SensorTech Corporation is an advanced materials company developing and commercializing force and temperature sensitive smart polymers. This advanced material technology provides force and/or temperature change data that makes products and processes more intelligent. Applications include orthopedic medical device sensors, sports equipment impact and armor blast testing, athletic performance monitoring, automotive testing, and consumer electronics controls.
Brent Buckner, Chuck Pringle and Dr. Andrew Clark founded SensorTech in 2007 with David Myers joining the team as CEO in 2008. The company is located at 100 Industrial Drive, Greenville. More information is available for SensorTech at www.sensortechcorp.com.
Techtronic Industries North America, Inc. a division of Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd (TTI) is a world-class supplier of home improvement and construction tools with a portfolio of brands such as Milwaukee, AEG, and Ryobi. Through ergonomic studies based on the minimal requirements of the internal mechanisms, Techtronic Industries has developed the most ergonomic interface to maximize comfort and usability that also kept the tool to the minimal size but maximum power – the RIDGID brand R3100 full power compact jigsaw. Along with innovative dust collection system, debris removal, orbital on/off, LED illumination, pivot and tool free blade removal and installation features, this jigsaw is compact, full powered and full featured.
TTI is located in Anderson, SC having 652 TTI and 500 contract employees at this location with an additional three facilities in the Upstate. Additional information on TTI is available at www.ttigroup.com.
CQ Media Networks is a software products development company that specializes in content delivery systems for the education and healthcare market. In February 2011, CQ Media launched KidGopher, an innovative software product for allowing secure child pickup at school using technology such as RFID, Wifi, mobile IP networking and digital signage. The system allows the secure transfer of care from a school to a parent with accuracy, speed and peace of mind.
Located in Duncan, SC, CQ Media Networks is led by CEO Neil Wills and Michael Whitman, Senior Vice President. More information on KidGopher and CQ Media Networks is available at www.cqmedia.net.
Teludyne Tech Industries, Inc. is the creator and exclusive manufacturer of the StraightJacket Barrel System. Teludyne has invented a new gas system for the main battle rifle that when incorporated into the Teledyne’s StraightJacket Barrel System, eliminates the stoppages caused by overheating of the rifle. Benefits of the system include improved overall accuracy throughout the full combat load, virtually eliminates heat malfunctions in the battle rifle, and prolongs the life of the barrel up to seven times.
Leadership at Teludyne Tech Industries, Inc. includes Alan Adolphsen, Vice President of Technology, Rob Miller, Chief Operating Officer, and President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Roth. The company is located in Greer, SC and their website address is www.teludynetech.com.
Zipit Wireless, Inc. is a company that focuses on delivering fully connected, wireless IP devices that use the company’s unique strengths in wireless connectivity, user-friendly device software, and server infrastructure to enable administration and access to internet services. Zipit Wireless has developed, upon the request of Verizon Wireless, a pager replacement solution – The Zipit Enterprise Critical Messaging Solution. The solution was introduced in February 2011 and has already been deployed in several hospitals across the US and is being used by departments that focus on critical patient care.
Frank Greer is the President, CEO and Ralph Heredia, Vice President of Business Development co-founded Zipit Wireless, Inc., and the company is located in Greenville, SC. You can learn more about their company and products at www.zipitwireless.com.
Clemson University Department of Mechanical Engineering supports one of the largest undergraduate programs in the State of South Carolina. Starting in the Spring of 2011 semester, the Department introduced a new service learning engineering design project to their curriculum. Students were introduced to engineering design processes, methods and tools and applied these to a project of developing six wind tunnels to be used in 4th grade classrooms at Anderson Midway Elementary. At the conclusion, 4th grade students were instructed on how to use their classroom wind tunnel. The program will continue in coming semesters with new schools as partners.
The program was underwritten by the College of Engineering and Science at Clemson University, the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the CEDAR Lab. More information can be found at www.clemson.edu/ces/cedar/CEDE_2011.
Clemson University’s International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) is a 250 acre advanced technology research campus where university, industry and government organizations collaborate. In May 2011, CU-ICAR hosted a School Open House for the Southern Automotive Women’s Forum to introduce 58 young women from the Greenville County School Systems in the Upstate to the benefits of a career in the automotive industry. The Women’s Forum’s primary objective is to provide academic scholarships for young women who are interested in the fields of math, science and engineering.
The program is expected to continue to include an established network within the Upstate region to include mentorship and role model opportunities between professional women and young women. Please visit CU-ICAR’s website at www.cuicar.com.
Montana Biopolymers Inc. was formed in late 2010 and focuses on production of novel bio-based polymers to replace petrochemical polymers. By producing a polymer made by fermentation of sugar into levan, they have produced an environmentally friendly substitute for toxic insecticides by using adhesive properties. The “Bug Glue” is intended for personal use to remove pests without the toxic insecticides.
Joan Combie, Ph.D. leads Montana Biopolymers Inc. and is located in Winnsboro, SC. For more information, visit their website at www.polysaccharides.us.
Furman University is a private liberal arts university founded in 1826. Furman’s Lake Restoration Project has evolved since 2006 with a steady progress in enhancing the quality of the lake for recreation, inspiration, scientific study and environmental optimization. Within the last 12 months, the unique aggregation of emerging communication technologies such as streaming audio feeds, remote field date collection, augmented reality applications and Quick Response (QR) codes affords many benefits such as research, biological profile, collecting and analyzing data along with other beneficial abilities.
More information about the contributions to the Lake Restoration Project by Dr. Wade Worthen and Mike Winiski can be found at www.furman.edu.
CareCam Innovations was founded by a nurse, neurosurgeon, and health care CEO with the vision of integrated video use to simplify and enhance electronic health records. The process pairs a video documentation device to each patient with key features such as proximity alarms, storage and indexing of patient care categories, and instant recall of queried data.
Lead by President Shannon Pierce, David Butler, COB, and Don Buck, COO, the company is located in Greenville, SC. More information is available at www.carecaminnovations.com.
N3T, Net 3 Technology, is an advanced technology company that focuses on customer service and develops custom support programs along with implementing technology-guided business solutions. N3T has developed an off-site disaster recovery service using Vmware, Cisco and EMC to ensure application and data recovery and availability, database and full server failover, flexible RPO and RTO targets, active/passive failover and security for client’s sensitive data.
N3T is located in Greenville, SC and leadership includes Hudson Denny, President, and D.J. Bissinger, Vice President. You can learn more by visiting www.n3t.com.
SmartPulse is a computerized employee survey system and was formed in April of 2011. SmartPulse uses the input from the completion of employee surveys to provide manages with decision-support information to manage their works’ attitude and provides information such as identity of areas of concern for action, resulting operational metric improvements and is on a real time basis.
Located in Spartanburg, SC, Jeff Berline and Jim Berline are principals of SmartPulse. Their website address is www.smart-pulse.com.
