SWRI - Key Persons


Bryan Bollinger

Job Titles:
  • Staff Engineer
Established in 2004, our Hanover operations serve as a technical liaison with Fort Meade.

Camaron Brooks

Job Titles:
  • Chemistry & Materials

Christopher Camargo

Job Titles:
  • Director
We provide design, development, and maintenance of hardware and software systems for the aerospace community by providing unbiased advice, creative solutions, and rapid reaction results to government and industry clients in Dayton, Ohio, and surrounding areas.

Dr. Ben Thacker - VP

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Division Leadership Team
  • Vice President

Dr. James L. Burch - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Division Leadership Team
  • Senior Vice President

Dr. Joseph McDonough

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Division Leadership Team
  • Vice President / Chemistry & Chemical Engineering

Dr. Robin Canup - VP

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Division Leadership Team
  • Vice President
Boulder staff members conduct basic observational, modeling and theoretical research in a wide range of solar system and astrophysical topics, and are active in the scientific and instrumentation components of several space missions. Researchers are involved in a variety of projects for NASA, the European Space Agency and the National Science Foundation.

Dr. Steven W. Dellenback - VP

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Division Leadership Team
  • Vice President

Ian Gilbert

Job Titles:
  • Manager
SwRI and Powertrain Technology Ltd. have an exclusive services agreement for engine and powertrain design cooperation.

Keith Smith

Job Titles:
  • Director
SwRI staff members in Austin are part of a number of exciting research endeavors in addition to fostering collaborations with local start-ups and educational institutions. Their work includes developing robotics applications for manufacturing and process automation applications, researching reliable space-qualified components, creating high reliability embedded systems for spacecraft avionics, spacecraft verification and validation, attitude control systems, and data management and analysis.

Maria Stothoff

Job Titles:
  • Director

Mark McConnell

Job Titles:
  • Director
With a focus on engineering and science flight projects, our staff explores new scientific challenges and develops innovative flight instruments to study problems in the areas of earth science, astrophysics, and heliophysics. SwRI has a long history of developing spaceflight instrumentation, avionics, and electronics for NASA and other government agencies, and has served as the principal investigator institution for multiple NASA missions. We deliver flight hardware for a variety of government and industry clients.

Mr. Adam L. Hamilton - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team
  • President
  • President and CEO / Southwest Research Institute / San Antonio, Texas

Mr. Buck Brockman

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Treasurer
  • Member of the Officers Team

Mr. C. Nils Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Division Leadership Team
  • Vice President / Defense & Intelligence Solutions

Mr. Daniel W. Stewart - VP

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Division Leadership Team
  • Vice President

Mr. David S. Zachry

Job Titles:
  • CEO / Zachry Corporation / San Antonio, Texas

Mr. J. Dan Bates

Job Titles:
  • President Emeritus / Southwest Research Institute / Shavano Park, Texas

Mr. James R. Keys - VP

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Division Leadership Team
  • Vice President

Mr. Jose E. Navarro - VP

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Division Leadership Team
  • Vice President

Mr. Michael McLelland - VP

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Division Leadership Team
  • Vice President

Mr. Milton B. Lee

Job Titles:
  • General Manager and CEO ( Retired ) CPS Energy / Austin, Texas

Mr. Paul Easley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Vice President / Facilities & General Services

Mr. Philip J. Pfeiffer

Job Titles:
  • of Counsel / Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP / Boerne, Texas

Mr. Phillip D. Green

Job Titles:
  • Chairman and CEO / Cullen / Frost Bankers, Inc. San Antonio, Texas

Mr. Robert G. "Bob" Newman

Job Titles:
  • Partner ( Retired ) Fulbright & Jaworski LLP / San Antonio, Texas

Mr. Sam G. Dawson

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer / Pape - Dawson Engineers

Mr. Steven D. Marty

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Division Leadership Team
  • Vice President / Fuels & Lubricants Research

Mr. Tony Magaro

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Vice President Human Resources

Mr. Walter D. Downing - COO, EVP

Job Titles:
  • COO
  • Executive Vice President
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team
  • Executive Vice President and COO / Southwest Research Institute / San Antonio, Texas

Mr. Wayne S. Alexander

Job Titles:
  • President ( Retired )

Ms. Beth Ann Rafferty - CFO, Secretary

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Corporate Secretary
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team
  • Vice President - Finance

Ms. Delia Aguilar

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Treasurer & Assistant Corporate Secretary

Ms. Esperanza "Hope" Andrade

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Ms. Jan Newton - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Ms. Kimberly S. Lubel

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair

Ms. Mónica R. Trollinger - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel
  • Member of the Executive Officers Team

Paul Clark

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager
Our Ogden office provides on-site support for both the A-10 Thunderbolt II and the T-38 Talon programs.

Robert Crowe

Job Titles:
  • Manufacturing & Construction

Scott Hotz

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director
The Ann Arbor staff offers automotive technical and program support to clients located in southeast Michigan and Canada, including on-site technical support to the Environmental Protection Agency. We strive to be a globally recognized, unbiased, and preferred collaborative team for powertrain and vehicle research and development services.

Stephen Beissel

Job Titles:
  • Staff Engineer
Evaluating the dynamic response of materials and structures to impact and explosive loading, our Minnesota staff provides support to the U.S. Department of Defense and its contractors.

Tom Arnold

Job Titles:
  • Computer Scientist
  • Principal
Our Midwest City staff performs projects and activities related to condition based maintenance and major aircraft subsystems, including propulsion, avionics, electrical, mechanical, electro-mechanical, and hydraulic systems primarily for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex at Tinker Air Force Base. Our engineering expertise supports a variety of weapon systems including B-1, B-2, B-52, E-3, and KC-135 aircraft, as well as F100, F101, F108, F110, F118, T56, TF33, TF34, and TF39 engines, cruise missiles, and air traffic control and landing systems.

Wang Changyuan

Job Titles:
  • General Manager
The Tianjin SwARC Automotive Research Laboratory Co., Ltd, joint venture between SwRI and the state-owned China Automotive Technology and Research Center opened in 2005. SwARC provides independent and impartial evaluation of automotive products, powertrain components, and automotive system designs. It also develops protocols for evaluating exhaust aftertreatment devices and systems, and organizes and conducts consortia and evaluations for the Chinese government and transportation and energy industries.

William M. Thompson

Job Titles:
  • President & CEO, Signature Science, LLC
Signature Science, LLC(link is external), is an Austin, Texas, biotechnology company that specializes in offering clients solutions in national security, homeland security, environmental, and public safety. Signature Science is nationally recognized for its expertise in environmental management, biotechnology, national security, and technical services.

Winfield Greene

Job Titles:
  • Director
To serve the U.S. Air Force, SwRI staff members in Georgia support an array of aerospace system requirements, including engineering services, automatic test equipment, large-scale database development, reliability and maintainability improvements, software development, program development and operations.

Ximin Shi

Job Titles:
  • Chief
  • Representative