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Rick Hunter FTSI in Mulberry is a contract sterilizer performing gamma sterilization of customer-owned products. The company is FDA-registered and certified to ISO 13485:2003 standards. Education: B.S. in Environmental Science, Oklahoma State University; M.S. in Environmental Science, Oklahoma State University; MPA, University of Oklahoma; Ph.D. in Environmental Health, University of Oklahoma Inspiration: I became involved in radiation sterilization through both the regulatory and disease prevention components of public health working in local, state and federal agencies. I enjoyed the science of radiation sterilization, my education fit well and my background in regulatory compliance was important in the industry. Favorite part of the job: Helping customers understand the irradiation process. Many don���t understand the beneficial uses of radiation and how important they are to society. President & CEO FTSI www.ftsi.us Best advice: The best advice I received was to continue to further your education throughout your career. Career goals: My goal is to continue to help lead FTSI and further the growth of the company. Josh Gagliardi Headquartered in Winter Park, Highwinds provides global Internet-based content delivery, acceleration, storage, and access services to gaming companies, media companies and consumers. Education: B.S. in Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Career goals: I���m close to achieving my first big goal of seeing the systems we build and operate sustain greater than one terabit per second of global traffic. Inspiration: Sometime during high school I realized that whatever I was interested in, I was programming computers to explore that interest. Later, computers themselves and especially what they can do when connected together became my focus. Biggest challenge: A continuous challenge in for-profit technology is to build the right thing, in the right package, at the right time. To maintain growth and profitability, you need all three. Chief Technology Officer Highwinds www.highwinds.com Best advice: From my father: ���Work the problem, not the people.��� Greatest adventure: Playing music with other people is tough to beat. florida.HIGH.TECH 2013 fht_faces_2013.indd 49 49 2/11/13 2:26 PM