People with passion

The people of GTRI are passionate about their work. Discover why our dedicated professionals thrive as they pursue their life’s calling at GTRI.

Name	Margie Brown
Title	Research Associate
Starting position	Marketing Coordinator
Years with GTRI	18
What motivates you?	Our sponsors constantly keep us on our feet and keep our skills on the cutting edge. We don’t take anything for granted.
Name	Josh Davis
Title	Research Scientist I
Starting position	Co-Op Student
Years with GTRI	10
What motivates you?	We thrive on solving hard problems—we’re focused on challenges.
Name	Kevin Massey
Title	Senior Research Engineer
Starting position	Student Assistant
Years with GTRI	17
What motivates you?	My hope is that the work that I’m doing now will help save the lives of soldiers and help keep us safe from the bad guys.
Name	Jerry Lett
Title	Senior Research Associate
Starting position	Research Associate II
Years with GTRI	23
What motivates you?	It’s great knowing that I can provide a service that is needed and appreciated and realizing that I contribute to a mission that makes the world better.
Name	Jie Xu
Title	Research Scientist II
Starting position	Tech Temp
Years with GTRI	6
What motivates you?	My ultimate goal is to use my knowledge to help society. Developing new technologies to solve problems in real life gives me motivation each day.
Name	Lee (sheiner) Montana
Title	Research Engineer I, Assoc. Branch Head
Starting position	Co-op Student
Years with GTRI	7
What makes GTRI Special?	I believe that the work we do is important, which gives me a sense of purpose that even my children notice.
Name	Bryan Smith
Title	Research Scientist I
Starting position	Co-op Student
Years with GTRI	4
What makes GTRI Special?	The Learning and Growth program is incredibly helpful for junior researchers because it allows time to write papers or otherwise expand their knowledge.
Name	Jeff Kemp
Title	Senior Research Scientist
Starting position	Co-op Student
Years with GTRI	18
What makes GTRI Special?	We have the chance to be involved with interesting projects from a wide variety of sources on a regular basis. This gives us the ability to do things that few other organizations have a chance to do.
Name	Jay Sexton
Title	Research Engineer II
Starting position	Research Engineer I
Years with GTRI	8
What motivates you?	I’m motivated to do quality work every day on projects that make a difference and have a real impact on people’s lives.
Name	David Roberts
Title	Senior Research Scientist
Starting position	Graduate Research Assistant
Years with GTRI	23
What motivates you?	My work is a creative act, and if I’m going to create something, I want it to be the best I can possibly deliver.
Name	Dennis Brown
Title	Machine Shop Manager
Starting position	Mechanical Tech I
Years with GTRI	29
What makes GTRI Special?	We solve problems to help people and our environment. I would like to think that GTRI helps make the world a little bit better.
Name	Craig Wyvill
Title	Principal Research Engineer
Starting position	Research Engineer II
Years with GTRI	29
What makes GTRI Special?	We have the unique ability to span the systems development cycle, from basic innovations to applied research to prototyping to field testing, all of which lets us truly innovate.
Name	Paul Hawley
Title	Administrative Manager II
Starting position	Chemical Tech I
Years with GTRI	30
What motivates you?	I truly enjoy supporting GTRI’s researchers and feel good about helping them make a difference for our customers and for society.
Name	Tim Strike
Title	Chief Engineer
Starting position	Research Technologist I
Years with GTRI	29
What makes GTRI Special?	A lot of our projects help protect people: defense projects to warn and train soldiers, medical projects for diagnostic and computer integration for patient care, and accessibility projects for the disabled.