Jonathan Thralow Co-founder of over 30 internet based retail stores including Binoculars.com, Telescopes.com and Peepers.com. Each store became the global leader in its category.

Mr. Thralow is one of the very few people in the world to have created and marketed companies to Inc. 500 status more than once. As Co-founder and Director of Marketing and Technology of some the world's fastest growing enterprises, he has earned the award three times. He has been a member of the Entrepreneur Magazine Hot 100 list two times.

A pioneer in online commerce his company developed original Enterprise Resource Management software to unite his chain of websites with his call centers, inventory, warehouse, customer service, marketing and shipping divisions. For this he shared the stage with 3M, Medtronic and Digital River while being awarded the Minnesota Tekne award for technology leadership in making lasting contributions to enhancing Minnesota's quality of life and economic competitiveness.

Eventually, Mr. Thralow sold the assets of those companies. He then turned to investing in and mentoring other start-ups and fast growing companies. These companies have included, privately held Mozenda (Data Mining Software,) Hayneedle (operator of over 200 online specialty stores,) and Inetco (Application Performance Management software,) as well as three publically traded companies, a construction company and more.

In his spare time, Jonathan has been a national speaker on topics such as Big Data and Data analysis. He also enjoys flying his Phantom Helicopter and spending time with his wife and four children.