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HUNTSVILLE CHAPTER CHAPTER - Aug 12, 2015

Mayor Discusses Tech Startup, Network Connectivity

The chapter presented Madison, Alabama, Mayor Troy Trulock at its August luncheon. Trulock was elected in 2012 and is a retired Army colonel. He presented the chapter with an update on the future of Madison—a city adjacent to Huntsville with a reputation for strong schools and persistent academic success. Trulock also discussed a Madison startup with an exciting new technology. RadioBro, a company started by 26-year-old twin brothers Mark and Eric Becnel, produces a standard payload interface for small unmanned spacecraft. The RadioBro MiniSatCom is half the price of competing offerings and takes an average of six months to two years off the normal satellite development cycle. Trulock also discussed the terabit network backbone that will travel through Madison in the near future, delivering 100-gigabit network connectivity to area businesses. Ben McGee, North Alabama Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) president, discussed science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) activities in the Madison school system. ISSA and the chapter partnered to donate several Raspberry Pi computers to the eighth grade cyber program at Discovery Middle School. As a result, the students were able to install an operating system, configure network connectivity and finally secure the device. McGee stressed the importance of hands-on learning for today's children. The Raspberry Pi is a single printed circuit board computer the size of a credit card. At the conclusion of the luncheon, Jeremy A. Pohly and Breanna M. Crane were presented with scholarship checks of $2,500 each.

Event Photographs:

Bruce Shaw, chapter scholarship director (r), recognizes scholarship recipient Jeremy Pohly at the chapter's August luncheon.
Bruce Shaw, chapter scholarship director (r), recognizes scholarship recipient Jeremy Pohly at the chapter's August luncheon.
Shaw congratulates Breanna Crane on her chapter scholarship award at the August luncheon.
Shaw congratulates Breanna Crane on her chapter scholarship award at the August luncheon.
Chapter President Michael Schexnayder (r) meets Troy Trulock, the mayor of Madison, Alabama, and retired Army colonel who spoke at the August luncheon.
Chapter President Michael Schexnayder (r) meets Troy Trulock, the mayor of Madison, Alabama, and retired Army colonel who spoke at the August luncheon.

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