PIPELINE Innovators

CHARTER CLASS:

Clint Batman

Joey Blue

Tim Donnelly

Debra Ellies

Lisa Friis

Jay Humbard

Olga Koper

William Rosenberg

Toby Rush

2008 CLASS:

2008 Innovators

Toby Rush President & Founder Rush Tracking Systems Lenexa, Kansas

Toby Rush is President and Founder of Rush Tracking Systems, an end-to-end RFID systems integrator offering turnkey solutions. Toby has built Rush Tracking Systems from two people in a basement office to one of the top five Radio Frequency Identification solution providers in the U.S.

Before creating Rush Tracking Systems, Toby was product manager and director of product development for SAT Corporation. SAT is a software company that leverages RFID and mobile devices for a workforce automation platform focusing on the refining and chemicals industry.

Prior to SAT, Toby was a senior technical consultant and co-founder of mobileEDGE Solutions, a mobile and wireless consulting firm. mobileEDGE was formed out of the mobile solutions practice of BSI Consulting, a firm in which Toby provided technical consulting for a variety of successful initiatives. With mobileEDGE, Toby was the key initiator in a mobile and wireless practice that resulted in a separate company rollout.

Toby also is a member of the Advisory Board for KU's Information and Telecommunications Technology Center, the Membership Chair for Entrepreneurs Exchange 2 and coordinator and facilitator for the Kansas Student Leadership Forum.

Toby holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State University.