Welcome to CRPeople!
This series is designed for you to meet the individuals behind the incredible technology and innovation here in Cummings Research Park. Learn about interesting perspectives that are seen in the featured employee’s field, gain a deeper understanding of what the different companies in The Park actually do, and find out more about each of their unique experiences in Huntsville. We hope you enjoy this opportunity to meet the fantastic employees of the Park!
Group Leader of Drug Discovery Group Meet AJ Singhal! AJ Singhal is the Group Leader of the Drug Discovery Group at CFD Research. After starting the bio-based program, AJ decided to reach even higher and start a spin-off entity known as PoP Therapeutics. The last five years he has worked alongside his twin brother, CEO…
Systems Engineer Meet Ben Shea! Ben Shea is a systems engineer for Raytheon Missiles & Defense. His time at Raytheon has been nothing short of exciting, as his classified work has brought him some of his fondest memories and some of his toughest challenges. His dreams of one day becoming a pilot came to an…
Electrical Engineer Meet Alison Varner! Alison Varner is an electrical engineer for Aerojet Rocketdyne and is currently doing work on the NASA Space Launch System (SLS). Alison grew up in Somerville, Ala. where she developed her passion for math and engineering through her family. Her grandfather, who worked alongside Dr. Wernher Von Braun, had a…
Security Rep Meet Rayann Hampson! Rayann is a Security Rep at Lockheed Martin. She started her career in security at Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Originally from the East Coast, Rayann has always had an interest in moving to the South. After a critical search of a new home, she landed in…
Director of Medical, Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis Meet Jennifer Shah! Jennifer is the Director of Medical, Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis at Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. This type of work takes extensive knowledge and experience, but Jennifer has loved it from the start. She also enjoys teaching young students the importance of her type of…
Creation of CRP Zoning Ordinance A Different Kind of R&D Legal research helped develop Cummings Research Park By Wendy Reeves, Contributing Writer As Huntsville’s footprint races toward becoming the largest city in Alabama, Charles “Charlie” Younger reflects on his role in helping lay the foundation for its growth with what is today the fourth largest…
Help Desk Technician Meet Laura Upton! Laura is in her first year as a Help Desk Technician for Sigmatech, Inc. As a double-major from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Laura works daily with all in-house employees at Sigmatech, assisting them in troubleshooting tasks and technical support. Before being offered her position with the…
Production Lead Meet Dan Crishon! Dan is the Production Lead for the Shallow Water Combat Submersible at Teledyne Brown Engineering. Day-to-day he oversees all of the production aspects of the small submarine they build from concept, all the way to delivery. Things like purchasing materials, production schedules, and overseeing the smaller contracts within their larger…
Principal Meet Tanya Belanger! Tanya is the new Principal of Columbia High School, the only public high school in CRP. Originally from Maine, her career took her from a sixth grade Math/Science teacher to Principal overnight. After the experience of leading an entire school, she decided to make a change and move to the Rocket…
Bill Marx, Chief Technology Advisor, INTUITIVE Research Mary Scott Hunter, Corporate Advisor, INTUITIVE Research https://youtu.be/WGBBM60HtHU Get to know two employees from INTUITIVE Research and Technology Corporation, Chief Technology Officer, Bill Marx, and Corporate Advisor, Mary Scott Hunter. In this video, Bill and Mary discuss what it means for INTUITIVE to be the first Innovation Hub…
Chief Operating Officer, HudsonAlpha Institute For Biotechnology https://youtu.be/MP4oIg7Igkk Danny is the Chief Operating Officer at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and has been employed with HudsonAlpha for a year and a half. Danny grew up in South Mississippi and got his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Mississippi State University; he then when to Florida…
Computational Biologist, HudsonAlpha Institute For Biotechnology I’m a recent transplant to the Huntsville area. I earned my B.S. in Bioinformatics from Virginia Commonwealth University and my Ph.D. in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology from UNC Charlotte where I studied oat genomics. In the summer of 2017, I attended the CROPS Conference…
Director of Open Source Software Development, Sangoma I'm a mostly-native of the Huntsville area, having grown up in Decatur but moved in at a young age from Seattle. My undergraduate degree is in Computer Engineering from UAH. I have worked in Research Park for the last 16-18 years at…
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) I am an associate professor here in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. At UAH there's an academic side and a research side. Most people will generally only see one or the other so as a tenure track faculty member…
Mechanical Engineer, LSINC Corporation, Graduate of Mississippi State University LSINC takes product concepts from idea to reality by talking with customers helping them solidify their ideas, designing and delivering an engineering data package for a product, then proto-typing, manufacturing and testing the final product. I talk with customers to ensure they are receiving the product…
Senior Business Development Officer, Redstone Federal Credit Union LeJuan George, originally from Birmingham, AL, however resided in Huntsville, AL my entire life. I received a Marketing degree from Alabama A&M University. I launched my career path pursuing marketing with the BBB (Better Business Bureau) of North Alabama as a Marketing/Public Relations coordinator by conducting live,…
Web Content Developer and Team ADTRAN Committee Lead, ADTRAN, Inc. ADTRAN was founded 34 years ago right here in Huntsville and has grown up in the heart of Cummings Research Park. ADTRAN is a global company but CRP is where our corporate headquarters is located. ADTRAN is a telecommunications company. We design, develop, and manufacture…