Joseph Sirianni
Associate Director, Research and Business Development
Joseph Sirianni
Associate Director, Research and Business Development
Bio
Mr. Joseph Sirianni brings over 35 years of expertise in research and development across a broad spectrum of imaging science and engineering disciplines. His technical background includes radiation propagation modeling, atmospheric correction techniques, infrared and multispectral synthetic scene generation, modeling and simulation, data exploitation, image processing algorithm development, and heat transfer and thermodynamic modeling. He has also led numerous field data collection campaigns and ground truth experiments for both reflective and emissive systems.
As a former adjunct faculty member at RIT, Mr. Sirianni designed and taught imaging science focused computer programming courses tailored to students within the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences (CIAS). His leadership experience spans both technical and managerial domains, including serving as a supervisor and managing a large image science team of over 100 personnel within an engineering services organization at a major defense contractor. In that role, he provided engineering leadership across multiple sites, oversaw departmental budgeting to optimize operational efficiency, and collaborated closely with finance and business development teams to monitor and improve direct labor performance.
Mr. Sirianni has provided program management oversight on numerous initiatives, ensuring delivery on schedule, within budget, and aligned with quality standards. His business development contributions often involved tailoring technical solutions to customer needs and facilitating effective communication across project teams, including reporting on project status, variance justifications, and technical objectives.
In a previous role, Mr. Sirianni was honored with a corporate President’s award for transforming a highly competitive procurement into a sole-source, multimillion-dollar prime contract award.
Currently, as Associate Director of the Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Laboratory within RIT’s Center for Imaging Science, Mr. Sirianni leads program management and business development efforts to support ongoing and future research initiatives, with a focus on securing funding for graduate students and research staff.