Business People: Solventum names Ryan Egeland chief medical officer

OF NOTE

Solventum, a St. Paul-based provider of medical components, announced the appointment of Dr. Ryan Egeland as chief medical officer. Egeland joins Solventum from Crossfire Medical, where he has been chief executive officer since 2022. Solventum spun off from Maplewood-based 3M Co. earlier this year.

BREWING

Three Minnesota craft breweries were honored for their beers at the 2024 Great American Beer Festival last month in Denver: Gold: Northbound Smokehouse Brewpub, Minneapolis: “Eisbock;” Gold: Arbeiter Brewing Co., Minneapolis: “HaHa Pils,” and Bronze: Ursa Minor Brewing, Duluth: “Equanimity.”

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Nepsis, a Minneapolis-based national financial adviser and investment management firm, announced the appointment of Derek Malmquist as vice president of marketing. Malmquist most recently served as director of marketing at Alerus. … KLC Financial, a Minnetonka-based provider of equipment lease and purchase financing for business, announced the addition of Lee Ritter to its sales team. … Deluxe, a Minneapolis-based business services and technology company, announced the appointment of Kimberly D. Cross as chief human resources officer. Cross joins Deluxe from Fiserv, where she served as senior vice president HR for its Merchant Solutions segment.

HEALTH CARE

Life Link III, a Bloomington-based provider of helicopter ambulance services, announced it has been awarded the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Beacon Award for Excellence Gold.

HONORS

The Minnesota Justice Research Center, Minneapolis, announced it received the Minnesota Alliance on Crime’s 2024 Alliance Ally Award, highlighting efforts to eliminate systemic barriers experienced by people impacted by crime. … The University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business, Minneapolis, announced the 2024 inductees for its Real Estate Hall of Fame: Peggy Lucas, Brighton Development; Kirtland “Kirt” Woodhouse, Trammell Crow and Sterling Group; and six McGough brothers, Charles, Leo, Larry, Greg, Tom and Peter, of McGough Construction. … TopLine Financial Credit Union, Maple Grove, announced it received three marketing awards from the Marketing Association of Credit Unions: Community Engagement, Financial Education and Brand/Rebrand Evolution.

LAW

Fredrikson, Minneapolis, announced the hires of attorney Ralph V. Topinka to its Health Law Group, attorney Tim Will to its Mergers & Acquisitions Group and attorney Christopher J. Markuson as an associate in its Litigation Group. … Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, St. Paul, announced the following hires and promotions: Carl Blondin, hotline attorney; Austen Fisher, housing attorney; Elena Gallego, immigration attorney; Sam Rahn, housing attorney; Fatuma Abdi, intake specialist; Shannon Andree, promoted to supervising legal administrative assistant, Mankato, succeeding Carla Diesch, who is retiring, and the pending retirement of Margaret Erickson, hotline attorney, Worthington. … Maslon, Minneapolis, announced the addition of attorney Matthew Schwandt to the firm’s Corporate & Securities Group. Schwandt is the principal co-founder and board chair of Bauhaus Brew Labs, Minneapolis.

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Seldox, a Wayzata-based developer of biotechnology-sourced medical and dental treatments, announced Christine Meidinger as chief executive officer. Meidinger most recently served as the chief operations officer at VitalPath. … … Flywheel.io, a Minneapolis-based provider of medical imaging data management and analysis, announced Matthew A. Michela as chief executive officer. Co-founder Hooman Hakami, Flywheel’s interim CEO, transitions to chair of the board of directors.

NONPROFITS

Headwaters Foundation for Justice, a Minneapolis-based grantmaking organization for social activist groups, announced Bilal Alkatout as its first co-executive director. Alkatout has served as interim executive director for more than a year.

OPENINGS

Skogen’s Festival Foods announced the planned opening of a grocery location at 1616 Crest View Drive, Hudson, Wis.

TECHNOLOGY

The Argir Group, a St. Paul-based technology consulting firm for business, announced Matt Blonder as CEO, reporting to founder Fred Argir, who remains chairman. The company also announced the following leadership changes: Katia Corbo, promoted to executive vice president and chief operations officer; Rod Brehm, promoted to executive vice president of architecture and technology, and Fred J. Argir, promoted to senior vice president and chief strategy officer.