Leadership
With over 120 years in combined experience, this team of dedicated executives share the same goal for the University of Arizona – elevate UArizona to become a well-recognized contender when it comes to research in the cybersecurity, hypersonic, space, health, and optics fields.
| NAME: | Austin K. Yamada |
| TITLE: | President/CEO |
| EMAIL: | AKYamada@ua-arc.org |
| PHONE: | 520-621-3811 |
| LINKEDIN: | /austin-yamada-5b1a183 |
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| NAME: | Christopher Shinohara |
| TITLE: | Vice President, Space Systems and Remote Sensing |
| EMAIL: | CRshinohara@ua-arc.org |
| PHONE: | 520-621-1379 |
| LINKEDIN: | /chris-shinohara-292b0496 |
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| NAME: | Christine A. Fox |
| TITLE: | Vice President for Cyber/AI/Machine Learning |
| EMAIL: | CFox@ua-arc.org |
| PHONE: | 520-621-2040 |
| LINKEDIN: | /chrisfox10 |
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| NAME: | Patrick L. Kerr |
| TITLE: | Vice President, Hypersonic Research and Technology Development |
| EMAIL: | PLKerr@ua-arc.org |
| PHONE: | 520-621- 9776 |
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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: | Lloyd Brown |
| TITLE: | Vice President of Business Development |
| EMAIL: | LBrown@ua-arc.org |
| PHONE: | 480-748-8026 |
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As the Vice President of Business Development for the UA-ARC, Lloyd Brown assists in finding business opportunities that align the University of Arizona faculty researchers with Department of Defense and Industry partners offering innovative results to current defense challenges.
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| NAME: | John Hoffman |
| TITLE: | Program Manager |
| EMAIL: | jahoffman@ua-arc.org |
| PHONE: | 520-621-4085 |
John Hoffman is a Program Manager and is currently working to address the dynamics challenges that Cyber and Intelligence Operations impose on the DoD and their partners, through the University of Arizona’s robust research enterprise.
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| NAME: | Henry Empeno |
| TITLE: | Director of Security |
| EMAIL: | hempeno@ua-arc.org |
| PHONE: | 520-621-8017 |
Henry A. Empeno serves as the Director of Security for the UA-ARC and is responsible for security operations and compliance for the organization.
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| NAME: | Mendy McIntire |
| TITLE: | Contracts Manager |
| EMAIL: | mmcintire@ua-arc.org |
| PHONE: | 520-621-3811 |
As the Contracts Manager for the UA-ARC, Mendy assists in pre-award and post-award functions for the various business opportunities ARC pursues with Department of Defense, other federal agencies, and industry partners. She helps to ensure we maintain compliance with the FAR and DFAR as well as state and federal laws when working with potential and current opportunities.
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| NAME: | Georgine Speranzo |
| TITLE: | Executive Administrative Assistant |
| EMAIL: | GSperanzo@ua-arc.org |
| 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.
| NAME: | Ryan Searfoss |
| TITLE: | Administrative Assistant |
| EMAIL: | rsearfoss@ua-arc.org |
| PHONE: | 520-621-3811 |
Ryan Searfoss joined the UA-ARC team November 2021 as an Administrative Assistant. Pulling from his work experience with Northern Arizona University, he will help with several projects and assignments including planning events/meetings, keeping track of documents, and general assistance in helping the organization meet its goals.
He is an alumnus of Northern Arizona University’s W.A. Franke College of Business and has plans to pursue a master’s degree with the University of Arizona.
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1110 E South Campus Drive
Saguaro Hall, Room 210
Tucson, AZ 85721
Off-Campus Office
101 North Wilmot Road
Suite 101
Tucson, AZ 85711
Washington, D.C. Office
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20004
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