SCRA’s Applied R&D Sector Announces New President
May 30, 2012
Chris Van Metre to Lead the Division; Joins SCRA’s Executive Team
CHARLESTON, SC – May 24, 2012 – SCRA’s Applied R&D Sector, thecompany’s collaboration management and technology solutions arm, todayannounced Chris Van Metre as the new Applied R&D President. VanMetre is the third president of the division since it formed in 1998 andsucceeds Rick Self who recently retired.
In his new role, Van Metre will oversee the strategic direction of SCRAApplied R&D, a $190M not-for-profit firm that minimizes the burdenof government by helping industry, federal agencies and universitiescollaborate to rapidly commercialize applied research. Van Metre, aseven year SCRA veteran, has held several positions within the company.He most recently served as SCRA’s Senior Vice President of BusinessDevelopment Operations, working with the senior leaders in each of thecompany’s sectors and industry, academic and government partners toidentify areas collaborative solutions and pursuits. Prior to that, heserved as the SCRA program lead for the Department of Defense’s OrdnanceTechnology Consortium, a seven year, $700 million program. He began histenure at SCRA as the Program Manager for the Advanced Maritime Team.
Van Metre began his career in the United States Navy, serving for 20years in a variety of leadership roles, including submarine command. VanMetre holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Notre Dame andcompleted graduate coursework at Tulane University, in addition tocompleting executive education courses in Business Development Strategyat Kellogg – Northwestern University, MBDi, Karass Negotiation andFurman’s Diversity Leadership Institute.
“I congratulate Chris on his new role as Applied R&D President,”said SCRA CEO Bill Mahoney. “Today marks Chris’ seventh anniversary withthe company. Throughout that time, he has been an integral part of oursuccesses by delivering new technology results to our clients, customersand partners. He has brought new business opportunities and revenuestreams to SCRA and has been a significant contributor as a manager andthought leader. I look forward to working with him in his new capacityand as a member of the Executive Team.”
About SCRA
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SCRA is an applied research corporation with over 29 years of experiencedelivering technology solutions with high returns on investment tofederal and corporate clients. To fulfill our mission, SCRA has threesectors: Our Technology Ventures sector helps early-stage companies tocommercialize innovations and create jobs, our Applied R&D sectormanages over 100 national and international programs worth over $1.5billion in contract value and our R&D Facilities sector builds andmanages research facilities that include wet labs, secure rooms forsensitive work and advanced high-tech manufacturing shops.
SCRA Applied R&D-led consortia cover a broad spectrum of fieldsincluding: automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding, ordnance, advancedmaterials, defense supply chains, interagency operations centers,signals intelligence, advanced manufacturing and weapons systemsustainment. SCRA Applied R&D builds innovative, multi-disciplinaryteams from the private sector (Fortune 500 competitors to smallbusinesses), federal agencies and universities. SCRA Applied R&D wasrecognized as one of America’s Top 15 Small Workplaces by The WallStreet Journal in 2010.
