Dr Art Springsteen is the president and chief technical officer of Avian Technologies, LLC. Avian Technologies specializes in the design and manufacture of instruments and standards for optical spectometry and other optical radiation measurements. Prior to starting Avian Technologies in 1999, Dr. Springsteen was Principal Scientist and Director for Advanced Development at Labsphere,Inc. for 13 years. During his tenure at Labsphere, he developed over 30 commercial products, including the Spectralon® diffuse reflectance material product line, numerous optical coatings, fluorescent materials and accessories for measurement of reflectance, diffuse transmittance and fluorescence. He holds 9 U.S. patents and 3 European patents on materials and instrument design, won a 1990 Photonics Spectra New Product of the Year award (Optical Grade Spectralon®), and shared another in 1997 for the development of the Labsphere bispectral fluorescence colorimeter. He has published over thirty scientific papers and may often be seen in the pages of Spectroscopy Magazine's "Spectroscopy Workbench"' section. He is also co-author/editor (with Jerry Workman) of the Academic Press book "Applied Spectroscopy, A Complete Guide for Practitioners," and has edited the Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Oxford Conferences on Spectrometry. He is also a member and former Secretary for the Council for Optical Radiation Measurement, a member of the Board of Directors of the Inter Society Color Council, and a former member of the National Research Council of the U.S. He is also an active member of ASTM Committees E-12 (Color and Appearance) and E-13 (Molecular Spectroscopy), the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, and Council for Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. He holds a Ph.D. from West Virginia University in Organic Chemistry.

Dr. Kathryn R.M. Springsteen is the CFO and COO of Avian Technologies. Kathy joined Avian Technologies in June of 2007. She is responsible for all financial and operational details at Avian Technologies. Dr. Springsteen holds a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from West Virginia University. Previous to joining AT, she was employed in academia for 30 years as a professor of chemistry, department chair, and Vice President/Dean of Faculty/Provost. Dr. Springsteen is a 30+ year member of the American Chemical Society and is a member of the Inter-Society Color Council. Her scientific interests are in environmental chemistry and workplace safety, color analysis, and textiles. Outside of work, she is a dedicated snowshoer, runner, kayaker, canoer, and quilter.

True Ricker is a Senior Research Associate. Tru has been with Avian Technologies since the summer of 2004 but her history in the field of metrology and material development dates from 1991, when she joined Art Springsteen’s research group at Labsphere, Inc. Tru works as Avian Technologies principle metrologist, as well as being involved in the research, development, and bringing to market new reflectance coatings and materials. In addition, she is our resident statistician and rides herd on our array of spectrophotometers.

Tru holds a degree in dairy science from the Thompson School of Agriculture at the University of New Hampshire, along with degrees in computer science and psychology from Franklin Pierce University. She has an eclectic variety of interests including storytelling, driving oxen, music, and politics.

David R. Wyble is a Technical Specialist for Color and Imaging products, including the Murakami and Zehntner product lines. Dave joined Avian Tech on a part-time basis in late 2006. He will also be assisting with new product development, with the focus on gaining penetration in the color market. In addition to these, Dave has also taken over editing the Avian Tech and Avian Group USA web sites. So now you know where to complain!

For other professional activities, Dave is currently on the board of directors of the Inter-Society Color Council, and has also been in charge of the ISCC web pages for the last decade. He is a member of ISCC, CORM, ASTM E-12, and IS&T.

For honest work, Dave is a full time Color Scientist in the Munsell Color Science Laboratory at Rochester Institute of Technology. Outside of Avian Tech and RIT, he is very interested in music, primarily guitar, lots of outdoor activities, and mostly just trying to raise a couple of good kids in a very mixed up world.