Dennis Folds

Dennis Folds has over 38 years experience leading and executing user-centered design projects and human performance research. He has been project director and principal investigator for over 100 sponsored research programs. Some of his major research programs include development of countermeasures against manned threat systems, auditory perception of simultaneous sounds, characteristic errors in rapid decision making, modeling and simulation of human performance in threat systems, and human capital modeling. He built and led the Human Systems Integration capability at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), serving as Branch Head for Human Systems Engineering and as Division Chief for Human Systems Integration. He served as GTRI Chief Scientist for five years. He directed the Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center for Georgia Tech. He founded Lowell Scientific Enterprises, providing human systems integration support for NAVAIR and other clients. Prior to GTRI, he worked at the US Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) at Ft. Rucker, AL. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Psychology from Georgia Tech.