Antenna design and development

PDS Tech and LS ConnectConsulting Engineer, 9/2006 to Present• Sensys Networks, commercial imbedded antenna design • Northrop Grumman ground vehicle, aircraft, and missile antenna design and supplier interface• Antenna test direction at antenna test facilities of Northrop, antenna suppliers, and government sites

Northrop Grumman (formerly TRW / ESL) Antenna Department Manager, Sunnyvale/Sacramento, 11/1983 to 6/2006• Developed antennas featuring multi-octave frequency range, with control of gain, impedance and size• Analyzed RF interference sources and cancellers allowing multiple antennas in a limited space• Designed antennas for applications from submarine to space including dipole, monopole, blade, spiral, horn, bi-conical, flush mounted, ferrite loaded loop, array, shaped reflector, and metamaterial• Interfaced with customers, subcontractors, consultants, management, and mechanical engineering• Worked with RF engineers & technicians to match antennas & meet gain, & bandwidth requirements• Provided purchase requirements and engineering evaluation of antenna subcontractors• Prepared numerous technical, cost, and schedule proposals• Formed a Northrop Standard Services and Products (SS&P) initiative to support commercial ventures• Antenna design and testing for numerous commercial companies and Silicon Valley start ups:Adicom – bullet proof communication antennaOrbital Sciences - precision data relay antennaRange Star – hand set antenna with low specific absorption rateSchlumberger – meter pit lid antennaWireless on Line – PointBeam smart multibeam cell site antennaPlus design support and testing for: AntennaEM, Cnowire, Delfin, Escort Memory Systems, Protura, REMEC, Repeater Technologies, Signal Antenna Systems, and others• Commercial antenna patents“High Performance Directional Cellular Band Antenna” US Patent 6,281,858 “UTILITY METER TRANSPONDER EXPOSED GROUND LEVEL ANTENNA ASSEMBLY” Patent assigned to Schlumberger• Provided capital equipment selection for project and department needs• Internal research and development (IRAD) development of advanced technology antenna innovations• Bring IRAD antennas into manufactured and delivered products• IEEE member and past chairman of the Santa Clara Valley IEEE Antennas & Propagation chapter