Roy Kessinger

September 28th , Entrepreneurial Development Case Study : Lynx Motion Technology Corp. , Speaker : Roy Kessinger , Company Founder.Lynx's Roy Kessinger , company founder and developer of their flagship advanced electric motor technology , discussed the technical development of their products and the start-up of the company created in bringing it to market.Anecdotes of the financial , regulatory , and technical hurdles the company officers have had to manage provided an excellent example of the hard work needed to sustain entrepreneurial , technological advancements in our region.Attendance : 27.

October 26th , Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant Tour , Westport Road and Chamberlain Lane , Louisville.The Ford Kentucky Truck Plant is the largest truck plant in North America with 4.7 million square feet ( larger than 400 football fields ) .

“We cut a large number of 2x4s with the saws to see how many you could cut on a charge,†says Roy Kessinger, president of KAT. “With the store bought saw we cut about 100.
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Kessinger says that Lynx has also performed some research and development on motors for driving refrigeration compressors, with the goal of achieving higher efficiency and variable speed operation.The work was sponsored by the Department of Energy.
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In the past, the Lynx motor would not have been economically feasible for the floor care segment, but Kessinger says that is now changing due to the decreasing price of control electronics and the falling prices for the neodymium-based magnets the machine uses.

“Neodymium magnets used to be around $100 per lb.,†he says. “ Now they are down to about $10 per lb. in high volume and $25 per lb. in lower volume.â€

President Roy Kessinger and Vice President for Development, Rich Crispin, with a small team of engineers, have been working to perfect the motor's capabilities.
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According to Roy Kessinger, help from the MTTC is opening military markets for its motor.Because of this technology transfer assistance from MTTC, the perseverance and dedication of the company's personnel, and the unique capabilities of the Lynx SEMA, Visual Computing Systems is rapidly emerging as a major player in producing the electric motor of the future.

Roy Kessinger, President & Keeper of the Vision - KAT began in 1990 when Roy left Martin Marietta Aerospace Corporation to start Visual Computing Systems (later renamed Kinetic Art and Technology). By 1993, after gathering a team of engineers and securing some Government research funding to develop robotic concepts, Roy coinvented the company's core technology; i.e. the SEMA coil. Roy graduated from the University of Louisville with a Master of Engineering degree in 1982. His career before starting KAT was primarily as manager of the Martin Marietta NTB MediaLab, which provided the electronic communication and media needs for a large Air Force computer simulation facility. At KAT, Roy has led the team of hardware and software engineers to develop a set of modular, general-purpose motion control products for numerous industries. He has served as Principal Investigator of DARPA, DoE, Air Force and NASA sponsored research into high-power-density motors, controllers, coils, and Rotary Integrated Modules. Bottom line: Motion is Roy's business. He acknowledges, however, "I am an engineer, inventor and businessman, but the primary skill that has been credited to me is that of attracting talented people to collectively accomplish much more that I ever could working by myself".

Roy Kessinger, Partner

Li An Chou is a partner and co-founder of Global Kinetic Technology.Li An has over 40 years of business experience and excels at bringing international companies and individuals together to work toward a common goal.He has been a citizen of mainland China, Taiwan, Argentina, and most recently, the United States.Li An is fluent in three languages and is well versed in the business and cultural styles of different countries.

Roy Kessinger is a partner and co-founder of Global Kinetic Technology.Roy is also the president and founder of Kinetic Art & Technology, the company that developed and continues to advance SEMA technology.Roy is a co-inventor of the SEMA motor concept.He holds a Master of Engineering from the University of Louisville.