Greg Merril’s varied background includes amateur road cycling, professional sports car driving, a stint as a tennis pro and 20 years as an entrepreneur, but all of his endeavors share two common themes:  vision and success.  After founding HT Medical Systems in 1987, he led his firm to four consecutive years as one of Maryland’s fastest growing technology companies.  For his work in medical simulation, the Smithsonian Institution named Merril a “Hero of the Information Age” in 1996.  His success story was selected to be part of the National Museum of American History's permanent research collection on Innovation in Information Technology. 

In July 2000, Merril led HT Medical Systems through a $42M merger with Immersion (NASDAQ: IMMR).  Two years later, he started another company that's been attracting more attention and awards.  Amplifier recently asked Merril about InterAction Laboratories, Inc. 

Kevin Bertram, CEO of Distributive Networks, founded the company in 2004. He previously held positions as consultant for Opera Telecom USA, CEO of a successful e-commerce company, Director of New Media with the Information Technology Association of America, and Senior Editor and Publisher of a Gen-X webzine. Amplifier Network recently spoke with Kevin about Distributive Networks and its future.

An entrepreneur for 10 years, Rick Morani has worked as the Senior Technology Executive of a national print & direct marketing firm and as a Senior Manager with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).  Mr. Morani founded technology consulting firm HMG Technologies in 1997 and has led the company to consecutive years of steady growth.  Currently, he is President of Octave Technology, Inc., which provides software solutions for management of data collected through wireless sensor networks.  Amplifier Network recently spoke with Rick about his company and its future.

After attending Carnegie-Mellon from 1998 to 2000, Joe Ordia left school to start his first company, The Ordia Corporation, providing peer-to-peer collaboration technology to enterprise customers.  When the company ran out of money in 2002, Ordia began working as Lead Engineer with MAYA Viz (now part of General Dynamics C4 Systems) on the "Command Post of the Future" (CPOF) program.  His expertise ultimately led him to Baghdad to work on the fielding of CPOF to deployed Army and Marine Corps units.