Take Five

Take Five with Dan St. Martin

Dan St. Martin has been President of Kollmorgen since September 2013. He joined Kollmorgen from Deere & Company where he was the Combine Product Line Director of Russia, Commonwealth of […]

Take Five with Dr. Vinod Chachra, Founder of VTLS Inc

Dr. Vinod Chachra, Ph.D. is the Founder of VTLS Inc. a library automation company that did business in 43 countries. Beginning in 1975, Chachra designed the original software that in […]

Take Five with Henry Bass, President of Automation Creations

Henry Bass is the founder and president of Automation Creations, Inc. a 20-person custom software development firm in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center. He is an entrepreneur, a Reserve […]

Take Five with Steve Critchfield, President of MOVA Technologies

Take Five with Steve Critchfield, president of MOVA Technologies - "Many people starting new businesses seek me out, and I tell them to get plugged in with the RBTC..."

Take Five with Mary Miller, President of IDD

Mary Miller, Ph.D. is president and founder of Interactive Design and Development, Inc. (IDD), a successful, award-winning information technology firm in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Take Five with Marty Muscatello, CEO of FoxGuard Solutions and Qualtrax

Marty Muscatello is the CEO of Foxguard Solutions and Qualtrax. He has led the company to significant growth, tripling company revenues and the employee base...

Take Five with James Rancourt, Founder and CEO, Polymer Solutions

We recently talked with James Rancourt, Founder and CEO of Polymer Solutions. James "Jim" Rancourt is a Massachusetts native who received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Lowell. After gaining industry experience he relocated to Blacksburg, Virginia where he earned his Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry from Virginia Tech. He finished his Ph.D. while simultaneously starting Polymer Solutions Incorporated (PSI) in 1987.

Take Five with Kevin Bloomfield, Managing Partner, Bloomfield Partners

Take Five is an ongoing RBTC question and answer series where we glean insights from local CEOs and technology leaders in the Roanoke-Blacksburg area. We recently talked with Kevin Bloomfield, […]

Take Five: Adam Ernest, CEO, Follow My Vote

We recently talked with Adam Ernest, co-founder and CEO of Follow My Vote. Focused on improving the integrity standards of voting systems used in elections worldwide, Follow My Vote develops end-2-end verifiable online voting software...

Take Five: Alexander Obenauer, Co-founder & CEO, Mindsense

Take Five is an ongoing RBTC question and answer series where we glean insights from local CEOs and technology leaders.   We recently talked with Alexander Obenauer, co-founder and CEO […]