March 31, 2020
Short interview with Kevin Fillers (Class of 2013) and Dr. Anne Smith (Department of Management & Entrepreneurship – Haslam College of Business).
Category: Media
IDI helps Knox County teachers learn how to best use CAD, 3D printers in classroom
ON JUNE 17 TH, 2019 BY TOM BALLARD
“We wanted to get a lot more going in the educational area,” Fillers told us during a recent interview. To do so, he started working with KCS’ Green Magnet Academy where he discovered a real opportunity to help teachers better understand emerging technologies like CAD and 3D printing that are second nature to the employees of IDI.
Pellissippi State names Kevin Fillers Alumnus of the Year
Pellissippi State Community College has recognized Kevin Fillers as its Distinguished Alumni Award winner for 2019.
Fillers, Business Manager at Innovative Design Inc., graduated from Pellissippi State in 2011 with an Associate of Science degree in Management. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee in 2013.
College wasn’t always Fillers’ plan, however.
Fourteen start-ups take advantage of prototyping offer
ON FEBRUARY 05 TH, 2018 BY TOM BALLARD
By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA
Fourteen local start-ups have benefitted in the past year from a novel idea by Innovative Design Inc. (IDI) to provide free design and prototyping services on an “as time permits” basis.
As described in this May article on teknovation.biz, owners Cindy and Michael Hollander embraced the idea first advanced early last year by Kevin Fillers, IDI’s Business Manager, to help financially-strapped start-ups with something any product-focused company needs – a viable design and prototype.