PIPELINE Innovators

2008 CLASS:

Carlos Antequera

Alfred Botchway

Reggie Chandra

Todd Gentry

Jeff Hargroves

Andrew Hoelscher

Bruce Ianni

Dan Melton

Jan Srack

CHARTER CLASS:

Charter Class

Todd Gentry CEO & Founder Inno-Labs Winfield, Kansas

Todd Gentry is the CEO and Founder of Inno-Labs, based in Winfield, Kansas. Inno-Labs is a product development company with a diverse array of consumer products in its portfolio. The customer base for the various product offerings has included Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Amazon.com, Menards, Cabelas and other retailers. The company also offers consulting and design services for new product development.

Prior to founding Inno-Labs, Todd was the President and co-founder of Horizon Internet Technologies, the first Internet service provider in many rural communities in southern Kansas, northern Oklahoma and eastern Missouri starting in 1995. In 1998, the company was acquired by OneMain.com, and along with 16 other ISP’s from across the nation, it was taken public via a very successful IPO. In 2001, OneMain.com sold to Atlanta-based EarthLink.

Prior to co-founding Horizon Internet, Todd was a Control Systems Engineer for Webster Engineering in Winfield, Kansas. Todd was part of team to integrate a European-designed control system into the product line, which proved to be revolutionary technological leap in an industry that had been technologically static for some time.

Todd holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and BS in Marketing from Kansas Sate University.