Syracuse, NY – SRC, Inc. ("SRC" or "Company"), a global, not-for-profit, defense research and development company, today announced the promotion of Nicole Kopiasz to director of products, commercial and international contracts. The promotion strengthens SRC’s leadership team as the company continues to grow and pursue new product, commercial and international opportunities.
In this expanded role, Kopiasz will provide strategic leadership and oversight for all product, commercial and international contracting activities. She will work across the organization to strengthen contracting operations, manage business risk and help ensure SRC has the processes and expertise needed to support increasingly complex opportunities and long-term growth.
"Nicole's promotion comes at an important time for SRC as we continue to grow both our domestic and international businesses and expand the reach of our technologies," said Kevin Hair, president and CEO. "Her deep contracting expertise, sound business judgment and ability to collaborate across teams will help us pursue new opportunities while managing risk and maintaining the high standards our customers expect. Nicole has made a lasting impact throughout her career here, and we are excited to see her help lead SRC into its next chapter of growth."
Kopiasz brings more than 23 years of dedicated experience at SRC and SRCTec. Throughout her tenure, she has demonstrated strong leadership, deep expertise in contract management and an unwavering commitment to advancing the organizations’ shared mission.
Her extensive background spans the contracting life cycle, including monitoring contract performance, administering contract modifications, leading proposal development, reviewing terms and conditions, assessing and mitigating business risk, negotiating contracts and processing cost or pricing data certifications.
Kopiasz holds a bachelor's degree in communications from Marist College and a Master of Business Administration from Le Moyne College. Her strong educational foundation, combined with more than two decades of hands-on industry experience, has equipped her with a distinctive blend of communication skills, contracting expertise and business acumen that will continue to strengthen SRC’s operations as the company grows.
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.