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Ronald M. Hickling, Co-Founder, CTO, Director, holds a master of science in electrical engineering from UCLA. He has more than 20 years of experience in communications systems and integrated circuits related to communications for U.S. defense and commercial contractors. Beginning in 1980, Mr. Hickling began his career with Hughes Space and Communications, a Hughes Aircraft company, developing circuits for satellite communications. In this capacity he developed custom integrated circuits using silicon, CMOS and bipolar technology, and actively participated in the early research and development efforts using Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) digital circuits in spacecraft. During his tenure at Hughes, Mr. Hickling was appointed Group Head in leading research projects for GaAs digital circuits. Additional projects included Intelsat VI, Magellan, and Navstar/GPS and he also contributed to the Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Program (VHSIC). In 1984 he left Hughes to pursue commercial ventures. He joined start up Gigabit Logic in 1984 and headed development teams on numerous mixed-signal communications projects. He was involved in development efforts with contract clients such as DEC, Rockwell-Collins, Bell Communications Research and others. Mr. Hickling founded TechnoConcepts in 1991 and serves as Chief Technology Officer. He has been responsible for securing more than $1.1 million in Federal SBIR funds to develop the key technology elements of its True Software Radio products. He has been awarded three patents and currently has two patents pending. He has published in numerous industry journals and is a member of the IEEE and Tau Beta Pi. | 