Dr. Juan Deaton is currently the Chief Alignment Officer at Alignment Consulting and Engineering, focusing on advising SATCOM companies in digitally transforming their networks, business development, and performing R&D in digital signal processing. Previously, as a senior research scientist at Apothym Technologies Group (ATG), he worked to advance waveform virtualization. His 2022 report, Digital Transformation of Satellite Communication Networks, provided the vision for digitization and virtualization for the SATCOM industry. At ATG, he also served as a DIFI Board Member, a key contributor to the specification, and the Digital Transformation of SATCOM Workshop chair at MILCOM. Before that, Juan worked with Comtech EF Data on Forward Error Correction Technologies and other satellite communications modeling. His tenure at Comtech EF Data also involved research on anti-jam waveforms and LDPC codes. Before Comtech, he was at the Idaho National Lab, focusing on spectrum optimization and emergency communications. Juan holds a Ph.D. and M.S. from Virginia Tech and a BSEE from the University of Idaho. His patent work includes spectrum sharing, wireless emergency communications, and waveform virtualization.
Listed skills include Wireless, Lte, Cdma, Gsm, and 20 others.