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Key Personnel Biographies
Phil Vyhanek, General Manager of Wireless Infrastructure Antenna
Mr. Vyhanek joined Cushcraft in December 2000 and is currently Laird Technologies General Manager of Wireless Infrastructure Antenna (WIFA). He has over ten years of engineering, manufacturing, finance and purchasing experience in fortune 500 companies.
Mr. Vyhanek has a proven track record of driving quality, delivery and productivity improvements. He has extensive experience with ERP Systems, Lean Manufacturing, Mistake Proofing and Global Sourcing.
Prior to joining Cushcraft, Phil held managerial roles in Supply Base, Operations, Engineering and Finance with Honeywell (formerly AlliedSignal). He also has both engineering and operations experience at Ford Motor Company. Mr. Vyhanek has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Wisconsin and an MBA from The University of Michigan. James Nugnes, Business Development Director
Mr. Nugnes is the Business Development Director for Wireless infrastructure Antenna. Jim has been with Cushcraft for 18 years. Prior to the sale of the company in 1995 Jim held the position of Sales manager. In his current position, Jim is responsible for all facets of the company's marketing and sales organization. He oversees the sales activities for the commercial PCS market (WLL, WLAN, etc.), the commercial RFDC market and the commercial two-way and SMR markets.
Before being employed with Cushcraft, Jim had been in the investment community and previous to that, had owned his own business.
Adam M. Alevy, Vice President - Engineering
Mr. Alevy joined Cushcraft in 1998 as Vice President of Engineering. He is currently responsible for managing all antenna development for Cushcraft's commercial and amateur products. Adam is also responsible for introducing new technologies into Cushcraft's wireless product line.
Between 1994 and 1997, Adam was employed at Atlantic Microwave Corporation in Bolton, Massachusetts. As a project engineer and program manager, his duties included the design, development and testing of antenna systems from VHF through 50 GHz. Adam designed many unique antennas, including a reflector system capable of transmitting simultaneous frequencies of like polarization from independent transmitters. Additionally, he established solar G/T testing methods for qualification testing of final products. Adam also supervised engineers and technicians in the design and testing of monopulse and psuedo-monopulse tracking antennas. He also established the requirements for the RF instrumentation, software, and facilities for the antenna test range at Atlantic Microwave.
Adam was employed by D&M/Chu Technology (formerly Chu Associates) in Littleton, MA from 1987 to 1994. As an antenna design engineer and program manager, he was directly responsible for antenna system development from project inception through final delivery. Adam designed and tested numerous antennas from 3 MHz through 20 GHz for radar, communications, Satcom, and signal ELINT systems. Applications included: shipboard, airborne, spacecraft, and ground-based systems for military and commercial use. He was also directly responsible for developing and maintaining the computer modeling capabilities at D&M/Chu. Adam developed software for multi-layer radome analysis, antenna array design, reflector analysis, slotted array design, automatic antenna testing, and computer peripheral control.
Adam received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu and the IEEE and is a licensed amateur radio operator (NIFXT).
Dr. Jarrett D. Morrow, Principal Engineer
Dr. Morrow joined Cushcraft in November 2000 as a Senior Antenna Engineer and was promoted to Principal Engineer in May 2001. He is currently responsible for commercial antenna design and development. Before arriving at Cushcraft Corporation, Dr. Morrow was employed by Spike Broadband Systems, Inc. in Nashua, New Hampshire, where he was responsible for antenna design and analysis for their proprietary antenna components. He also developed numerical tools for specific applications and guided efforts related to materials and fabrication. Prior to employment with Spike Broadband Systems, Dr. Morrow was employed by Shason Microwave in Houston, Texas where he was responsible for design and development of high-efficiency commercial amplifiers and space-qualified modules. Dr. Morrow has been an independent consultant for the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, NASA Johnson Space Center contractors in Houston, Texas, and commercial companies.
Dr. Morrow has designed several antennas and microwave components in the UHF, L-, S-, and C-bands as well as superconducting and leaky-wave antennas in the K- and W-bands. He has also developed software using the finite-difference time-domain method, method of moments, and multi-port network technique; as well as software for the analysis of microwave lenses, leaky-wave antennas, propagation, and radomes.
Dr. Morrow received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston in 1996. He is a member of the IEEE.
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