Who We Are
Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners is a publicly funded living lab designed to provide a real-world test environment to advance next-generation intelligent mobility and smart city technology. Peachtree Corners, Georgia is a vibrant suburb of Atlanta and is one of the first smart cities in the U.S. to be powered by city-owned connected infrastructure and 5G.
Located within a 500-acre technology park where 7500 people work and more than 1000 people live, Curiosity Lab provides unique infrastructure and a supportive government to facilitate innovation. Early-stage startups, universities, and established companies are all welcome to join our innovation ecosystem.
The forward-thinking municipality, which is home to some of the world’s most disruptive technology developers, established Curiosity Lab: a smart city living laboratory designed to facilitate the development and adoption of emerging technologies in real-world conditions that can’t be replicated in a closed environment. The centerpiece is the “city street of the future”: a three-mile autonomous vehicle test and demo lane – part of a completely connected public street that handles more than 9,000 cars daily – where vehicles can communicate with infrastructure and pedestrians through the latest in the cellular vehicle to everything (C-V2X) technology and an array of sensors and edge computing.
Board of Directors
Mike Mason
Chairman
Brian Johnson
Vice Chair
Wayne Hodges
Staff
Brandon Branham
Executive Director / Chief Technology Officer
Valerie Chang
Managing Director
Greg Ramsey
Chief Engineering Officer
James Nguyen
Transportation Engineer
Rocio Monterrosa
Project Assistant
Seth Yurman
Chief Development Officer
Cory Salley
Chief Financial Officer
Kym Chereck
Government Relations
Louis Svehla
Chief Communications Officer
Dave Rhodes
Chief Legal Officer
Advisors
Kelsey Neely
Public Relations & Strategy
Michael Piha
International Partnerships
Craig Lesser
Senior Advisor – Economic Development
Mike Caudill
Strategic Partnerships and Brand Ambassador
Robert Knoll
Brand Management
Guy Tessler
Economic Development
Jay Sinclair
Strategic Partnerships
Jorge Fernandez
Economic Development