served since 2007. Dick has also been a board member for Tactile Systems Technology since September 2012 and Northern Technologies International Corp. since February 2010, including its non-executive Chairman of the board of directors since November 2012. Dick also serves as a director of several private companies. Dick previously served as a board member for Vascular Solutions, Inc. until it was acquired by Teleflex, Incorporated in 2017 and as a board member for Virtual Radiologic Corporation until it was acquired in 2010. From February 2001 until December 2006, Dick was a Director of Equity Corporate Finance for Miller Johnson Steichen Kinnard, a privately held investment firm, which was acquired in December 2006 by Stifel Nicolaus, a brokerage and investment banking firm. After that acquisition, Dick became a Managing Director of Private Placements of Stifel Nicolaus until May 2007. From February 2000 to February 2001, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Dantis, Inc., a web hosting company. Prior to joining Dantis, Dick was employed by Ernst & Young LLP from 1970 to 2000, where he served a partner from 1981 to 2000. While at Ernst & Young, he served as the Director of Ernst & Young’s Twin Cities Entrepreneurial Services Group and was the coordinating partner on several publicly traded companies in the consumer retailing and manufacturing sectors.