| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Devin Smith |
CTO, as co-founder | Profile |
Jelmer Renema |
former CTO | Profile |
Cabinetworks Group is a prominent manufacturer and distributor of kitchen and bath cabinets in the United States. As the largest privately held cabinetmaker in the country and the second-largest overall, the company boasts a diverse portfolio of cabinetry brands, including well-known names like KraftMaid, Medallion, Schuler, and Advanta. Their products cater to a wide range of consumers and price points, ensuring options for various needs. The company serves a broad customer base, including kitchen and bath showrooms, builders, architects, and specifiers for multi-family properties. With over 8,000 employees and 18 manufacturing facilities across 24 locations, Cabinetworks Group maintains a strong presence in the market. As a portfolio company of Platinum Equity, it is committed to growth and innovation in the cabinetry sector, while also offering various career opportunities and fostering a culture of community involvement.
Bridgewater Bank is a full-service financial institution based in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, founded in 2005. As a subsidiary of Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc., it is one of the largest locally-led banks in the state, with total assets of approximately $5.14 billion and nine branches across the Twin Cities area. The bank focuses on providing personalized, relationship-driven banking experiences for entrepreneurs, business professionals, and individuals. Its offerings include commercial banking services such as real estate lending, construction financing, and treasury management, as well as personal banking products like checking and savings accounts, loans, and certificates of deposit. Bridgewater Bank is committed to supporting its clients with tailored financial solutions and a strong emphasis on community connection.
Elementary is a company specializing in advanced machine vision inspection, utilizing AI and automation to enhance manufacturing processes. Founded in mid-2017 by experienced professionals from various sectors, the company aims to develop a new generation of manufacturing products that rely on computer vision and AI. Their platform automates traceability scans and integrates AI, machine vision, and automation into production lines. This approach focuses on improving quality, traceability, and root cause analyses, making manufacturing processes more efficient. Elementary emphasizes a human-in-the-loop strategy, enhancing collaboration between humans and machines to optimize working conditions and outcomes. Based in Los Angeles, California, Elementarys team includes roboticists, computer scientists, designers, and engineers. The company has attracted significant funding, including a $30 million Series B round led by Tiger Global, to support its innovative solutions in manufacturing. Their technology is utilized by notable clients across various industries, including Toyota in the automotive sector.
The Banks most important objectives are to maintain the external stability of the Netherlands Antillean guilder (NAf.) and to promote the efficient functioning of the financial system in the Countries Curacao and St. Maarten. To realize these objectives, the Bank, as the supervisory authority, has frequently recurred to credit control measures and/or to change the discount rate. The functions of the Bank, explicitly summed up in the Bank Charter, are; First, the Bank is the only institution entitled by law to issue paper money in the Countries Curacao and St. Maarten. The Bank also is charged with the circulation of coins. Second, the Bank supervises banking and credit institutions to guarantee depositors and other creditors funds at banking and credit institutions in particular and the soundness of the financial sector in general. Third, the Bank manages the foreign exchange reserves of the Netherlands Antilles, which includes regulating of the transfer of payments between residents and nonresidents of the Countries Curacao and St. Maarten. Finally, the Bank acts as the governments treasurer by receiving and making payments from and to the public through the tax collectors accounts at the Central Bank.