By David MacDonald I f you haven’t guessed by now, Razorback Technology is research and development (R&D) driven. Campbell and co-founder Justin Maughan live the four-step R&D Cycle: Synthesize and Theorize; Explore, Hypothesize and Clarify; Design, Develop and Test; Implement, Study Efficacy and Improve. They completed their first cycle in just over five months – from January to June 2015. The result was the Belt Temp Gauge - First Gen. The first units sold almost immediately. The Razorback Technology product line-up now includes a UTV Edition 2.0, a Snow Edition, and the promise of more to come.
“Infrared sensors have never been adapted to UTVs, Snowmobiles, or even Belt Drives in general,” Campbell explains. “Once we developed our systems, we took a step back and are now evaluating what other new technology can be applied to motorsports. Unfortunately, the high tech that is available to Electrical Engineers
that work at Apple, Microsoft, Boeing, etc., usually takes years, or even decades, before it trickles down to the automotive and motorsports industry. And to compound the problem, there always seems to be a huge disconnect between the engineers who design the product, and the people who actually build or service them. We wanted to change that. We have a unique
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SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS • AUGUST 2016
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