Harris Corporation
Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has approximately $7 billion of annual revenue. It is the largest private-sector employer in Brevard County, Florida (approximately 6,000). The company was the parent of Intersil (Harris Semiconductor). Most of the wireless start-ups in South Brevard County were founded and are staffed by former Harris Corporation engineers and technicians. The company's Digital Telephone Systems (DTS) division was sold to Teltronics.
Arlene Harris (inventor)
As co-founder and president of Dyna LLC, located in Del Mar, California, Ms. Harris is currently founding the start-up Wrethink, a high-tech fixed broadband company focused on consumer privacy and helping families use technology to organize and manage personal information.  She has also started a foundation to fund early-stage technology companies that embrace charitable and/or social purposes.  Ms. Harris works with Martin Cooper, her husband, business partner, and Dyna LLC co-founder.  (Mr. Cooper is a former Motorola vice president who developed and introduced the first handheld cellular mobile phone in 1973. In 2000, Mr. Cooper was an inaugural member of the Wireless Hall of Fame.)