History and Culture

Founding
CRG was founded in April 1997 by Dr. Patrick J. Hood as a for-profit research and development company. The closely held corporation is dedicated to providing high-quality R&D services that lead to breakthrough technologies. Since its founding, CRG has experienced rapid growth and developed a broad base of experience by working on a wide array of programs and by hiring committed employees with diverse professional experience.

Company Growth
CRG team currently has over 115 employees and occupies office and laboratory space in Russ Research Park and Miami Valley Research Park in Dayton as well as a large manufacturing production facility in Xenia, Ohio. Annual sales have increased exponentially, and the government customer base has grown substantially. CRG's continued expansion has provided innovative research services for the commercial sector, including numerous Global 500 companies and many small- to mid-sized businesses representing a large cross-section of industry. CRG's government customers include most major government agencies.

Over the past three years, since the inception of the Inc. 5000 program, CRG has had the honor of being on the Inc. 5000 list, a ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. The list features young companies that are achieving success through a wide variety of unprecedented business models.

Corporate Culture
CRG's corporate culture is one of openness, honesty, cooperation, and hard work. These deeply rooted values, combined with a decentralized management system, allow for unprecedented employee empowerment and an atmosphere of mentorship rather than hierarchy. To complement and support these attributes, CRG seeks team-oriented, selfless individuals with diverse backgrounds, training, and personalities. This unique blend of values, management style, and people has fueled double-digit corporate growth in every year of operation.

Task Teams
When the number of people increases in an organization, members often lose connectivity with one another and can be distracted from their mission. It is well established within organizational behavior research that smaller groups of people can make better decisions more efficiently and quickly than larger groups. That's why CRG conciously moved to a smaller group structure to develop effective, efficient, and agile decision-making teams to better enable long-term personal and corporate growth. These teams consist of small, self-managed groups of of 5-9 people defined by research projects and area of function.

These high-trust teams support CRG's mission and core values, providing visibility and accountability as well as giving individuals an opportunity to contribute to problem solving and new business development. Teams are responsible for maintaining high-quality customer support, solving problems creatively, reducing costs and improving efficiency, and growing in their areas of expertise. They also cross-fertilize with other teams to exchange lessons learned and lend expertise in getting the job done.

Spin-off Business
In 2004, CRG initiated its first spin-off company, CRG Industries, LLC, a high-tech manufacturing supply company dedicated to supplying high-performance materials and emerging technologies to government and industry. CRG Industries manufactures state-of-the-art materials and systems engineered and leveraged by CRG's multimillion-dollar research and development programs. In addition, the company manufactures and distributes materials and systems patented by others and licensed by CRG. These products have a wealth of uses and applications in commercial, medical, industrial, and military fields.

Work Force
The R&D work force consists of a variety of experience and disciplines. Fields of study are represented below.