Renee Winsky helped to shape TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corporation, in its formative years. As the organization continues their 25th anniversary celebration, Winsky recalls her time at the helm with pride.

“The marvel of TEDCO is it works both with innovators and entrepreneurs. It will make sure what’s being developed has the right business acumen behind it,” Winsky said.

Hopr, based in Columbia, Md., is a cybersecurity company looking to support businesses by protecting digital operations and data through the use of two software as a service (SaaS) products, the eXtremely Tamper Resistant APIs (XTRA) and the Kerberos for the Cloud (K4C). Designed with the future in mind, these products can offer lower adoption and total ownership costs, faster time-to-value, and more. 

One of the challenges facing many companies is how to connect with the DoD labs to develop and test their products or to license technology developed by the DoD – this is where the Maryland Defense Technology Commercialization (DefTech) Center comes in.

Singerman was hired in September 1999 to take TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corporation, from the conceptual, as enacted by the state legislation, to fruition. He was TEDCO’s executive director until 2005, setting the organization up for sustained success and laying the groundwork for the successors that would follow him over the years.

TEDCO CEO Troy LeMaile-Stovall had the opportunity to interview Tom Sadowski, Executive Director of MEDCO (Maryland Economic Development Corporation). Watch now to learn more about Tom Sadowski, and the role MEDCO has played in supporting Maryland's innovation ecosystem.