CHRIS MCCUTCHEN: CEO OF CDC LARUE AND PULSE-BAC Chris McCutchen is the son of David McCutchen, an inventor and the founder of CDC Larue Industries. From David’s innovations aspirations, and patents the company grew into a leading provider of industrial vacuums and commercial vacuum systems, including

LEROY HAGENBUCH: INVENTOR & CO-FOUNDER PHILLIPI-HAGENBUCH LeRoy Hagenbuch is a prolific inventor and the CEO at Phillipi-Hagenbuch, a firm which he co-founded 51 years ago with L.B. Philippi, whom he met at college. Today Phillipi-Hagenbuch create and sell innovative products for trucking and mining and LeRoy

PAUL HAYES: INVENTOR – ELECTRICAL POWER METERING SYSTEM Paul Hayes is a retired software engineer and an inventor. He had created a way for electric power meters to operate as Internet gateway routers, utilizing only the regular power transmission lines. In 2002 this was a big

STU DOUGLASS: INVENTOR & FOUNDER OF ROLLER CLUTCH TOOLS LLC Stu Douglass is an inventor and the founder of Roller Clutch Tools LLC. He invented a revolutionary new tool that markedly improved and replaced the traditional ratchet wrench. The roller clutch doesn’t use gears, it uses

SUSAN MCKNIGHT: INVENTOR OF CLIMBUP INSECT INTERCEPTOR Susan McKnight is an entomologist who invented the highly innovative and original ClimbUp insect interceptor in response to the growing bed bug infestation that was occurring across the country in 2008. Although the design is simple the results that

TRAE SMITH: INVENTOR – INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED FOOTWEAR Trae Smith is the inventor of the patented internally illuminated Firebugs shoe line, the first real creative innovation in lighted shoes in three decades. The Firebug line of shoes was immediately successful, with several major shoe companies licensing right

PATRICK BUCKLEY: INVENTOR & CO-FOUNDER OF DODOCASE Patrick Buckley is the coauthor of The Hungry Scientist Handbook(HarperCollins, 2008), the cofounder of DODOcase, a serial entrepreneur and prolific innovator. He invented DODOcase with co-founder Craig Dalton, launching the product in April 2010. They launched in tandem with

GEORGE KAPLAN: INVENTOR & DIAMOND INDUSTRY ICON Lazare Kaplan International Inc. (LKI) was founded in 1903 by Lazare Kaplan in Antwerp, Belgium. Since its creation, innovation has driven LKI, making major breakthroughs in the diamond industry, and enabling it to eventually become one of the largest manufacturers of diamonds in the United States.

RAY PERKINS: INVENTOR & FOUNDER OF ECO WORLD GROUP LLC. Ray Perkins is an inventor and founder of Eco World Group LLC, and co-founder of Eco Agro Resources. Ray is originally from Florida but resides in North Carolina. He and his Eco Agro team developed a slow-release compound for urea-based fertilizers that reduces water

MICHAEL KINTNER: INVENTOR & OWNER OF 360Heros Michael Kintner is the owner and inventor of 360Heros (now 360RIZE), an innovative 360 degree camera mount and related photographic and video system. Mike was born in 1964 and raised in Scio, New York. He attended Alfred State University