We're a powerful team of researchers, innovators, authors, award winners, mathematicians, PhDs, industrial advisors, information scientists, geo-miners, physicists, professors, managers, designers, volunteers, and more.  The work of the Institute team is often supplemented by accomplished faculty researchers and outstanding students, keeping costs down and providing excellent real-world learning experiences.

	​	​ Tim Pletcher, Director of Applied Research
	​	Tracy Irwin Hewitt, Associate Director
	​	​Jim Mentele, Senior Research Fellow
	​	​ Shar (Chunxia) Tang, Research Analyst
	​	​Paul Albee, Senior Research Scientist ​
	​	​Luba Fishman, Research Analyst
	​	​Joseph Pomerville, Research Analyst
​	​	​Imad Haidar, Rese​arch Analyst - Predictive Modeler​
	​	​Marianne Brown, Research Associate
	​	​Kundana Divi, Research Associate
​	​	​Andrew Barrett, Research Associate
​	​	​Ben Worsley, Research Associate
​	​	​Jessica Hempel, Research Associate
	​	​Jordan Gumm, Research Associate
​	​	​Melissa Egeler, Marketing Research Associate
​	​	​Nick Rensel, Research Associate​
	​	​Ryan Goodwin, Research Associate