Our people
SRI is a leading American nonprofit research institute that’s created some of the world’s most important innovations.
But we wouldn’t be where we are without our people. Learn more about us — and how we can work with you to build a safer, healthier, and more sustainable future.
Our leadership team is driven by the desire to have positive impact on the world, to nurture SRI’s culture of excellence, and to support our mission of building a safer, healthier, and more sustainable future.
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David Parekh
Chief Executive Officer, SRI
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Kathlynn Brown
President, Biosciences Division
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John Crowe
President, Advanced Technology and Systems Division
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Mike Freedman
Vice President, Communications
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James Fritz
Senior Vice President, Federal and Strategic Program Development
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Shari Golan
President, SRI Education
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Joann Lime
Chief Human Resources Officer
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Patrick Lincoln
President, Information and Computing Sciences
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John McIntire
Chief Legal Officer
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Michael Page
Chief Information Officer
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Steve Perna
President, Integrated Systems and Solutions
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Suresh Sunderrajan
President, Commercialization
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Jan Vandenbrande
Senior Vice President, Future Concepts division
Our directors are distinguished leaders in their fields, and they are committed to upholding SRI’s extraordinary legacy and ensuring our continued success.
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Charles Mathis
Fortune 500 CFO (retired)
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David Motley
Chairman of the Board, SRI. CEO and President, MCAPS, LLC
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Ellen Ochoa
Veteran Astronaut, Director of NASA Johnson Space Center (retired)
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David Parekh
Chief Executive Officer, SRI
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Ellen M. Pawlikowski
General (Retired), US Air Force
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Rengarajan Ramesh
Operating Partner, EagleTree Capital
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Deborah Rieman
Executive Chair (Retired), Metamarkets
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Steven Walker
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Lockheed Martin, and former DARPA director
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John J. Young, Jr.
President, JY Strategies, LLC; Partner, E6 Partners, LLC
Our lab and center directors are central to the work we do at SRI, creating with their teams cutting-edge solutions for our customers and clients across multiple scientific and technical disciplines.
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Julie Bert
Director, Hardware Research and Technology Lab, Future Concepts Division
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Eric Braddom
Product Line Director, Dominite, Integrated Systems and Solutions Division
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Jeffrey Casper
Program Director, Instrumentation and Simulation Program, Advanced Technology and Systems Division
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Vanessa Coleman
Director, Center for Education Research & Innovation, SRI Education
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Chris Cowart
Managing Director, Nomura-SRI Innovation Center
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Kurt Dustin
Senior Director, Intelligence Systems Laboratory, Integrated Systems and Solutions Division
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Kai Goebel
Director, Intelligent Systems Lab
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Leyi Gong
Program Director, Medicinal Chemistry, Medicinal and Synthetic Chemistry
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Carol Green
Senior Director, Preclinical Development, SRI Biosciences
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Todd A. Grindal
Co-Director, Center For Learning & Development, SRI Education
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Sajid Ishaq
Vice President, Microcircuit Emulation Center, Integrated Systems and Solutions Division
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Indira Jayaweera
Director, Carbon Capture systems, Integrated Systems and Solutions Division
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Thomas Kilduff
Center Director, Center for Neuroscience
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Rakesh “Teddy” Kumar
Vice President, Information and Computing Sciences and Director, Center for Vision Technologies
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Patrick Lincoln
President, Information and Computing Sciences
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Laura Atleski (Magda)
Director, Clinical Trials Unit, SRI Biosciences
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Michael McGuire
Director of Macromolecular Sciences, Biosciences
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Celia Merzbacher
Executive Director, Quantum Economic Development Consortium
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Karen Myers
Vice President, Information and Computing Sciences and Lab Director, Artificial Intelligence Center
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Namwoong Paik
Senior Director, Center for Advanced Imaging, Integrated Systems and Solutions
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Adolf Pfefferbaum
Senior Director Basic Sciences and Distinguished Scientist
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Gita Shankar
Director, Formulations R&D, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biosciences Division
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Brian Slovick
Lab director, Advanced Technology and Systems Division
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Roland Stephen
Executive Director, Center for Innovation Strategy and Policy
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Dimitra Vergyri
Director, Speech Technology and Research Laboratory (STAR)
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David Walker
Director, Ocean Modeling, Advanced Technology and Systems Division
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Ken Wingerden
Director, Center for Software Engineering, Integrated Systems and Solutions
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Jesse Wodin
Laboratory Director, Applied Physics Laboratory, Advanced Technology and Systems Division
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Michelle W. Woodbridge
Exec. Director & Sr. Principal Researcher, Center for Learning & Development, SRI Education
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Katrina Woodworth
Senior Principal Researcher, SRI Education
The SRI Fellows Award is our highest technical honor for individuals and recognizes sustained and exceptional technical, scientific, and professional contributions to solving important problems for our clients and society.
