Meet Todd

Small Business Owner

I built my business around an invention of mine that solves huge problems in the field of architectural testing. The invention I patented and the related devices I developed have become the industry standard.

My company’s assembly and training center is located in what used to be the headquarters of Tonka Toys, in a building that overlooks Spring Park Bay on Lake Minnetonka (Tonka Toys was named after Lake Minnetonka, a sacred Lakota lake in Minnesota). Both my grandmothers worked for Tonka Toys when I was a kid so it feels especially good to be making things to send around the world from this building.

Political Involvement

I’ve gotten involved in policy at the Minnesota State Capitol mostly in how it effects small business. I also ran for the State House of Representatives in 2012 and 2014 and improved on the vote percentages more than any past DFL candidate in our current district lines.

I’ve remained involved in local politics here in Minnesota’s Senate District 33, recruiting candidates and helping them get started on their campaigns. I managed the first months of Representative Kelly Morrison’s 2018 campaign and she became the first ever Democrat to win the House seat in the area in state history. She has now also won her first re-election bid.

Radio

I graduated from Brown Institute for Broadcasting in 1983 and became the News Director and on-air talent for KZZR in Burns, Oregon, and KCHK in New Prague, Minnesota. Back then it was difficult to make ends meet on the low wages in radio. I was also involved in some opportunities in music, so my on-air career was short-lived.

Now, after my involvement in “Small Business at the Capitol” and other political involvement, I am being a special guest on a local radio station again. I will update the details as they develop.