Digital State: The Story of Minnesota's Computing Industry

Appendix: Employment in Minnesota Computing, 1980–2011

APPENDIX Employment in Minnesota Computing, 1980–2011 Primary data is from Minnesota Directory of Manufacturers SIC 3571 Electronic Computers or 3573 Electronic Computing Equipment for years tabulated. Secondary data was obtained through Hoovers profiles, LexisNexis, company Web sites, and newspapers. For 2001–11, SIC 7372 Prepackaged Software and other software companies are denoted by bold type. A short dash (–) indicates “no data”; a longer dash (—) indicates missing data (e.g., from a company believed to exist). Companies with fifty or fewer employees are tabulated together at end. Companies appearing at least once in targeted SIC were linked to earlier or later years. Software companies are not always listed in MDM; see “Twin Cities Top Software Companies ,” bizlistr.com/company.php?id=20. Computer services are even more elusive: Tata Consultancy Services, for example, employs more than one thousand Minnesotans yet is not in this list or the MDM. Software companies are printed in bold; hardware companies are in plain text. 233 Company Plant 1980 1990 2001 2011 ADP|Hollander Inc. Plymouth 55447 – 50–74 150 1301 Aberon Technologies Inc. Minneapolis 55418 – – – 5 Achieve Healthcare Information Eden Prairie 55344 – – 200 100 Adaytum Software Inc. Bloomington 55425 – – 90 200 ADC Telecommunications Inc. Fairfax 55332– 100–249 1175 1310 Shakopee 55379 Minneapolis 55440 St. Paul 55110 Eden Prairie 55344 Adtech Engineering Inc. St. Paul 55104 – – 8 – Advantech Inc. Eden Prairie 55344 – 25–49 – – Amcom Software Hopkins 55343 – – – 97 Applied Systems Inc. Bloomington 55425 – – 125 – Astrocom Corporation St. Paul 55107 75–99 100–249 17 82 Plymouth 55447 Automatic Hardware Co. Minneapolis 55413 1–8 – – – BH Electronics Burnsville 55337 – 100–249 115 110 Marshall 56258 Barclay Map Works Shakopee 55379 – – – 15 Benchmark Electronics (bought Winona 55987 9–24 250–499 950 1810 EMD Associates in Winona in 1996) Rochester 55901 Chaska 55318 234 APPENDIX A P P E N D I X 2 3 5 Bergquist Switch Edina 55435 – – – – Bergquist Co. Inc. Cannon Falls 55009 – – 195 158 Ball Electronic | Bermo Inc. Circle Pines 55014 250–4993 100–249 850 300 Brom Microsystems Engineering Winona 55987 – 1–8 – – Business Improvement BI Worldwide Edina 55439 – – 1400 — ByteSpeed LLC Moorhead 56560 – – – 45 CA | Computer Associates Inc. Minneapolis 55435 – – 70 170 Color-Ware Inc. Winona 55987 – – – 17 Comped Belgrade 56312 – – – 5 Compellent Technologies Eden Prairie 55344 – – – 142 Compudyne Hibbing 55746 – – 23 12 Compudyne Duluth 55802 – – – 8 Computer Designed System Inc. Minneapolis 55441 – 50–74 – – Computer Network Technology | CNT Maple Grove 55369 – 75–99 300 10004 Plymouth 55442 Computers by Design of NM Minneapolis 55449 – – – 3 Comten| NCR-Comten (merged in 1979; Roseville 55113 1000–1999 2000+ — – later purchased by AT&T ) Control Data5 50+ Minnesota plants 19,1786 5,558 see note7 – Corporate Travel Services St. Paul 55101 – – – 75 Cosmic Cowboy Janesville 56048 – – – 1 Cray Research Inc. | Silicon Graphics (Eagan) Mendota Heights 55120 250–499 750–999 6008 2259 236 APPENDIX Company Plant 1980 1990 2001 2011 Creative Vision Technologies Hamel 55340 – – 9 15 Plymouth 55441 CTS Corporation | AbelConn | (Minneapolis) New Hope 55428 (Fabritek) 2000+ 200 150 D&B Computer Systems Hugo 55038 – – – 6 Data Card Corporation, Minneapolis Minnetonka 55343 500–749 2000+ 1000 800 Data 100 Corporation (to Northern Telecom) Minnetonka 55343 2000+ – – DataSource Pomeroy St. Louis Park 55416 – – 60 6010 Dicomed Corporation | Crosfield Minneapolis 55431 25–49 100–249 3011 – Burnsville 55337 Di-Hed Yokes Manufacturing Minneapolis 55406 – 25–49 60 50 Lakeville 55044 Digital Playhouse Inc. Bethel 55005 – – – 1 Digital River Eden Prairie 55344 – – — 269 DSC Nortech Electronics Bemidji 56601 – 100–249 300 150 Nortech Systems Wayzata 55391 Blue Earth 56013 – – – 215 Earth First Computer Recycle Anoka 55303 – – – 2 EMC Corporation St. Paul 55101 50–74 100–249 80 120 Eden Prairie 55344 ENetpc Eden Prairie – – 18 – A P P E N D I X 2 3 7 Epicor Software St. Louis Park 55426 – – 140 125 Minneapolis 55426 Equus Computer Systems Minneapolis 55414 – – 250 100 Minnetonka 55343 Fabrico Inc. Minneapolis 55428 – 9–24 – Fabritek Inc. (bought by CTS, Elkhart, Indiana) Minneapolis 55436 1000–1999 (see CTS) – – Fair Isaac Corp. Minneapolis 55402 – – – 322 Fieldworks Inc. Eden Prairie 55344 – – 70 – Firepond Inc. Mankato 56001 – – 250 40 Fpx LLC Mankato 56001 – – – 58 General Business Systems Eden Prairie 55344 – 9–24 – – General Dynamics Information Bloomington 55431 – – 915 63212 55425 General Fabrication Corporation Pine City 55063 50–74 – – – George Konik Associates Minneapolis 55439 – – – 70 H D Hunter & Associates Minneapolis 55408 – 9–24 – – Healy-Ruff Inc., Minneapolis St. Paul 55113 25...