A Culture of Leadership

About Us

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Dr. R. Craig Coulter

Founder and Chairman of the Board

Dr. Coulter is an experienced robotics scientist and executive manager who has developed multiple commercial applications of advanced intelligent robotics technologies in diverse markets. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in 1996 and is expected to complete his MBA at the MIT Sloan School of Management in 2013. More...

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Dr. Ralph Gross

Co-Founder and Chief Scientist

Dr. Gross is an experienced computer scientist with numerous publications in computer vision and data privacy. He obtained his Ph.D. from the School of Computer Science of Carnegie Mellon University in 2008.

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Barbara A. Simard

Vice-President of Operations

Ms. Simard holds a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from Université Laval, Canada. She worked for 4 years at HyperActive Technologies in Pittsburgh where she held different management positions. At HyperActive, she created an enterprise-wide robotics development process and is now bringing that expertise to BluPanda.