About Us
GroupGets
Greetings, and welcome to GroupGets!
Since our inception in 2013, we have striven to uncover the latest, most innovative technology tailored for researchers, conservationists, and electronics enthusiasts including sought-after items like FLIR thermal camera cores, AudioMoth acoustic loggers from Open Acoustic Devices, and spectrometers from Hamamatsu optoelectronics.
Whether you’re looking for components to enhance your upcoming DIY project, stocking up for research, interested in participating our new product pre-orders, or on the lookout for state-of-the-art thermal imaging cameras, rest assured, we are here for you.
-The GroupGets Team
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Based 100% in the USA
All customer service interface, product development, and shipping is from our headquarters in Reno, Nevada USA.
Innovation
We not only offer cutting-edge technology but also create it ourselves! Our in-house team has developed products for FLIR Lepton, Boson, Hamamatsu, and many others.
Premiere Partnerships
We have long history with Teledyne FLIR, Hamamatsu, and more - we earn our partners’ trust and yours, too.
The Team
Ron Justin
Cofounder
Ron is a US inventor with a 20 year engineering career that has seen numerous prototypes ignite on boot, products that went to market, and a few ventures that successfully exited (and failed miserably). A father and avid mountain biker, you can find Ron shredding in the Sierras on any given weekend.
Kurt Kiefer
Cofounder & CTO
A computer engineer whose passions run the gamut of large scale distributed systems to 8-bit microcontrollers, Kurt has led many hardware and software projects, both in and out of his day job. When he’s not trying out a new web framework, he’s probably in the garage making it work on his automated homebrewing setup.
Sashi Ono
Chief Science Officer
Sashi is a father, embedded systems guru, multi-award-winning competitive robot designer, DIY drone builder, Android hacker, advisor to many start-ups, and the founder of Pure Engineering LLC. We think that he may have made some contributions to alien technology discoveries too.
Matthew Navarro
VP of Operations
Matthew is an avid dirt biker, certified drone pilot, and lifelong computer enthusiast with over 15 years of experience in design, front-end development, 3D modeling, and photography, as well as more than a decade in operations management and process optimization. A passionate maker, he built a custom camper van from scratch and enjoys camping, hiking, and lake adventures when he’s not creating something new.
Mia Cho
Head of Office
Mia is our resident Korean-born Kiwi with a diverse background spanning commercial production for automotive companies, art directing various TV shows, and founding a healthy meal kit delivery service throughout Los Angeles.
Wallace Chen
Operations and Sales Associate
Wallace graduated with a bachelor's in Psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno. Wallace recently started his sales journey with GroupGets as a part-time rep as well as continuing his role in the daily operations here. Outside of work, he’s an avid history nerd, golfer wannabe, rock climber and overall 10/10 guy to be around.
Griffin Covert
Hardware Engineering Lead
Griffin graduated with a bachelor's in ECE Physics and a minor in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno. Having grown up in Mammoth Lakes California, he has a passion for skiing and the outdoors. Griffin is also an avid maker and 3D printing enthusiast.
Katherine Chavez-Carrico
Community Manager
Katherine is GroupGets' Community Manager, with a background in UI/UX design, customer research, social media management, and digital content creation. Per Gallup's StrengthsFinder 2.0, her top strengths are adaptability, inclusivity, drive, contextual strategy, and communication. She's a certified Shimsan Taekwondo instructor (a journey she began at age eight) and cofounded an NGO in Tanzania providing equitable employment access for people with disabilities, where she serves as Product Manager.