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OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM
Micro-Ant is staffed with a core group of professionals with a proven track record of success in providing antenna products and systems to the commercial, defense, and aerospace markets.
James Francis
Chief Executive Officer
Bio: JD, BS - Commerce. Oversees the business risk profile of the company to maximize stakeholder return.
Interests: Likes boating
Quote: We are inextricably woven together with all of our relationships (stakeholders) as threads in a fabric. Conflicts tear and destroy the fabric.
Charles McCarrick
Chief Science Officer, President and Founder
Bio: PhD, Electromagnetics
Has been in the antenna industry for over 30 years and holder of numerous patents and product IP related to antenna design and technology.
Interests: Likes to fish
Quote: "A problem without a solution is a complaint"
James Messink
Chief Technology Officer
Bio: BS, Mechanical Engineering
Designing, Prototyping, and Implementing quality production of cutting edge patented antenna designs for over 10 years.
Interests: Family Man who likes to push the capabilities of design and manufacturing.
Quote: Whatever you are, be a good one. - A.L.
Ganga Hurakadli
VP of Operational Strategies
Bio: MS, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Coordinates the strategic plan for ensuring operational excellence through systems and services management.
Interests: Likes to hike.
Quote: Be the change you wish to see in the world.
Dasha Tyshlek
Director of Business Development
Bio: BS, Engineering Science, Jefferson Scholar
Responsible for executing the strategic direction of the company and developing all new products.
Interests: Likes to draw
Quote: Play is the highest form of research
Jeff Trumble
General Manager of Kore Veritas
Bio: Ten years of experience within antenna industry
Works directly with the president to bring their strategic vision and goals to life alongside monitoring the pulse of the culture
Interests: Weight Lifting, Fishing, Boating
Quote: "Always celebrate life, you're dead longer than you're alive"
Curtis Hodnefield
RF Test Director
Bio: My first summer job was on an antenna range. 30+ years and many antenna engineering positions later, I’m back to my passion for antenna and RF test.
Interests: Likes family time with all the grandkids
Quote: Try to learn something about everything, and everything about something.
Patrick Smith
Chief Operating Officer
Bio: BS, Mechanical Engineering
Ensures product quality and customer satisfaction through monitoring, measuring, and continuous improvement.
Quote: “If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.” - Einstein
