Thomas Palmer

Ameritech Corp. provided telecommunications services in the United States. Its Bell Group provided exchange telecommunications, local and long-distance exchange access services for business and residential customers in the Midwest was made up of Illinois Bell, Indiana Bell, Michigan Bell, Ohio Bell and Wisconsin Bell. The company was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Birch Telecom, Inc. offers telecommunication and internet access services. It owns and operates an integrated voice and data network that serves markets in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. The firm also offers voice and internet products in markets in more than eight states across the southeastern United States. The company was founded in 1997 and is located in Kansas City, MO.

iModules Software, Inc. provides online constituent engagement management for educational institutions. Its interconnected suite of modules transforms how institutions create relevant constituent experiences and achieve fundraising success through web content management, marketing communications, online giving, event management, ecommerce, and social media integration. The company was founded by Thomas R. Palmer in 2002 and is headquartered in Leawood, KS.

OrgSync, Inc. provides online community management solutions for higher education. It creates an online community for campus that helps departments, programs, and all member-based organizations streamline processes and drive engagement. The firm engages with campus populations, improves information sharing, minimizes paper usage, tracks co-curricular involvement, and allows users to generate reports on all data collected for annual reports and accreditation. The company was founded by Eric Fortenberry in 2007 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

NetSales, Inc. develops business software. The company was founded by Robert Fraser and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

iTravelPartners operates a travel website and provides web solutions. The private company is based in Las Vegas, NV and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Trans National Group Services LLC develops software which runs customer-data collection and interpretation services for financial organizations. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Cerner BeyondNow, Inc. developed software solutions for homecare industry. The firm offered information systems to hospital-affiliated and stand-alone homecare and hospice providers. Its HomeWorks was a management system that supports electronic billing, scheduling, fundraising and bereavement for homecare and hospice providers. Its RoadNotes is an integrated clinical point-of-care system for Windows-based laptops, notebooks, Tablet PCs, and wireless web devices. The company's MobileCare supports clinician access to patient information via PDA, wireless laptop, and cell phone. The company was founded in 1994 and was headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

Gazelle TechVentures, Inc. is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Scott A. Jones, Jeffrey J. Lampe and Brian S. Williams. The firm is headquartered in Carmel, Indiana.