Thomas J. Russell

He then moved to the University of Missouri to begin post-graduate studies in Electrical Engineering and a second master's degree in Mathematics.

After graduation, he joined Douglas Aircraft Company in Santa Monica and then moved on to Bendix Aviation in Kansas City and joined Alfred Electronics in Palo Alto in 1966, before starting his own company nine years later.

In 1975 Russell founded KRYTAR,[2] a privately owned company that specializes in the manufacture of ultra broadband microwave components and test equipment for space, military and commercial usage.

Russell developed one of the first computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools specifically for the design of microwave couplers.

[3] During his career he filed 8 separate patents, spanning four decades, all related to directional couplers and similar technologies.