Brian Dyck joined S.A.Technology in 2003 and is the President/COO of S.A.Technology and S.A.Robotics Ltd, a wholly owned United Kingdom subsidiary company. Mr. Dyck has over 30 years experience in the commercial and government nuclear industry. He was in the UK for two years starting up the UK subsidiary and growing the business in the UK and Europe. He is responsible for Business Development & Marketing, Engineering & Manufacturing, Commercial Nuclear Projects, Project Management, International Operations, IT, and HR via the respective Vice Presidents and Managers. Mr. Dyck joined S.A.Technology following assignment at the DOE Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site. His responsibilities included management of a $14M fully contained robotic size reduction (thermal and mechanical cutting) system for radioactive components and the decommissioning of contaminated buildings at the site.
Mr. Dyck worked for Westinghouse during the decommissioning project at the Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Generating Station. He became the program manager for decommissioning and spent fuel storage activities for Westinghouse where he had responsibility for foreign and domestic nuclear power plant decommissioning and spent fuel storage projects. Additionally he has consulted at various commercial nuclear facilities during operations and decommissioning.
Mr. Dyck also worked at Fort St. Vrain during commercial operations. He worked in the Radiation Protection and Engineering departments during plant outages and operations. He was the project lead to obtain a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the storage of spent nuclear fuel at one of the nation’s first dry storage facilities. Mr. Dyck was the mechanical and regulatory lead during design, construction, and initial fuel loading at that facility. He is a an eight year veteran of the US Naval Nuclear Power program including operations aboard a nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine.
Mr. Dyck holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado with a minor in Business Administration. He is a registered Professional Engineer, a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a member of the American Nuclear Society.
Mr. Adams has been the project and technical lead on many of S.A.Technology’s more complicated design schemes; Projects he has completed have varied from designing and building a dual arm 45’ long reach robotic arm system used to decommission a hot cell to designing an inspection system deployed into a 2600°F operating boiler. Mr. Adams was in charge of the Advanced Products group at S.A.Technology developing robotic arm systems used for decommissioning activities as well as many other technology development projects. Mr. Adams recent activities include ramping up the K-Reactor Decommissioning Project in Hanford. Mr. Adams has lead the sales group at S.A.Technology as the Vice President of Business Development and Marketing and is currently functioning as the company’s CFO.
Matt Cole took over as Chief Engineer of the company in 2007 after moving up from a project engineering and lead mechanical engineering role. Mr. Cole was the first employee hired by Dan Johnson and started work for the company while still in high school. Starting work as a machinist and welder Mr. Cole built some of the first equipment made by the company under the direction of Mr. Johnson. After completing an engineering degree in 2000, Matt hired on full-time to the company as an design engineer. Mr. Cole has grown as the company has grown moving from entry level design engineer through project engineering/management and finally to engineering management. He understands and has worked with nearly every aspect of the company from fabrication to purchasing.
Mr. Cole has been instrumental in improving the engineering discipline and professionalism while maintaining the creativity and flexibility that was key to the company’s growth. Under Mr. Cole, the engineering program has built an extraordinary core of engineering leadership by elevating engineers who have proven themselves on difficult and quick turn-around projects to lead positions. This group, under Mr. Cole’s leadership, improved the engineering process to meet not only the standards required by NQA-1 but also ISO9001:2000. Matt has seen every aspect of the business from working out of Dan Johnson’s garage to a multi-national company with 150 employees.
Mr. Cole has had a working role on nearly every major project done by the company since its inception. This insight into the realities and challenges of producing complex equipment in short-time frames is the experience that Mr. Cole will use to continue to improve every aspect of the engineering program. This will ensure that S.A.Technology continues to deliver high-quality products highly focused on specific clients needs so that these clients get the equipment they need to solve their problems while understanding the difficult project constraints these clients face.
Marc Rood is Vice President Business Development manager at S.A. Technology. Mr. Rood has successfully managed some of S.A. Technology’s most technically intensive robotics projects including but not limited to the Powered Remote Manipulator (PRM) and Rotary Deployment Arm (RDA). Mr. Rood has also helped pursue several opportunities in the US, UK and China markets as a business development manager for the company. Mr. Rood has a BS in Civil Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, recently completed his MBA in marketing from Regis University and is an accredited Project Management Professional.
