Randy Direen is an experienced electrical engineer with a demonstrated history of work within the Department of Commerce as well as Defense & Space industries. For many years he worked at NIST within the RF Technology division, primarily researching near-field antenna measurements. He currently designs, builds and tests antennas and radar frontends at Invictus Animus. Randy is a strong engineering professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) focused in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Colorado at Boulder.

Specialties include:

Near-field antenna measurements.
RF systems analysis for mmWave, radar, and near field imaging.
Electromagnetic modeling experience of RF designs (Antennas, PCBs, waveguides) in HFSS.
RF test equipment experience (VNA, Signal Generators, Spectrum Analyzers, Real time spectrum analyzers, etc. ).
Software experience with Matlab, Python, C/C++, Fortran.
Experience leading R&D teams.
RF PCB layout, design, development and testing.