Dr. Erick Thompson

Co-founder and partner of Interactive Knowledge Solutions LLC, Erick moved from his first career as an equine (horse) veterinarian to employment in multinational companies like 3M and Travelers and now  to developing state-of-the-art collaboration and interactive systems for companies of all sizes.

His private practice experience and passion grew into developing and launching small-animal hospital businesses.  This real-life experience and entrepreneurial approach attracted 3M to hire him to manage professional services for their animal health business. Later, St. Paul Companies (merged with Travelers Insurance) invited him to establish an enterprise Knowledge Management system.

The trajectory over those years led him to focus his experience in deploying collaboration and Knowledge Management solutions and incorporating pragmatic business contexts. He has a natural way of stimulating the business brainpower to help people execute a competitive advantage for their companies.

• Co-founder and past president of the Twin Cities Knowledge Management Forum.

• Member of several conference-planning committees, including BRAINTRUST Knowledge Management conference.

• Founding member of CPSquare  Knowledge Management consortium, executive committee member and past chair of the Conference Board’s Learning and Knowledge Management Council and currently executive committee member and the membership chair of the Knowledge Leadership Forum, a leading peer group of KM pioneers.