Tony Christianson has spent more than 30 years in the venture capital and private equity communities in a variety of capacities. He has served as Managing General Partner of the Cherry Tree Ventures partnerships and founded a number of companies throughout his career.

Focus
— Strategic development and planning
— All phases of corporate finance
— Businesses with a focus in information services,
education, publishing, healthcare/bioengineering

Prior Experience
— Vice President, Norwest Venture Capital
— Consultant, Arthur Andersen

Board Positions:
— AmeriPride Services, Inc.*
— Artic Cat*
— Capella Education Company
— Computer Petroleum Corporation
— Dolan Media Company*
— Fair Isaac Corporation
— Fourth Shift Corporation
— Greenspring Companies
— J3 Learning, Inc.
— Midway Airlines
— Molecular Genetics
— Peoples Educational Holdings, Inc.*
— PLATO Learning, Inc.
— Titan Machinery, Inc.*
— Transportation Corporation of America
— Varitronics, Inc.
* Current

Education:
— BS in Accounting, St. John’s University, Collegeville
— MBA, Harvard Business School, Baker Scholar

Other:
— Supporter, Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, 1995
— Director of the Year, Minnesota, 2003