Company

Veri-Tech, Inc. (VT) is an engineering and environmental consulting and software development firm located in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA.

Formation

VT was founded in 1997 by two experienced water resources, ocean, and environmental specialists to enhance and commercialize Government-developed, state-of-the-art numerical simulation models and engineering / technical manuals in the areas of coastal, hydraulic, and environmental engineering. Principal Officers of VT are H. Lee Butler and Donald L. Robey, both former Division Chiefs of the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES). They offer a combined experience of over 60 years in the planning, design, management, and conduct of numerous hydraulic, hydrologic and coastal engineering studies as well as studies involving associated environmental impacts. This experience emphasized the application of numerical modeling techniques, laboratory, and field evaluations to address complex engineering, scientific, and management questions.

Cooperative Agreement

Initially, VT collaborated with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) - WES Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) - through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). The CRADA agreement permitted VT to enhance and commercialize several major products without any Federal funding. These products were based on CHL technology and through this mechanism made available to governmental, universities, and the private sector throughout the world.