This page gives a short biography of the personnel at Optim. Feel free to give us a call or send us email to the addresses given below.
A graduate of both the UCLA School of Engineering (M.S.E.E., 1960) and the UCLA School of Business (Executive Program), Mr. Peterson has over 30 years of engineering and management experience with Hughes, Xerox, and other companies. He provides program, contract, and financial management for Optim.
Prior to and during his graduate work at UCLA (Ph.D., 1992), Dr. Mahon worked for Interscan International Ltd. (Sydney, Australia) where he developed scanning algorithms for phased array antennas, software for Microwave Landing Systems antennas, Tacan antennas, etc. He directs and performs design and analyses of antennas, systems, and microwave components at Optim.
A UCLA graduate (Ph.D., 1995), Dr. Peterson-Espino has expanded her thesis work on the analysis of waveguide slots by contributing to computer codes that model planar slot arrays. Prior experience includes hybrid circuit designs for satellite payloads at TRW. She has developed programs for designing and analyzing large dual-reflector antennas at Optim.
Dr. Faust is a graduate from UCLA (Ph.D., 1997) where he specialized in antenna theory. He has contributed to much of the code wirtten at Optim. His work has included waveguide array antenna designs, reflector antenna designs, feed designs, Luneburg lens antenna analysis, and analysis of anti-jam performance of various satellite architectures. He also acts as system administrator to Optim's network of computers. He is the winner of the 1997 URSI Student Paper Contest for a paper and presentation based upon his dissertation work.
We are looking for talented antenna and microwave engineers with an entrepreneurial spirit. We offer work which is varied and challenging. Present employees are all part owners of the company and we will consider a similar arrangement for qualified candidates. Come join a small group of talented engineers who consult for Hughes, TRW, EMS, Datron/Transco, etc. Please send your resume if interested to optim at pobox dot com.