Astrapi® Leadership

Jerrold Prothero, Ph.D.
CEO and Founder
Jerrold developed the generalization of Euler’s formula that led to his invention of the patented spiral modulation technology, which has wide application in the telecommunications industry. He is the Principal Investigator … Read More
for a National Science Foundation SBIR Phase II grant to refine and commercialize spiral modulation. Jerrold has authored over forty patent cases among ten patent families that are issued, pending, filed provisionally and covered under international Patent Cooperation Treaty provisions. He has advised both the private sector and the U.S. Government on technology issues. Jerrold has substantially contributed to more than twenty-five technology implementations including the development of software used to monitor $7 trillion in assets for the Treasury Department. He received his advanced degrees while at the Human Interface Technology Laboratory (HITL), an industrial lab consortium focused on commercializing university research. He holds B.S. degrees in Physics and Computer Science (with Honors), an M.S.E. in Inter-Disciplinary Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, all from the University of Washington in Seattle. A chess master, Jerrold enjoys analyzing and solving complex problems.

Dennis Ahearn
Chief Intellectual Property and Corporate Counsel
Dennis was the Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property and Technology Law at Lockheed Martin Corporation and the Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at COMSAT Corporation. Over his extensive career … Read More

Michael Antone
Intellectual Property and Corporate Counsel
Michael Antone is a Registered US Patent Attorney that brings to Astrapi over twenty years of patent strategy and intellectual property protection experience in large law firm, … Read More

Tanay Bhatt, Ph.D.
Senior R&D Scientist
Dr. Bhatt has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications Industry and university teaching with extensive experience in development of advanced engineering systems. He has authored multiple … Read More

Andrew D. Roscoe
Senior Advisor
Mr. Roscoe, a career executive with more than 25 years of experience, has a proven record building and advising companies in the wireless and government contracting sectors. He has held executive positions for firms in the sectors of … Read More

David Shaw
Senior Vice President/Chief Commercialization Officer
David has twenty-nine years’ experience in direct sales and product development while introducing new products and working with early-stage companies. In addition to successfully selling Nail Express, David made partners, … Read More

Rita Martinez Solon
Co-founder and Director of Strategic Support
Rita has served in three Presidential Administrations, twice as a Presidential appointee at the U.S. Department of Energy, where she worked on tech transfer issues at the National Labs. She has also served as … Read More

James J. Sterling
Senior Engineer
Jim has more than twenty years of television broadcast and consumer electronics development experience. While at Uniden America Corporation, he … Read More