Gov. Doug Burgum names new North Dakota commerce commissioner

BISMARCK — Gov. Doug Burgum has appointed Josh Teigen as North Dakota’s subsequent commerce commissioner.

“Together with his helpful mixture of expertise as a non-public sector entrepreneur and director of Commerce’s largest division, Josh is well-suited to guide the extremely succesful Division of Commerce group,” Burgum stated in an announcement issued Thursday, Sept. 1.

Teigen, who takes workplace Tuesday, can be accountable for “rising and diversifying the economic system, addressing workforce wants, chopping purple tape, creating wholesome, vibrant communities and rising our tourism sector,” Burgum stated.

Former commissioner James Leiman resigned on June 30 and now works because the chief improvement officer for the Institute for Economics and Peace. Shawn Kessel, chief working officer and deputy commerce commissioner, has served as interim commissioner in the course of the transition.

“I really like the state of North Dakota and sit up for this new function as a chance to maneuver the state ahead and proceed the large momentum constructed by the exhausting work of our public servants and personal risk-takers,” Teigen stated.

Teigen has been the director of the Financial Growth and Finance Division for 2 years on the North Dakota Division of Commerce.

He sits on the board of administrators for the Larger Fargo Moorhead Financial Growth Corp.’s Progress Initiative Fund.

Beforehand, Teigen labored as the pinnacle of investments and improvements for the Division of Commerce and he was on the board of administrators for the North Dakota Growth Fund.

He labored for nearly eight years with Thoughts Shift, a private-sector group that gives an “revolutionary enterprise answer to continual underemployment and unemployment of people on the autism spectrum,” in keeping with the assertion.

Teigen was additionally the president and chief monetary officers of a 3-D printing firm known as Protosthetics.