A 25+ year industry veteran, and founder of DRI. Kelly drives the company's vision and high standard of customer satisfaction as President. Kelly has held a number of key positions within electronics test and manufacturing space. He began his career in the Defense industry at ESI (now Raytheon) in mechanical design where much of his work is still in use today. After leaving ESI, he moved to Maryland where he worked with AAI Corp. in the UAV program. After leaving AAI, he worked in both the commercial electronics industry and CAD department for military applications. He also founded a Radio Control Airplane company which he later successfully sold. Then Kelly joined a custom test integration and manufacturing business. In 2002, the time was right to go back to his entrepreneurial roots and start DRI.
Kelly holds a BS in Physics and a MS in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University.
Douglas Miles
As a founding member of DRI with extensive experience in design and manufacturing technologies, Doug brings technology depth and breadth to the company as Vice President of Engineering.
Doug began his career in the Defense industry at General Dynamics in Manufacturing Development supporting the F-16 program where he specialized in designing flexible tooling and robotic work cells. With the explosive growth in the PC market, he moved into developing automated test and material handling systems for Tandy Electronics focusing on product life and functional testing. He spearheaded a wide variety of improvements using various technologies including pneumatics, servo and stepper motors, industrial controls and bar code systems. He moved into product design as Chief Engineer and Operations Manager for Scientific Measurement Systems which designed industrial X-ray inspection systems (CT scanners) for NASA, defense and automotive industries. Next, Doug became a leading consultant in mechanical systems and automation in the DFW area.
Doug received a BA from Illinois College and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois.
