Dr. Jason R. Lemon
Founder

Dr. Jason (Jack) Lemon attended the University of Cincinnati and graduated in 1958 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. He continued his education at Ohio State University where he received his MS in Mathematics in 1960 and PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 1962. After graduation Jack worked full time at Cincinnati Milacron in their research laboratory. In 1964, he left Cincinnati Milacron, to teach and do research in Mechanical Engineering as a faculty member at the University of Cincinnati. In three years, the U.C. program provided funding for 50 undergraduate and graduate students in addition to 27 faculty members. This program received funding from industry for machine tool and manufacturing research. The focus of the research was on machine dynamics and several important new capabilities in the mechanical engineering field were achieved.

In 1967, Jack founded Structural Dynamics Research Corporation and was joined by several other members of the U.C. program. The concept was to hire the best graduate students into the company, while continuing to do research at the university. The SDRC business grew to a global business of approximately 300 people by the early 1980�s and was an internationally recognized leader in CAE/CAD/PDM engineering and application software development. SDRC eventually became part of UGS Corporation, a global leader in engineering and PLM technology today.

In 1983 International TechneGroup Incorporated was founded as Jack's second start up vision. ITI has become a recognized leader for product development best practice and technology deployment for major global manufacturers and government. The company has employed over 200 people for nearly 25 years.

Over more than 40 years of managing high technology, rapid growth organizations in mechanical engineering and Product Development, Dr. Lemon was well known for helping young engineers and entrepreneurs as they started their careers. While working at the University of Cincinnati, SDRC and ITI, he helped hundreds to obtain educations while working on actual projects and business development. Many have become leaders in education, business and industry.

His diverse experience includes advanced product and manufacturing process development, together with in-depth knowledge of related application software integration and development. Within aerospace, automotive, electronic, mechanical, CAE/CAD/CAM/CAT, and PDI technical organizations, Dr. Lemon is internationally recognized as a pioneer and leader in the development and implementation of New Product Development methodologies and supporting technologies.

Dr. Lemon served as ITI's Founder, CEO and President since the company's beginning. Jack Lemon passed away on December 27, 2006 after a 20 year battle with cancer.