no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . august 2012 paragon innovations inc. type private industry engineering founded 1990 founder mike wilkinson ceo headquarters richardson texas usa key people sandy wilkinson cfo mike willey cto services electrical engineering embedded system design mechanical engineering and industrial design iphone applications android applications business incubator website paragoninnovations.com an engineering firm based in richardson texas 1 paragon innovations provides product development services for clients across the usa . since its founding in 1990 paragon has expanded significantly to become one of the fastest growing engineering firms in texas . 2 contents 1 services 2 notable projects 3 clients 4 partnerships 4.1 renesas electronics 4.2 digi key corporation 5 relationship with texas a & m university 6 recognition 7 references services edit electrical engineering embedded system design mechanical engineering and industrial design iphone ios and android applications business incubator paragon has developed products for a wide range of industries with specialization in medical devices video technology portable wireless devices military applications notable projects edit paragon innovations has been chosen to develop complex technology for a wide range of projects a video display controller for a first of its kind flat screen presentation system for 3m 3 an airport video docking system that provides precise guidance information for pilots during the docking process for siemens 4 an innovative automated infusion pump that reduces iv medication errors and provides increased safety for patients for b. braun 5 a transmission system for drilling data for advantage r & d 6 the next generation ssi 1000 ignition interlock a handheld device that is connected to ignitions of cars of repeat drunk driving offenders for smart start 7 a small lightweight device that can control and monitor the temperature of medications over several days for kewl innovations 8 clients edit paragon s clients range from start ups to fortune 500 companies including 3m alcatel lucent alcon alstom automation advanced micro devices analog devices b. braun digi international eg & g goodrich corporation halliburton company hitachi l3 communications medtronic motorola nellcor network equipment technologies panasonic siemens spectranetics tidel usled partnerships edit renesas electronics edit paragon innovations has been a partner with renesas electronics since before renesas formation . 9 paragon has developed and manufactured designs for renesas as well as its customers . digi key corporation edit paragon innovations partnered with digi key in october 2011 and is now included in digi key s list of design service providers . the list was created to provide digi key s customers with links to companies in areas relevant to customer needs . relationship with texas a & m university edit paragon innovations is an aggie owned business and many of the firm s employees graduated from texas a & m university . paragon innovations sponsors several events hosted by texas a & m including the annual ideas challenge . 10 which challenges students to dream up the next great product or service and enter their big idea in this campus wide competition . the annual mba tech transfer challenge 11 hosted by the center for new ventures and entrepreneurship at the texas a & m mays business school . the annual competition asks teams of mba students to assess the commercial viability of an a & m invention . the senior capstone experience at texas a & m engineering technology and industrial distribution department . paragon provides a 5 000 grant that helps undergrad students in this two course sequence during which they plan execute and control the design and development of a demonstrable prototype device system suitable for commercialization . recognition edit paragon has been granted the aggie 100 award which identifies recognizes and celebrates the 100 fastest growing aggie owned or aggie led businesses in the world . paragon received the award in 2005 12 2006 13 and 2010 . 14 paragon was twice recognized by the dallas business journal on its fast tech 50 list . references edit hethcock bill november 24 2009 . paragon innovations plans richardson move . dallas business journal . aggie entrepreneurs at the top . october 22 2010 . 3m taps paragon innovations to help create first of its kind meeting presentation system . june 13 2001 . vdocks visual docking guidance system pdf . infusion pump reads bar codes . may 1 2002 . paragon innovations gets contract . june 7 2002 . paragon in deal to develop anti drunk driving device . july 25 2002 . paragon innovations helps diabetics cut the refrigerator cord with design of new temperature control device . march 19 2012 . renesas electronics america paragon innovations . paragon innovations sponsors winning entrepreneurial idea at texas a & m annual ideas challenge . tech transfer challenge yields new technology that makes a difference . aggie 100 awards 2005 . aggie 100 awards 2006 . aggie 100 awards 2010 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title paragon innovations & oldid 601859463 categories engineering companies of the united statescompanies based in richardson texashidden categories orphaned articles from august 2012all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a 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