Latiz Technologies, LLC was founded in 2009 by Dr. Aaron J. Masino and Dr. Richard St. John with the objective of creating software that is both powerful and user friendly. With over 15 years of combined experience using various complicated and difficult to use simulation software packages, Dr. Masino and Dr. St John began developing the Latiz software framework in an effort to create a simulation software package that incorporates all the features of a modern software application. These features include seamless integration of all product components, the use of intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) elements, modularity that provides scalability to future needs and cross-platform support. The success of Latiz motivated them to continue with the development of other new and innovative software products.

After completing a degree in mathematics at Rutgers University in 1997, Dr. Masino was commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force. He then went on to earn a Master's of Engineering degree from the University of Colorado in 1998 before being stationed at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. During his stay at Cape Canaveral A.F.S, Dr. Masino worked primarily on the Delta launch program. He began work on his Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Central Florida in 1999, completing the degree in 2004 with the defense of his dissertation, The Wave Structure Function and Temporal Frequency Spread in Weak to Strong Optical Turbulence. In 2004, he began working for SAIC investigating various adaptive optics control algorithms. He continued this work as well as becoming heavily involved in software development when he joined MZA in 2007.

Dr. St. John works in the field of laser propagation and adaptive optics. In 1999, he earned his Ph.D in Applied and Computational Mathematics from Old Dominion University under the guidance of Dr. John Tweed and Dr. Gordon Melrose. After defending his dissertation, "The Solution of Hypersingular Integral Equations with Applications in Acoustics and Fracture Mechanics", he joined the Jupiter, Florida based SAIC team to work in the field of computer simulations for predicting propagation characteristic of high-energy lasers. This work lead to the development of the industry-wide accepted scaling-law code used to predict the performance of a high-energy laser propagating through the atmosphere; HELCOMES. Now a senior scientist at MZA, Dr. St. John continues this challenging work.

As a managing member of Latiz Technologies, Dr. St. John pulls from all areas of his expertise to produce top quality computer applications for desktops, clusters, and the web.

For information regarding products and services, pricing and licensing agreements offered by Latiz Technologies, LLC please contact us: Email: support@latiztechnologies.com