ThrottleUp 2009 a is a venture pitch competition made up of seed stage companies.  The event was part of the Innovation Imperative, held in Knoxville, TN October 21-22, 2009.

The winner of ThrottleUp 2009 was TrakLok Corporation, Eric Dobson, CEO.  TrakLok is a product and service company deploying a solution to secure and globally track high value and hazardous cargo in intermodal shipping containers.  The initial two products released by the company are GeoLok (TM) and TrakLog (TM) and they set the foundations for an end-to-end security and management system that will dramatically increase the security of containers while maximizing the efficiency of their movement and storage.

The TrakLok website is:  www.traklok.net

Here is the winning pitch delivered by Mr. Dobson:

Here is a link to the article that appeared in the Knoxville News Sentinal: TrakLok - Knox News