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Fiona C. Baker
Director of Center for Health Sciences and Human Sleep Research Program, Biosciences Division
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Grit Denker
Senior Computer Scientist, Computer Science Laboratory
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Horacio Franco
Chief Scientist, Speech Technology and Research Laboratory
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Indira Jayaweera
Director, Carbon Capture systems, Integrated Systems and Solutions Division
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Michael G. Kane
Senior Principal Research Scientist, Advanced Technology and Systems Division
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Peter Karp
Technical Director, Artificial Intelligence Center
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Thomas Kilduff
Center Director, Center for Neuroscience
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Aaron Lawson
Assistant Laboratory Director, Speech Technology and Research Laboratory
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Patrick Lincoln
President, Information and Computing Sciences
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Ulf Lindqvist
Senior Technical Director, Computer Science Lab
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Thomas P. Low
Senior Technical Director, Robotics Laboratory
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Jon C. Mirsalis
Vice President, SRI Biosciences
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Kristien Mortelmans
Sr. Microbiologist Emeritus, Microbiology, Center for Infectious Diseases
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Karen Myers
Vice President, Information and Computing Sciences and Lab Director, Artificial Intelligence Center
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Peter Neumann
Principal Scientist, Computer Science Lab
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Eric Pearson
Distinguished Senior Scientist, Special Programs
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Mark A. Petrie
Senior Staff Scientist, Advanced Technology & Systems Division
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Adolf Pfefferbaum
Senior Director Basic Sciences and Distinguished Scientist
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Phillip Porras
Program Director and Internet Security Group Leader, Computer Science Laboratory
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John Rushby
Program Director, Formal Methods and Dependable Systems, Computer Science Laboratory
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Natarajan Shankar
Staff Scientist, Computer Science Laboratory
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Gregory Smith
Senior Research Chemist, Geospace Studies
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Carolyn Talcott
Program Director, Symbolic Systems Biology, Computer Science Laboratory
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Richard J. Waldinger
Principal Scientist, Artificial Intelligence Center
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David Walker
Director, Ocean Modeling, Advanced Technology and Systems Division
Our business development team works closely with our commercial and government customers to help them solve their biggest challenges. Reach out if you’d like to learn more.
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John Bradburn
Executive Director, Federal Programs
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James Fritz
Senior Vice President, Federal and Strategic Program Development
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William Kevin Ham
Executive Director, Federal Programs
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Christina Hildebidle
Executive Director, Federal Programs
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Youssef Iguider
Vice President of Business Development & Japan Country Managing Director
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Peter Marcotullio
Vice President, Commercial Business Development
Our people in action
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Carol Green: Helping new drugs make the leap from possible to practical
Leading the effort to make sure effective therapies progress to human trials.
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Gita Shankar: Formulating drugs for success
SRI’s director of pharmaceutical sciences works to bring new drugs safely to market while serving as a role model for women in STEM.
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Laura Atleski Magda: Making clinical research accessible for all
The director of SRI’s Clinical Trials Unit explores how increased access to clinical research can improve public health.