InSeT Systems LLC was established when the inventor of the system, Russell Breeding, saw coverage of the Sago mine accident, heard an "expert" say the technology doesn’t exist to find trapped miners, and realized that it did exist and he knew what it was and how to make it work.

He went to work to set up the company, design the system, and file a patent. While the work continued to develop a working prototype system, efforts began to find the funding to allow the company to begin fulltime operations. This was accomplished in early 2008 and the company moved from Virginia Beach, VA to Akron, OH.

The patent application was approved and a patent issued on July 15, 2008.

The three company founders are:

Russell Breeding, Chief Technical Officer, served 10 years in the U. S. Navy as an Electronics Technician on nuclear submarines, in charge of maintaining and operating the ships’ Inertial Navigation System. Following the U.S. Navy, he worked as a Senior Systems Analyst for several government contractors, specializing in foreign and domestic Navigation Systems suites, and is a member of the Institute of Navigation.

Jay Breeding, Chief Operating Officer, has over 45 years of management experience in both manufacturing companies and divisions of companies in the rubber and plastics industries. Jay has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University.

Mike Millam, Chief Engineer, served 6 years in the U.S. Navy as a Reactor Operator, and has more than 20 years of technical and project management experience with Navy contractors, 11 of these in direct support of inertial navigation systems. Mike has a BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology with a minor in Engineering Management, and is a member of the Institute of Navigation and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Community Focused Business Model
InSeT System LLC’s business model aims to support communities. By keeping the miner’s safety as a primary metric for defining success, we are able to help miner communities continue to benefit from their contributions. Our technologies can reduce the fear to family and risk to community presented each day a miner performs their job. Our engineers work closely with mining families, union leaders, mine owners and government agencies and understand the urgent need for accurate underground search and rescue technology.

Government Collaboration
InSeT Systems works closely with the Department of Labor - Mine Safety and Health Administration’s Approval and Certification Center to develop our tracking and communication system to meet or exceed government requirements. InSeT Systems is tuned into the challenges presented mine owners in the MINER Act of 2006.

Testing
InSeT’s principles for underground communication are being tested and solidified in real conditions at mining sites, both commercial and government. Each inertial tracking system assembly is tested to ensure the performance to specified accuracy is achieved, environmental conditions, and blast survival.