Fast digital RF microwave design, development, and manufacture of complex communications systems and subsystems

management team

The Protium Technologies management team has many years of experience with the technologies of digital microwave communications.

Richard Gawlik --- President

Rick Gawlik was most recently President and CEO of Sierra Networks, Inc. and SierraCom, its operating unit. The company experienced rapid growth on the basis of fully integrated digital microwave radios and VSAT systems. Earlier, Rick had been Vice President and General Manager at two M/A-COM divisions.
Education: MIT, Electrical Engineering.

Richard Hughes --- Vice President/RF and Microwave Engineering

Dick Hughes was formerly Vice President of Engineering at SierraCom, a division of Sierra Networks, Inc. Dick led the development of numerous terrestrial and satellite communications products covering the range from VHF to 60 GHz. Prior to SierraCom, Dick was with GTE Government Systems, Inc.
Education: Ohio State University, Electrical Engineering

Michael Smutek --- Vice President/Digital and Software Engineering

Mike Smutek was Director of Software Engineering at SierraCom, where he developed software architectures for a number of digital radio systems. Prior to SierraCom, Mike was Vice President of Engineering at Prepress Solutions, where he led the development of a number of new software and hardware products.
Education: MIT, Electrical Engineering.

Lawrence Fletcher --- Vice President/Systems Engineering

Lawrence Fletcher was formerly Vice President of Technology at SierraCom, responsible for the introduction of new processes and technologies for high performance digital radios. Lawrence has spent the last several years at Cobham Sensor Systems developing military products.
Education: Salford University, U.K., Electrical Engineering

Nicholas DeSilvio --- Vice President/Business Development

Nick DeSilvio was VP of Operations at SierraCom, where he managed a plant that manufactured and shipped over 80,000 microwave radio systems and subsystems worldwide. Prior to SierraCom, Nick was Manufacturing Manager at Microsemi Corporation, where he was responsible for all semiconductor manufacturing operations.
Education: Daniel Webster College, Business Administration

Richard Ledoux --- Vice President/Operations

Rick Ledoux was Manager of Process Engineering at SierraCom, where he was responsible for all microwave radio manufacturing and test processes. Prior to SierraCom, Rick was with Raytheon Corporation.
Education: University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Electrical Engineering.