Ron Erickson

Ron Erickson (born December 24, 1943) is an American business executive, lawyer, and angel investor based in Seattle. He is the Chairman and CEO of Know Labs, Inc. a public company (NYSE American “KNW” he founded. Know Labs is transforming non-invasive medical diagnostics, focusing first on developing the world's first FDA-cleared non-invasive blood glucose monitor.

His business career began with the co-founding of Microrim in 1981. He has either founded or served as an executive for companies such as GlobalTel Resources, Inc., that was sold IGT for $500 million in 2012.

Early life, education Erickson was born on December 24, 1943, in Tacoma, Washington, and raised in Ellensburg, Washington. His father, Ed Erickson, worked in education as both an administrator and professor, first as superintendent of the Ellensburg School District (1952–1958), then as director of planning and development at Central Washington University, a professor and chairman for the department of education, and founding president of the Seattle Community College system.

Ron Erickson spent much of his childhood on the pioneer farm owned by his mother, Ayleen Frederick's family, which they had homesteaded in the Kittitas Valley of Washington in 1876. He graduated from Ellensburg High School. The companies have been both public and private, Erickson served variously as chairman, interim president and CEO, and director, Erickson was chairman and CEO and Half Ironman, and was thrice ranked as the number one triathlete in his age group in the Northwest. He is an active participant in vintage sports car racing, driving a 1957 Corvette and a 1969 Porsche 911.