ABOUT THE TEAM
Empirical is made up of mechanical testing experts, regulatory consultants, engineers, highly-skilled machinists, lab technicians and project managers.
Empirical's Founders
Dawn Lissy, MS
Dawn Lissy is a biomedical engineer, entrepreneur, and innovator. Since 1998, the Empirical family of companies (Empirical Testing Corp., Empirical
Chris Lissy
Chris has worked with Dawn to build Empirical from a single employee in 1998 to the full team of three
The Empirical Team
Sales & Marketing
Colleen “Cappy” Prendergast
Colleen's experience as an administrative assistant to entrepreneurs for 18 years provides strong support for Empirical on several levels. She
Chanda Chatham
With 10+ years experience in marketing and communications and 20+ years experience in graphic design, Chanda strives to provide creative
Lynn Pionkowski
Lynn's coursework and solution-driven experience makes her a great Partnership Manager with a background in customer service and technology in
Karen Nease
Karen has over 10 years’ experience of direct patient care and clinical management. She appreciates that accurate and dependable testing
Susan Holmes
Susan has several years of experience managing major international client accounts from end to end of their projects. Her past
Bonnie Winsett
Bonnie is a project management professional and Microsoft Office specialist. She takes pride in providing excellent customer service while ensuring
Teresa Barnes
Teresa has taught business subjects at the high school level, and then worked as a bookkeeper/office manager for 40 years
Aerospace & Defense Division
Don Turner
Don has worked over twenty years in the aerospace and defense sector. Education: BS in Project Management, Pittsburg State University
Regulatory, Quality, & Validation Services
Meredith May, RAC, CQA
Meredith May, a biomedical engineer, brings decades of orthopedic implant industry experience in manufacturing, design, regulatory and quality to your
Nathan Wright
Nathan began at Empirical as a test engineer and over a few years developed expertise in medical device testing including
Fallon Taylor
Fallon is a working on her bachelors degree in engineering. She provides support for regulatory consulting services. Her experience in
Operations
Dan Istrate
Dan has worked in the automotive racing industry and a has extensive experience in mechanical testing, test equipment design, and
Stacey Barber
Empirical is my first full time job out of school. In school, I had the opportunity to fill my classes
Keith Harper
Keith's entire career has been in testing of components in the Automotive field. He has extensive experience in calibration ensuring
Marcus Martinez
Marcus specializes in Mechatronics and has a background in static testing with various parts and materials. Education: Bachelor of Science
Keith Syrstad
My interests in the biomedical field really began with two graduate level courses, Orthopedic Biomechanics, and Additive Manufacturing, which really
Quality
Dawn Lissy, MS
Dawn Lissy is a biomedical engineer, entrepreneur, and innovator. Since 1998, the Empirical family of companies (Empirical Testing Corp., Empirical
Manufacturing
Matt Krafft
Matt has 8 years experience as a machinist and specializes in micro-machining, small batch, and prototyping. He has manufactured custom
Finance
Lisa Clemons
Lisa is a licensed Certified Public Accountant with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Masters in International Management. She