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As Chief Executive Officer of Zentri, Paul Fulton is radically changing the way product companies deliver secure mobile and cloud connected products that deliver rich connected experiences. Zentri provides its over 1400 customers with cloud based DMS, secure client software, mobile APIs, and certified BTE and Wi-Fi modules. Prior to Zentri, Paul joined Cisco as an executive with the acquisition of Orative Corporation . . .

Lieutenant General David Vesely began his Air Force career in 1965 upon graduation from Michigan Tech's ROTC program. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service in Vietnam. He was promoted to Brigadier General in 1995, when he took command of 14th Air Force, the historic Flying Tigers. Early in 1997, President Clinton nominated him to be Assistant to the Vice Chief of Staff of the . . .

Former Air Force ROTC Cadet Shines One of Tech's elite, second lieutenant Christopher Cooper, was honored as one of the air force's brightest technical stars. Cooper, along with two young engineers from other institutions devised a program to identify the physical location from which a computer is connecting to the Internet based on its Internet Protocol (IP) address.The three did the work, called IP geolocation, at the . . .

Townsend H. Porter received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Michigan Tech in 1968.""Porter spent 27 years at IBM and patented the mechanics inside of the 3-1/2-inch floppy disk that became the industry standard.""In 1978, IBM offered him an engineering management position in the magnetic components area, which was the beginning of his second career, in technology management. At IBM, he eventually . . .