Matt Kowzlowski Matt Kozlowski is the Vice President of Project Management at S.A. Technology. Mr. Kozlowski joined S.A. Technology following a five years assignment as a Captain in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. While on active duty, Mr. Kozlowski was involved in numerous high profile projects including the salvage of Juliet – 484, an ECHO class cruise missile attack submarine, for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Additionally, Mr. Kozlowski supported Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2009 as an Operational Advisor and liaison for the Iraqi Army’s 32nd Infantry Brigade. With extensive leadership experience domestically and abroad, Mr. Kozlowski brings a disciplined and results driven culture to S.A. Technology’s project delivery staff. Mr. Kozlowski has a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MBA with an emphasis in finance from the University of Colorado.
Frank Roundy is the Vice President of S.A.Composites, reporting directly to the company’s CEO.Frank’s first composite job was working on the B1-B bomber, laying unidirectional tape into a compound contour mold for a wing fairing. He has worked on the F-14, F-15, C-17 military aircraft as well as many commercial programs for Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Airbus. He was instrumental in developing a repair method for the Apache rotor blade that enabled the trim tabs to be re-bonded to the blade. In 1996 he left the aerospace market and joined StorageTek in their composite group where he was in charge of resin transfer molding manufacturing. At StorageTek he developed a manufacturing cells for robotic tubes that saved the company several million dollars over the life of the project. In 2004 Frank hired on with S.A.Technology to head up the composite group and helped introduce composite structures into the remote handling arena. When S.A.Technology purchased the assets of a failed composite business that had been run into the ground by poor business practices and mismanagement, he was given the task of making it a viable business. In the three years that Frank has managed the composite shop, his composite team of professionals has been able to take this failed business model and make it a viable performance and profit center for S.A.Technology.

Chris Woodhead Joined S.A.Technology in early 2008 as the Manager of International Operations charged with the continued development of S.A. Robotics Ltd. a UK subsidiary. He was promoted in early 2009 to Vice President of International Operations and Managing Director S.A. Robotics Ltd.
Prior to working for S.A.Technology Mr. Woodhead was employed by The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) where he held various senior management positions including Operational Project Manager of the Windscale Piles Decommissioning Project, Project Manager of the Windscale Advanced Gas Reactor (WAGR) Decommissioning Project and Project Controls Manager.
In 1998 after completing his Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering Mr Woodhead began his career as a Structural Engineer within the Civil Construction Industry. He took a year out in 2002 to complete a Masters Degree in Impact and Explosive Engineering from The University Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). Successfully completing his Master Degree he joined the Nuclear Industry working for WS Atkins as a Structural Engineer, gaining significant experience in building substantiation and seismic analysis.
Mr Woodhead joined UKAEA in 2004 where he quickly attained a senior management position and secured support and funding to obtain a Masters in Business Administration (MBA). He completed his MBA in 2007 from the University of Lancaster.
David Morley is quality assurance manager of S.A.Robotics, reporting directly to the company’s CEO. He is also the organization’s manager for environment, safety and health (ES&H).Prior to joining S.A.Robotics, Mr. Morley gained over 25 years experience in the development of quality systems for a variety of organizations including: DOE sites, commercial nuclear sites, nuclear power plants undergoing decommissioning and contaminated sites. He has had assignments as Quality Officer, Quality Engineer, and auditor. His experience includes NQA-1 auditing and implementation, ISO 9000 registration assessments and internal audits for commercial manufacturing companies in North America and Asia. He has performed Supplier Qualification Audits and Source Inspections in support of both commercial and nuclear projects.
Mr. Morley’s certifications and qualifications include: ISO-9000 Lead Auditor; ISO-14000 Auditor; Lead Auditor Certification ANSI N45.2.23, NQA-1; Certified Inspector N45.2.6 Level II Electrical, I&C, Mechanical, Receiving and Welding AWS D1.1 VT; Certified Packages for Radioactive Waste Shipments, U.S. DOE 10 CFR 830.120 Rule, U.S. DOE Order 414.1A; Certified Quality Assurance Officer at Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site; screened NCR’s for Price Andersen Amendments Act; Suspect/Counterfeit Items (S/CI) requirements.
