Executive Staff

John S. Tomblin Ph.D.

Executive Vice President, Research and Industry and Defense Programs; Executive Director, NIAR; and Research Officer

Robyn Bongartz

Associate Vice President, Finance and Operations

robyn.bongartz@idp.wichita.edu

(316) 978-6912

Tom Fischer

Senior Advisor

thomas.fischer@idp.wichita.edu

Tracee Friess

Associate Vice President of Strategic Communications and Marketing, Industry and Defense Programs

tracee.friess@idp.wichita.edu

(316) 978-5597

Pierre Harter

Associate Vice President of Research and Industry Engagement

pierre.harter@idp.wichita.edu

(316) 706-0690

Eric Hein

Director of Strategy and Product Development

eric.hein@idp.wichita.edu

(316) 299-8673

Marcie Holsteen

IDP Human Resources Director

marcie.holsteen@idp.wichita.edu

(316) 978-5216

Austin Nordyke

Chief of Staff

Austin.Nordyke@idp.wichita.edu

(316) 978-6557

Chris Snyder

Director, Information Technology and Security

chris.snyder@idp.wichita.edu

(316) 978-6466

Research Leadership

Rachael Andrulonis

Director, Advanced Materials Research Senior Research Scientist, Advanced Materials

Brandon Baier

Director, Full-Scale Structural Test Lab

Chris Boshers

Technical Director and Chief Engineer of Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS)

Denny Deegan

Manager, Advanced Machining & Prototyping

denny.deegan@idp.wichita.edu

Shawn Ehrstein

Director, Emerging Technologies & CAD/CAM

Robert Huculak Ph.D.

Research Scientist

John W. Laffen

Director, Walter H. Beech Wind Tunnel

Melinda Laubach-Hock Ph.D.

Director, Sustainment

Royal Lovingfoss

Director, Advanced Materials & Processes

Mike Montgomery

MRO Technical Director

Gerardo Olivares Ph.D.

Sr. Research Scientist & Director, Crash Dynamics and Virtual Engineering & Flight

Waruna Seneviratne Ph.D.

ATLAS Director, Composites & Structures Senior Research Scientist

Mark Shaw

Chief Engineer for Defense Industrial Base Strategy

Dustin Stuever

MRO Director of Operations

Matt Tomblin

Director, Automation Research Center