Mark Gramelspacher
Managing Partner at TPMA
Mark Gramelspacher
Managing Partner at TPMA
Indianapolis, Indiana
Overview
Work Experience
CEO, Managing Partner & Advisory Board
2024 - Current
TPMA is a leading national consulting firm with roots in Indianapolis, Indiana that offers extensive experience in research and planning projects for economic development, workforce and higher education clients. From its founding in 1989, TPMA followed a vision of incorporating workforce development and education advancement approaches into mainstream economic development. From that guiding vision, it grew to be engaged in all aspects of economic development planning and human capital growth - one that brings a uniquely well-rounded and balanced approach to its work. TPMA additional office presence and staff live and work throughout New England, the Midwest, the Southeast and SouthCentral United States. Bold Solutions. Empowered Communities.
CEO / Managing Director
2014
Providing strategic advice to communities, companies and key senior executives seeking growth in new or existing markets, management and/or ownership succession, establishment of new or improvement of existing management systems, establishment or improvement in governance structures as means to accomplish stakeholder objectives.
Founding Member
2021
Hardtech Indiana is a coalition on thought leadership and program development and our goal is to create and elevate the ecosystem of partners and founders to enable hardtech here in Indiana. The coalition is represented by: Conexus Indiana, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, AgriNovus, HG Ventures, 16 Tech Innovation District, IU Ventures, Elevate Ventures and TechPoint. We hope to support entrepreneurs and highlight resources to support company growth, get started, find talent, funding, mentorship and more.
Board Member / Observer
2022 - 2024
Mobile reCell simplifies the process of recovering corporate-owned IT assets in support of clean tech and circular economy goals and mandates. Now part of Apkudo.
Board Member / Observer
2022 - 2024
Our digital water solution protects public health now and in the future by combining cloud-based software and digital sampling kits to help execute water safety, compliance, and wastewater monitoring programs. Now part of Edison Partners.
Executive Director SAM Fund & Entrepreneur in Residence
2016 - 2023
Elevate Ventures is a private venture development organization that seeks to nurture and develop emerging and existing high-potential businesses into high-performing, Indiana-based companies. It accomplishes this mission by providing capital, rigorous business analysis, relationships and robust advisory services that connect companies with the right mix of resources businesses must have to succeed long-term. As a private not-for-profit organization with a staff of skilled and accomplished professionals, Elevate Ventures offers unbiased, in-depth and experienced perspective and recommendations. Elevate Ventures actively pursues investment themes with the explicit goal to solve capital formation issues and create high-impact entrepreneurial companies. As manager of the 21 Fund, the Indiana SSBCI Seed Fund and its first vertical-focused fund toward digitization of manufacturing (SAM Fund), Elevate Ventures evaluates pre-revenue or early revenue companies as well as established businesses looking to reach a new level of activity and success. To learn more about Elevate Ventures, its team and its funds under management, visit www.elevateventures.com
Board Member / Observer
2022 - 2023
Novilytic is a molecular recognition company that utilizes nanotechnology to monitor the quality of lifesaving drugs.
Board Member / Observer
2022 - 2023
Ateios will enable a Moore’s Law of batteries through its innovative electrode manufacturing techniques. These techniques will be adopted for years to come as they drastically increase the speed at which electrodes are manufactured, reduce the carbon footprint associated with battery manufacturing and decrease the size necessary to create giga factories.
Board Member / Observer
2021 - 2022
MITO Materials’ proprietary graphene functionalization technique allows us to make hybrid polymer modifiers for use in all industries. Our initial offering of hybridized Graphene Oxide and an Epoxide POSS (named “E-GO”) allows fiber reinforced thermoset and thermoplastic consumers to boost product performance anywhere between 20-135% beyond normal performance, allowing increased part durability and weight to be shed.
Board Member / Observer
2017 - 2019
Blue Pillar connects the Energy Things® that power our world. Through universal connectivity, the Energy IoT platform strengthens critical infrastructure against outages while helping businesses become more productive and energy efficient. Now part of Generac.