Tim Bratcher

Mr. Bratcher has served as President of Ionetrics since its inception in 2005. He has a broad range of experience and expertise that includes digital signal processing, software development, system integration, and hyperspectral imaging spectroscopy.

Prior to the formation of Ionetrics, Mr. Bratcher served as a Senior Engineer and Vice President at Pender Technology since 1998. While at Pender Technology, Mr. Bratcher was responsible for data systems development, data acquisition products, and software development. He was the chief architect for the Advanced Data Acquisition/Analysis and Presentation Toolkit (ADAPT).

From 1987 to 1998, Mr. Bratcher served as an Instrumentation Engineer for Sverdrup Technology in the plume diagnostics group. He developed hardware and software for diagnostic and on-line analysis products, and developed spectral and radiometric calibration procedures for specialized instrumentation systems.

Mr. Bratcher has a BS from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology with a double major in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He has an MS in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in digital signal processing from the University of Tennessee Space Institute