After twice applying to culinary school, Nicole Lindroos entered the game industry in 1989.
[1] Lindroos was one of the Minnesota locals who joined Lion Rampant after the company was started.
[2]: 216 Lindroos left White Wolf in 1991 and returned to Minnesota, where she took a job at Atlas Games,[2]: 217 formed by John Nephew with assistance from other former Lion Rampant employees such as Lindroos and Darin "Woody" Eblom.
[2]: 236, 370 Pramas and Lindroos brought on Hal Mangold as the third member of the Green Ronin team by 2001.
[2]: 370 Green Ronin was incorporated as an LLC in 2004, with Pramas, Lindroos, and Mangold as the three partners.