SRC Promotes Cartwright and Via to Senior Principal Engineer Roles


January 28, 2026

Syracuse, NY – SRC, Inc. is pleased to announce the promotions of two employees to senior principal engineering roles.

Dana Cartwright has been named senior principal software engineer. In this role, Cartwright will contribute to the advancement of software engineering efforts across a broad range of projects and serves as a senior technologist, software lead and engineering project manager. Cartwright holds a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies in mathematics and computer science from Union College. He is a member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society, and represents SRC on the SOSA Consortium.

Patrick Via has been appointed senior principal firmware engineer. Via will serve as firmware development lead and provide subject matter expertise across the business for signal processing and field-programmable gate array (FPGA). Via brings more than 20 years of experience designing digital control and digital signal processing logic for FPGAs. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from Clarkson University.

"Dana and Patrick are trusted leaders whose work continues to move SRC forward," said Kevin Hair, president and CEO of SRC. "Their promotions recognize the impact they have made across the company and the value they deliver to our customers."

 

About SRC

SRC, Inc. (@SRCDefense), a not-for-profit research and development company, combines information, science, technology and ingenuity to solve “impossible” problems in the areas of defense, environment and intelligence. Across a family of companies, SRC applies bright minds, fresh thinking and relentless determination to deliver innovative products and services that are redefining possible® for the challenges faced by America and its allies.

Since 1957, SRC’s commitment to the customer and the best solution — not the bottom line — has remained a core value that guides its efforts. This passion for quality carries through to the technologies the company invents and manufactures, the laboratories and facilities it builds, the people they hire, and communities where they work. Today, more than 1,400 engineers, scientists and professionals work together at SRC to protect people, the environment and our way of life.

 

Dana Cartwright

Dana Cartwright
Senior Principal Software Engineer

Patrick Via

Patrick Via
Senior Principal Firmware Engineer

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