Mr. Loring formed MATRIX with 10 years of experience in the network integration and data processing marketplace. Mr. Loring holds several industry technical certifications and is a graduate of Presbyterian College.

A graduate of Wake Forest University with post graduate studies in business and accounting, Tom has over 20 years of technical sales and project management experience. He has participated in the design and implementation of manufacturing and business process solutions for major firms, including Motorola, Nortel, Tyco and others. Tom’s present business development responsibilities with Matrix include the creation and management of strategic business alliances, sales channel partnerships and direct sales business processes. He is active in a variety of organizations, including local and regional chambers of commerce.

A twenty-year technology geek, Fred followed his passion and has worked in enterprise IT for the last ten years. His main focus in the field has been system administration, primarily with Linux and Unix servers, and general network engineering. In 2003 Fred earned a CCNA certification, followed by CCNP in 2005, and passed the written exam for the Security CCIE track in March 2009. Fred has worked with enterprise customers all over the eastern portion of the country. While proficient in Cisco products, he avoids vendor lock-in, and believes innovation is fueled by open standards, and cross-platform functionality. He understands security and virtualization are pervasive, and is a huge fan of free and open source software, business practices and engages wherever open source ideas proliferate. He can be found in several online social networks, including Freenode, the IRC network for open source developers and communities, under the moniker "flrichar". Fred will often join a FLOSS (free/libre/open source software) developer group on IRC, or a mailing list, to discuss, contribute, or just joke around and have fun. His current interests include ProjectVRM, and watching the development of statewide WiMax infrastructure for the state of South Carolina.