 Jay T. Drake – General Manager/Director of Engineering
Jay Drake, founder of ADI, has over 25 years of design, development and testing in the automotive aftermarket, motorsports and OEM industry. He has a vast knowledge in all product types with an emphasis on vehicle dynamics and full vehicle test systems. Jay’s technical articles have been published in numerous automotive magazines. He has designed and patented several exhaust, induction and engine management systems. Jay has headed product development for Polaris, Holley and Borla High Performance Exhaust. He is a University of Wisconsin graduate with a B.S. in mechanical engineering.
 Samuel P. Tong – Development Engineering Manager
Sam Tong has over 15 years in automotive development engineering with Borg-Warner, Delphi, Stabilus and B.F. Goodrich. During his time with Stabilus he took an assignment with the advanced development department at the Stabilus world headquarters in Koblenz, Germany where he worked on advanced technology for the Mercedes Maybach and BMW 7 Series vehicles. Sam joined ADI after a successful career as the Product Engineering Manager at Oiles America Corporation. Sam graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) with B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. He also holds two associate degrees from Corning Community College, one in Computer Graphics Technology and the other in Mechanical Technology.
 Matthew Roberts – Field Support Engineer
Matt is a recent graduate of the University of North Carolina with a degree in Mechanical Engineering; concentration in motorsports. In his previous position he was Production Engineer with Oiles America Corporation and was responsible designing tooling for high speed forming machines. Matt lead a team in the complete design of a land speed vehicle to run with the East Coast Timing Association and also races his own vehicle.
 Donald R. Woolard Jr. – Test Engineering Manager
Donnie has over 17 years in the Aerospace and Automotive Industry as a Test Engineer.
He has been instrumental in the set up of several R&D/Testing facilities, equipment builds, acquisitions and implementations. He has established relationships with the key suppliers and technology providers in the automotive and OEM markets. Donnie previously managed the testing facilities for Borla High Performance Exhaust, Stainless Steel Brakes Corporation, Oiles America and Banks Engineering. Donnie has been responsible for managing the build of over one hundred custom vehicles for trade shows and magazines. He has worked with several race teams in various capacities including crew member. Donnie has degrees in Airflow, Sound Testing and Mechanics and is an ASE Certified Technician. He also serves as the company truck driver and holds a Classic “A” license with all endorsements.
Sherri Wigger – Marketing Director
Sherri Wigger has over 20 years experience in advertising and marketing. She worked as US Advertising Director and International Ad Director of Market Development for Tower Records Worldwide Operations. She worked as a Product Development Manager for Munchkin, Inc. a start-up company based in Southern California and was instrumental in development of their music and video division. As Marketing Manager for Borla Performance Industries, Sherri was responsible for all PR, Advertising, trade show events and coordinating the build of project vehicles for the SEMA show. Sherri received her English Degree at American River College and studied Business Management at UC Davis and Cal Lutheran University. |