Lance Covert

Background

About Lance Covert

Organized engineering manager, systems engineer, design engineer, electrical engineer, and software developer.Advanced degrees in electrical, RF and microwave engineering.Inventor with 12 patents. Alabama home builder license. Short-term rental owner.Career Highlights-Founder of SEVEN9 LABS-Developed SavantPDM - product data management software-VP of Engineering at a large commercial equipment company for 12 years-Founder, VP, and principal engineer at James River Technologies creating electronic controllers, boards, and sensors - tens of thousands of units operating daily across the US and Canada in supercenters, supermarkets, and convenient stores-RF/microwave engineer with Honeywell Aerospace and EMS Technologies, Defense and Space division developing space-based hardware and software for defense and space technologies with SECRET clearance. Worked on variety of defense and space projects from ExoMars lander to satellite components and fighter jet systems-Ph.D. research introduced the concept of Dual-Function Heatsink Antennas with Dr. Jenshan Lin and has continued to be cited and worked on by various researchers and companies-Master's thesis on Fast Fourier Transformer (FFT)-Based Spectral Analysis with Dr. Larry Wurtz. Developed oscilloscope and FFT analysis software.Systems engineering | Electrical engineering | Electronic hardware design | Automation | Mechanical design | Software development | RF/microwave hardware design | Schematic capture | Layout | PCB Design | 3D solid modelingIoT and embedded hardware/software designDigital and Analog Electronics DesignProgramming (C, Python, VB, PostgreSQL)Microwave Design experience includes:Patch Antennas | RF Power Dividers | Waveguide Components | Ferrite switches | Ferrite isolatorsSwitched-beam horn antennas | Cross-guide couplers | Stripline and Microstrip design | RF Power AmplifiersDesigns up to 60 GHz.Design Tool/CAD/Programming Experience:Asana project managementAutodesk Eagle | Fusion360 | Solid Edge | Geomagic (Alibre)Ansoft HFSS | Ansoft Maxwell 3-D | Ansoft Designer | ADS (Advanced Design System)LTSpice | Agilent Vee | Matlab | MathCADIDEs: Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio | Pycharm | MPLABPDM Systems: SavantPDM | OmnifyPublications: 16 publications in refereed journals and conferencesPatents: 12 patents4 Invention Disclosures:1 University of Florida inv. disclosures3 Honeywell inv. disclosures