Innovation Valley Companies

Innovation Valley companies include some of the fastest growing, leading high technology companies in the South East.

Innovation-Valley Company:
PIPS Technology

Manufacturing, Knoxville, Alan Sefton, president & founder.

PIPS Technology has deployed more than 6,000 cameras around the world. PIPS Technology holds a considerable range of patents covering the specific technology these cameras utilize, primarily a pulsed infrared camera and illuminator system which is generally implemented for the recognition of license plates.

PIPS Technology is managing an ever increasing demand from various international law enforcement and intelligence agencies, as is demonstrated by its sales doubling in 2005 as PIPS Technology maneouvered into the development of fixed and mobile systems.

Innovation-Valley Company:
Rodefer Moss Technologies Group

Information technology, Knoxville, Paul Sponcia, CEO.

Rodefer Moss Technologies provides solutions in four different service areas: LAN integration and engineering, WAN communications and infrastructure, basic network services, and technical assistance. Rodefer Moss Technologies is nearly doubling in size every year.

Innovation Valley Companies:
Sword & Shield Enterprise Security

Computer & network security, Knoxville, Will Henderson, CEO.

Sword & Shield Enterprise Security is a leading specialist in network security services, with world wide operations in countries as far afield as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and South Korea.

In 2005, the company's revenues grew by an astounding 247%, and shortly thereafter the company became one of the few located in the Southeastern U.S. to be named a Qualified Data Security Company.

Innovation Valley Companies:
Telesensors

Design services, Knoxville, William Milam, president.

William Milam and Peter Hansen established Telesensors in order to build lower-cost, more effective, low-power sensors to monitor ports, airports, borders, and other potential national terrorist targets.

The company markets sensor technology originally derived from a medical research discovery and is still active in medical research applications. Telesensors' technology centers on circuits that can detect chemical or biological agents as well as nuclear radiation, and it is a market segment that will only increase in both Homeland Security and medical applications.

Innovation-Valley Company:
Turnkey Transportation Services

ransportation/waste management, Oak Ridge, Tammy Pressnell, CEO.

Turnkey Transportation Services is one of the fastest growing female-owned companies in Tennessee. Turnkey Transportation Services focuses on transportation and waste management situations at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory facilities.

The company is active in consulting roles with a wide variety of entities including the Department of Transportation, the Department of Defense, and Bechtel Jacobs Company.

Innovation-Valley Company:
Visionary Solutions

Transportation & logistics, Oak Ridge, Cavanaugh Mims, owner & president.

Visionary Solutions, LLC was established to supply the swiftly evolving requirement for technical and managerial expertise in material disposition and waste management.

Thanks to the awarding of several contracts with Fluor Fernald Inc. and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2005, Visionary Solutions grew by a staggering 292%.

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