Mark R. Swanson

Renaissance Learning, Inc. engages in the provision of technology-based school improvement and student assessment programs for kinder to grade 12 schools. Its products include Star 360, myIGDIs, Accelerated Reader, Math and myON. The firm's software solutions offers assessments, early literacy, individualized and balanced instruction, and response to intervention. The company was founded by Judith Ames Paul and Terrance D. Paul in 1986 and is headquartered in Wisconsin Rapids, WI.

Ad-Tech International, Inc. is a woman-owned business that manufactures sign and related products. It offers autoCAD shop drawings prior to production, custom designed mounting systems, customized service access, illumination solutions and graphic production. The company was founded on January 22, 1998 and is headquartered in Duluth, GA.