In 1998 before the Internet was on most people’s radar, Mr. Olekshy
realized the web was more than just static pages of information and
began imagining how to use it to deliver workstation-caliber
applications.
The “crown jewel” in their techie caps is “making the web sing and dance as if it was a computer on your desk.”
Among
their most impressive products is iPRSM®, the first web-enabled
engineering application. Developed for the petro-chemical industry, the
technology enables plant personnel, compliance auditors and engineers
to have instantaneous simultaneous access and analysis to data on any
pressure relief system, from any location with web connectivity.
“In
looking back on all the products we’ve made, each one pushed the
envelope of current practice in some way,” Dr. Hoover says. “We didn't
invent the big things such as the web, or markup languages, but we did
see a way to combine and leverage them beyond their original intended
purpose.”
The duo is motivated by the intellectual challenge of their work and by the joy of seeing how their products help clients.
“It’s great to know we are giving people a way to do their jobs even better than before,” Dr. Hoover says.