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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James Fritz
Senior Vice President, Federal and Strategic Program Development
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Todd A. Grindal
President, SRI Education
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Joann Lime
Chief Human Resources Officer
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Peter Marcotullio
Senior Vice President, Commercialization
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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
Chief Financial Officer
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Dimitra Vergyri
Director, Speech Technology and Research Laboratory (STAR)
Our people in action
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Celia Merzbacher: Fostering collaboration to advance the quantum industry
As the executive director of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium, Merzbacher plays a pivotal role in moving the quantum ecosystem forward.
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Nicole Heidel: Charting the future of photonic chips and quantum hardware
As the director of SRI’s Applied Sciences Laboratory, Heidel leads a team that turns deep science into real-world solutions.
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Cale Gentry: Steering light, tracking lasers, and going quantum
Gentry explores how SRI research is pushing the envelope of photonics, optics, and quantum technologies.