'Mad Botter' takes 'MacGyver' approach to tech sales

By taking risks and being willing to adapt, an English major carves out a new future as a software entrepreneur.

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 6:00 a.m. January 18, 2019
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Mark Wemple. Michael Dominick is the founder of The Mad Botter, a Plant City tech firm that makes advanced military avionic gear out of consumer electronics.
Mark Wemple. Michael Dominick is the founder of The Mad Botter, a Plant City tech firm that makes advanced military avionic gear out of consumer electronics.
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If Angus MacGyver of TV fame ran a computer engineering business, it might bear more than a passing resemblance to The Mad Botter Inc.

The Plant City-based company turns run-of-the-mill consumer electronics into devices capable of being deployed for use in advanced military applications, such as fighter jets.

 

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