Buddy Martin is the Project Scientist for Mirror Polishing at the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab. He leads the development of fabrication and testing for large optics, including the 8.4 m segments of the Giant Magellan Telescope. Previous manufacturing achievements include the two 8.4 m primary mirrors of the Large Binocular Telescope, the 8.4 m combined primary and tertiary mirror for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, and thin deformable secondary mirrors for the LBT. Buddy has a Ph. D. in physics from Cambridge University and has been at Steward Observatory since 1986. He worked in radio astronomy before moving uto manufacturing optics.