2009 Open House Keynote Speaker

About the Keynote Speaker: Jamie Thingelstad

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Jamie Thingelstad is an entrepreneur-in-residence with Split Rock Partners. Previously he has served as the chief technology officer and vice president for the Wall Street Journal Digital Network, the internet services division of Dow Jones & Company. He directed product and technology for The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch and Barron’s. While at Dow Jones he also was chief technology officer for the Enterprise Media Group overseeing Dow Jones Newswires and Dow Jones Indexes among other groups.

Thingelstad has always been interested in technology and officially started his information technology career at the University of Minnesota in 1992, building a database-driven management system to help serve disabled students and faculty. In 1994, he started WebSpan, an internet services startup to help build websites and Internet-enable small businesses.

Thingelstad went on to be founding chief technology officer and vice president for BigCharts. After BigCharts was purchased by CBS MarketWatch Inc., Thingelstad became chief technology officer and vice president for CBS MarketWatch Inc. then Dow Jones and Company when it purchased MarketWatch. He has 15 years of experience creating, building and supporting the web platforms behind the most popular and high profile financial information websites.

Thingelstad attended the Institute of Technology at the University of Minnesota. Additionally, Thingelstad was named a “Forty under 40” winner by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. He lives in Minnetonka, Minnesota with his wife and daughter.