SwRI Executives

J. Dan Bates
SwRI President





 

Walt Downing
SwRI Executive Vice
 President
210.522.3186
wdowning@swri.org


 

Susan Crumrine
Vice President
Automation & Data
Systems Division

210.522.2089
scrumrine@swri.org

 

Katsuhiro Okude
奥出 克洋
Japanese consultant
090.1509.8906
kokude@swri.org
米国サウスウエスト研究所
コンサルタント

Intelligent Transportation Systems Technical Staff

 Steve Dellenback, Ph.D.,
PMP

Director
Intelligent Transportation Systems
210/522-3914

sdellenback@swri.org

Henry Grothues
Program Director

ITS Development &
 Integration

210.522.2949
hgrothues@swri.org

Ryan Lamm
Manager

Intelligent vehicle,
active safety &
autonomous systems

210.522.5350
rlamm@swri.org

Kirk Smith
Manager

Advanced traffic management systems

210.522.2765
kesmith@swri.org

 

Joshua Johnson
Manager

Transportation
information systems

210.522.2877
jsohnson@swri.org

 

Robert Heller, Ph.D.
Staff Engineer

ITS Software
 Development

210.522.3824
rheller@swri.org

 

Steve Novosad
Staff analyst

Traveler information
systems & integration

210.522-2039

snovosad@swri.org
 

Michael Brown
Principal engineer
ITS systems
development &
integration

210.522.3104
mbrown@swri.org

Jesus Martinez, P.E.
Principal Engineer

ITS information
 technology
& operations

(305) 986-2596
jamartinez@swri.org

Paul Avery
Sr. Research Engineer

Autonomous vehicle
technology

210.522.6732

pavery@swri.org
 

Purser Sturgeon II
Research analyst

Automated vehicle
screening systems

210.522.3924
psturgeon@swri.org

 

 

 ITS Technical Staff

Electronics & Information Technology Staff

Joshua Curtis
Analyst
Intelligent vehicle
systems

210.522.
6519
jcurtis@swri.org

Roger Lopez
Manager

Autonomous control
systems

210.522.3832

rlopez@swri.org

George McWilliams
Research Engineer

Autonomous control
systems

210.522.3203
gmcwilliams@swri.org

Christopher Mentzer
Research Engineer

Autonomous vehicle
vision systems

210.522.4240

cmentzer@swri.org

Engine, Emissions & Vehicle
Technology Staff
 

Mechanical & Materials Engineering Staff

 

Joe Steiber
Principal Engineer

Advanced vehicle technology

210.522.2629

jsteiber@swri.org

Bapiraju Surampudi, Ph.D.
Principal Engineer

Vehicle communications
& control systems

210.522.3278
bsurampudi@swri.org

Kris Kozak, Ph.D.
Research engineer

Nonlinear dynamic
systems

210.522.3854

kkozak@swri.org

 

 

Communications and Business Development 

Craig Witherow
Director

Communications
department

210.522.2255

cwitherow@swri.org

Mike  Ladika
Sr. Program Manager
Business Development
210.522.5912

mladika@swri.org

Deb Schmid
Principal Specialist
Media and
public relations

210.522.225
4
dschmid
@swri.org

Michelle Hernandez
Specialist
Meeting support
210.522.22
60
mhernandez
@swri.org