Erik Tolzmann

Piper Jaffray Cos. is an investment bank and asset management firm, which engages in the provision of equity and debt capital markets products; public finance services; financial advisory services; equity research and institutional brokerage; fixed income institutional brokerage; and asset management services. It operates through Capital Markets and Asset Management segment. The Capital Markets segment focuses on investment banking and institutional sales, trading and research services for various equity and fixed income products. The Asset Management segment gives traditional asset management business and seed investments in registered and private funds. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Capital Run LLC provides investment banking services for middle-market and emerging growth companies. The private company is based in Seattle, WA. The company was founded by Jeffrey Bede.

NCA Partners, Inc (NCA Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by Bradford N. Creswell and Don L. Tisdel. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Axis Crane LLC provides renting or leasing heavy construction equipment. The firm’s solutions include wind power, HVAC/mechanical and industrial plant maintenance. The company was founded by Travis Wilt and Alex Clark in August 2002 and is headquartered in Hubbard, OR.

Benchmark Industrial Services LLC provides fabrication, maintenance, repair and installation of industrial machinery. It specializes in machinery modification and maintenance, machinery installation and alignment, overhead crane inspection and installation. The firm provides industrial millwright, overhead crane, hydro and industrial repair services. The firm has locations in Portland, Seattle and Spokane. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Jmb Crushing Systems Ulc provides aggregate mining, crushing, sales, and transportation services for oil and municipal customers. Its products include granular base course gravels, asphalt concrete pavement aggregates, screened sand, manufactured fines, pea gravels, traffic gravels, concrete rock and weeping tile rock. The firm's services include gravel pit management, excavation and reclamation, scaling, weighing and loading services. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Bonnyville, Canada.

Curtis Construction Ltd. provides maintenance, equipment and recycling services. The firm specializes in facility and equipment maintenance services, operated and bare equipment rental, recycling and contracting. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Regina, Canada.

Westward Partners LLC (Westward Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2010 by Erik Tolzmann and Andy Baldridge. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

DLM Oilfield Enterprises Ltd. provides wellsite services for oil producers in the greater Bonnyville/Cold Lake area in Northern Alberta. It offers lush-bys, pressure trucks, semi-vacuum, combo units and body-job vacs equipment services. The company was founded by Dave Petry and Doug Sashuk in 2012 and is headquartered in Bonnyville, Canada.