Rusty Roberts

Roberts received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from West Point in 1978, a Master of Science in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1985, and a master of business administration in finance from Long Island University in 1987.^[3]

Roberts started his career in the United States Army Signal Corps, where he spent 10 years.^[2] He then joined the Georgia Tech Research Institute in 1988 and spent 12 years as a program manager in the Systems Development Laboratory, which is now part of ATAS.^[3] Roberts was then the associate director for business development in GTRI's Information and Communications Laboratory for eight years, until his selection as director of ATAS.^[3]