Business: Designs and sells switches, mounting systems and other products that allow people with physical and cognitive disabilities to engage lights, TVs, computers and other equipment at the touch of a finger or toe or the twitch of a muscle. The company also offers a line of software and curriculum products aimed at children with cognitive challenges and marketed to special-education clients.
Founded: 1985
Headquarters: Roseville
Website: www.ablenetinc.com
Executive: CEO Jennifer Thalhuber
Employees: 35
Fiscal 2009 revenue: $13.2 million in fiscal 2009, ended March 31, up 39 percent from fiscal 2008.
Quote: "It was a brilliant move." -- AbleNet Founder Cheryl Volkman, on her decision to step aside as CEO in 2007 and turn the job over to Thalhuber.
