Sri R. Welaratna
President and Chief Executive Officer

Sri Welaratna came across the Fourier analyzer in 1970 while doing research at the University of Bradford in England and went to work for Hewlett-Packard, first in Europe and then at Santa Clara. He was involved in applications engineering, marketing and software development at HP. Following a career as an independent consultant he joined with Dave Snyder to form Data Physics in 1984. Sri Welaratna received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1975 from the University of Bradford, UK.

David C. Snyder
Chairman and Chief Technology Officer

Dave Snyder is also an alumnus of HP Santa Clara, home of 5450, the first commercial Fourier analyzer. As part of the Design Development Group, he introduced microcode to the 5451 Fourier analyzer, wrote software for the 5427, the first digital vibration controller and was part of the pioneering team that developed 5420, the first portable FFT analyzer. Dave also was an independent consultant before he joined with Sri Welaratna to form Data Physics. Dave Snyder received a degree in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Berkeley, CA.