Leadership

NAME:	Christopher Shinohara
TITLE:	Vice President, Space Systems and Remote Sensing
EMAIL:	crshinoh@arizona.edu
PHONE:	520-621-1379
LINKEDIN:	/chris-shinohara-292b0496

In his role as Vice President for Remote Sensing and Space Systems, Christopher Shinohara works to support faculty across the optical, science and engineering colleges within the University of Arizona to assist in engaging with academic, corporate, external defense and intelligence space communities.
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NAME:	Christine A. Fox
TITLE:	Vice President for Cyber/AI/Machine Learning
EMAIL:	chrisfox@arizona.edu
PHONE:	520-621-2040
LINKEDIN:	/chrisfox10

As the Vice President for Cyber/AI/Machine Learning for the UA-ARC, Chris Fox assists in finding business operations that align the University of Arizona faculty researchers doing work in the area of cyber with Department of Defense and Industry partners in offering real solutions and innovative results to their current defense challenges.
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NAME:	Patrick L. Kerr
TITLE:	Vice President, Hypersonic Research and Technology Development
EMAIL:	pkerr@arizona.edu
PHONE:	520-621- 9776
LINKEDIN	/patrick-kerr-322012174

As the Vice President for Hypersonic Research and Technology Development for the UA-ARC, Pat builds and grows relationships with DoD and industry partners to identify collaboration opportunities for University of Arizona researchers to develop effective and practical technology solutions to the most difficult challenges in national security and defense.
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NAME:	Georgine Speranzo
TITLE:	Executive Administrative Assistant
EMAIL:	georgine@arizona.edu
PHONE:	520-621-3811

Georgine Speranzo joined the UA-Applied Research Corporation as Executive Assistant in March 2019. She provides general administrative support to the UA-ARC team.

Prior to joining the UA-ARC, she worked at the University of Arizona where she gained experience in both academic and administrative departments. 

Georgine is an alumna of Penn State University (French/English) and the University of Arizona (Linguistics/Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences).  She has lived and worked in Tucson more than 20 years.