Steven Dellenback is a systems engineer who joined Southwest Research Institute in 1984 as he was completing a PhD in computer science at the University of Kansas focusing on graphics language design and implementation. Today he leads a SwRI division with approximately 175 staff conducting approximately $40 million annually in research and development efforts in areas including intelligent transportation systems and unmanned systems and a wide range of other areas including spaceflight software, manufacturing automation, sensor networks, smart energy, data analytics, simulation and training. He is an international leader in the field of intelligent transportation system (ITS) and a member of the World Congress Board of Directors of ITS America.