R&D Leadership
Joseph Lauko is the chief operating officer of SRC Inc., an international research and development (R&D) company that solves grand challenge problems in the areas of defense, environment and intelligence. Together, SRC and its for-profit subsidiaries make “redefining possible” their mission by delivering unique, next-generation solutions of national significance to keep America and its allies safe and strong.
He manages the day-to-day operations of SRC’s highly diversified R&D organization, which includes offices across the U.S., Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. Additionally, Lauko is focused on executing SRC’s strategic plan, monitoring the financial performance of the enterprise, evaluating new initiatives and developing key industry relationships.
With more than 20 years of experience in software project management, software engineering and test engineering, Lauko is an expert in electronic warfare (EW) reprogramming, data simulation, bistatic radar and big data analysis. Over his career, he has held the positions of program manager, program technical lead, systems engineer, software project manager, software engineer and test engineer for numerous projects and development efforts, involving radar systems, radar modeling and simulation and EW development and testing programs.
Lauko holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Syracuse University.