Jerry Towler
Program Director at Southwest Research Institute
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJerry Towler is a Program Director in Robotics & Defense at Southwest Research Institute with over a decade of experience turning autonomy research into deliverable capability across land, air, sea, and space. He combines deep technical grounding in perception, navigation, and drive-by-wire systems with program-level strategy, proposal writing, and cross-domain storytelling to align engineers, decision-makers, and market opportunities. Having progressed from hands-on research engineer to director-level roles, he’s known for unblocking complex, cross-cutting problems and translating systems-level complexity into clear, actionable plans. His work spans national security-focused intelligent systems, cybersecurity, AI, and command-and-control integration, and he regularly shapes how teams win funding and move ideas to fielded outcomes. Based in San Antonio, he brings a practical, no-nonsense take on robotics—preferring mountain trails and honest engineering over hype—and excels at marrying technical rigor with persuasive communication.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Virginia Tech
Github Skills (35)
visualization10
modular10
gazebosim10
rviz10
rosbag10
ros10
lists9
robotics9
meta7
robot7
opc4
graph4
introspection4
flask-api4
operating-system4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
jatowler/microblog
Jun 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:5262 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
jatowler/mapviz
Aug 2015 - May 2020
Modular ROS visualization tool for 2D data.
Contributions:2 PRs, 24 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 9 months
rosmodular2d-datavisualization
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