| Company Defined: |
Paragon Innovations is a national technology services provider specializing in the design, development and documentation of embedded systems in commercial and consumer technology products. For more than a decade, the company’s technology experts have leveraged Paragon’s precise, rapid-product development, methodology and documentation processes to create quality embedded systems for the wireless, telephony, medical, Internet, robotics and semiconductor industries, among others. |
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| Company earnings: |
Paragon increased its revenues by 110 percent between 1999 and 2000, and was ranked #26 by the Dallas Business Journal as one of the fastest-growing technology companies in North Texas in 2001. |
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| Founded: |
Paragon Innovations Inc., a privately held company, was founded in 1990. |
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| Management: |
- Michael R. Wilkinson, founder and chief executive officer
- Sandy Wilkinson, vice president, finance and administration
- Michael Willey, vice president of development
- Kris Stafford, director of technical operations
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| Employees: |
Paragon currently employs 18 staff members. Its team of design experts and engineers are “bilingual”– well versed in hardware and software. |
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| Sales Channel: |
Direct |
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| Customers (partial list): |
- 3M
- AMD
- CC Tech
- Genlyte
- Global Election Systems
- Halliburton
- Hitachi
- Advantage R&D
- eLynx Technologies L.L.C.
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- Matsushita/Panasonic
- Motorola
- Netbotz
- Reef Edge
- Ubicom-Scenix
- Telenetworks
- U.S. Signs
- SmartStart Inc.
- B. Braun Medical Inc.
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| Customer Demographics: |
Paragon serves customers with technology design/development expertise. Paragon’s team typically works with corporate marketing groups, engineering departments, and C-level executives. |
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| Industries Served (partial list): |
- Internet
- Medical
- Semiconductor
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- Telephony
- Robotics
- Wireless
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Customer Percentage:
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31 percent - Internet
28 percent - Medical
23 percent - Semiconductor
12 percent - Telephony
6 percent - Other |
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| Products/Services: |
Design and development of embedded systems, including:
- electronic hardware design
- software design
- systems design
- technical documentation
- prototype boards
- mechanical design
- electronics manufacturing
The Paragon Outsourcing Guide. To educate and facilitate the design and development process, customers receive the Paragon Outsourcing Guide notebook, a comprehensive teaching tool that outlines the entire technology design life-cycle and Paragon’s innovative approach.
The Paragon Engineer-in-a-Notebook(tm). This critical component of embedded system design and development provides customers with step-by-step information that outlines every element of the technology design, from start to finish. This form of Intellectual Property gives customers a long-term resource to count on for product upgrades and more.
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| Project Samples: |
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Projects
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Bluetooth(tm)
Communications |
Handheld Devices |
| Automotive |
Transmission Controller |
CAN Communications |
| Consumer |
Custom Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) |
Handspring Springboard Modules |
| Industrial Automation |
Lighting Controls |
HVAC Controls |
| Internet Appliance |
Environmental Monitor |
Serial-to-Ethernet Gateway Device |
| Medical |
Miniaturized Insulin Pumps |
Continuous Cardiac Output Monitor |
| Oil, Gas & Power |
Lubrication Monitoring Systems |
A/D – D/A Converter Cards |
| Robotics |
ROV DSP CPU Card |
Robotic Arm Joint Controller |
| Semiconductor |
New Silicon Bring-Up Boards |
Evaluation Boards |
| Telecom |
Wireless Systems
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Bluetooth Connectivity
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| Competitive Advantages: |
Responsiveness
- More than a decade of rapid product-development experience for quick and cost-effective service and deliverables.
- Paragon assigns a Project Navigator to every customer to assist in charting the most direct course to successful project completion. Project Navigators are seasoned, experienced technology professionals who shorten development time and maintain ongoing customer interaction throughout the project.
- A permanent, 9,600-square foot facility with full-time technology specialists and a complete, in-house design laboratory.
Innovation
- Creative, experienced technology professionals whose careers include expertise in a variety of industries and areas.
- Documentation that’s definitive – and in writing. Paragon offers prospects and customers the Paragon Outsourcing Guide, even before a contract is signed. It details the world of technology design outsourcing and what customers can expect from Paragon.
- Entrepreneurial management style that breeds employee loyalty and customer commitment.
- Project diversity, from one of the first FDA-approved cardiac-output monitors to miniaturized insulin pumps, underwater robotics systems and wireless Internet appliances.
Precision
- A written, 22-step design methodology process and a 300-item checklist that keeps technology design on time and on track.
- Documentation that’s definitive – and in writing. Paragon initiates the Paragon Engineer-in-a-Notebook, which chronicles every heartbeat of the technology design, from concept to completion.
- A complete laboratory of hardware and software tools for technology design, testing and quality assurance.
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| Headquarters: |
2100 10th Street, Suite 100,
Plano, Texas 75074-8016
(972) 265-6000 Phone
info@paragoninnovations.com
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| Web Site: |
http://www.paragoninnovations.com |
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| For More Information: |
Kay Pinkerton
Michael A. Burns & Associates
(214) 521-8596 Phone
(214) 521-8599 Fax
kpinkerton@mbapr.com
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