Pryor Knowledge Systems
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Pryor Knowledge Systems, Inc. offers the highest quality of technological services. We have provided superior service to our customers and assisted them in achieving their goals since 1993.

Pryor Knowledge Systems has been verified by the U.S. Veterans Administration as a veteran-owned small business.

Our principals have extensive experience in the properties of materials, in modeling, simulation and visualization, and in measurement, acquisition and analysis of data.

The President and CEO, Roger W. Pryor, Ph. D., a scientist with an extensive background, has an international reputation in materials research, electronics technology and electronics applications in both industry and academia.  Dr. Pryor ran his own technical consulting firm,  R. W. Pryor and Associates, before merging with Pryor Knowledge Systems in 2003.  He was a Professor, Research, at Wayne State University for 14 years, leading research teams in the development and characterization of semiconductor materials and devices.  Dr. Pryor also has an industrial background having led advanced research teams at Energy Conversion Devices in Troy, Mich., and at Pitney Bowes in Norwalk, Conn., and served as a member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories in Whippany, New Jersey.  He received his M.S. and Ph. D. degrees in Physics from the Pennsylvania State University after earning a B.S. in Physics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.  Dr. Pryor holds 23 patents, primarily in semiconductor devices.  He has written two college textbooks, the most recent of which is “Multiphysics Modeling Using COMSOL 4: a First Principles Approach”, published early in 2012. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Southeast Michigan chapter of IEEE Life Members and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Southeast Michigan chapter of IEEE, and he is a member of the Education/Workforce Committee at Automation Alley.

Before founding Pryor Knowledge Systems in 1993, Beverly E. Pryor, Vice President and COO, managed Information Technology departments and has developed industrial research, administrative, and manufacturing application systems and databases for platforms ranging from mainframes to microcomputers and handheld devices.  She now manages administrative, financial and marketing functions at Pryor Knowledge Systems and serves on the Business Growth Committee at Automation Alley.  Ms. Pryor has managed IT departments at Trinova Corp., Vickers, Inc., Pitney Bowes Credit Corporation, Allied Corporation, and has programmed systems at Pennsylvania State University and Paul Revere Insurance Company. 

We make it our responsibility to know both you and your business. We will work closely with you to ensure that the solutions we provide are tailored to meet your unique needs. We are committed to your success.

Last update: Wednesday, May 06, 2015      Copyright © 2000 -2015 Pryor Knowledge Systems, Inc.

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