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Brevard Innovators Highlighted as “Faces of Technology” in florida.HIGH.TECH 2010

Written by BrevardCounty.com

February 2, 2010 –Central Florida’s most in-depth guide to the high tech community recognized two Brevard County entrepreneurs whose innovative technologies have the potential to revolutionize high tech industry.  Dr. Rainer Meinke, founder and chief scientist at Palm Bay’s Advanced Magnet Lab, and David Coalter, Animation Director of Coalter Digital Animation Studio in Melbourne Beach, are among the “Faces of Technology” featured in florida.HIGH.TECH 2010, an annual magazine published by the Maddux Business Report in partnership with the Florida High Tech Corridor Council (FHTCC).

Pictured: David Coalter, Animation Director of Coalter Digital Animation Studio in Melbourne BeachBoth innovators helped their companies achieve incredible success in 2009.  Meinke filed 15 patent applications over the last year, using electromagnets in energy and biomedical applications.  As well, Coalter secured a contract to design 3-D digital animations and renderings that depict the Northrop Grumman KC-45 tanker, one of the biggest defense projects awarded by the Pentagon last year.

Now, through the Florida High Tech Corridor Council’s “Faces of Technology” YouTube channel, http://www.facesoftechnology.com, viewers can watch Meinke and Coalter tell their own stories.  Both professionals discuss how their technologies are changing their industries, from invisible forces of an electromagnet to visually stunning renderings of an F-22.

“These Faces of Technology profiles showcase the diverse high tech sectors in just one corner of the Corridor,” said Randy Berridge, president of the Florida High Tech Corridor Council.  “We are so proud that they call Florida’s High Tech Corridor home, and we salute their passion and commitment.”

In addition to the Faces of Technology profiles, the magazine contains a special feature on FHTCC’s efforts in Economic Gardening (GrowFL.com), spotlighting its entrepreneurial and incubator support, as well as articles on the technologies coming from the three Corridor universities, the University of Central Florida (UCF), the University of South Florida (USF) and the University of Florida (UF).  This issue catalogs the 13-year history and milestones of FHTCC’s Matching Grants Research Program, which surpassed 1,000 projects funded this year.

For nine years, the Maddux Business Report has published the magazine in partnership with the Florida High Tech Corridor Council, highlighting its successes in research, workforce development and marketing.  In addition to including the organization’s annual report, this year’s magazine features in-depth stories on the downstream value of the Matching Grants Research Program, the economic impacts of UCF’s Business Incubation Program and the high tech companies that relocated to the area because of Corridor partnership opportunities.

The content is available for download via http://www.floridahightech.com/resources/directory.html.