Leadership Team
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As the founder of Fifth Gait Technologies, Kathy is a radiation-effects scientist with over a decade of experience in the effects of radiation environments on semiconductor devices and materials. Her work has included the prediction and simulation of natural and man-made space nuclear environments as well as performance prediction and testing of solid-state devices subjected to these environments.
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At the forefront of technological advancements for Fifth Gait, Rudy provides aerospace, defense and commercial industries with novel capabilities and innovations. He is a recognized subject matter expert and an astute leader in areas of survivability, space and missile defense, sensors, and sensor systems.
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As Fifth Gait’s subject matter expert in the areas of modeling, simulation, and testing of space radiation and nuclear weapons effect, Jonathan also engages in systems engineering, hardened design of electro-optical and structural systems, and definition of space and nuclear weapons radiation environments.
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While creating, communicating, executing, and sustaining a unified company strategy, Richard also recruits top notch talent for Fifth Gait. And currently, he oversees the building of state-of-the-art labs as Director of our company’s Microelectronics and Electro-optics Test Group located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Subject matter experts
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As the founder of Fifth Gait Technologies, Kathy is a radiation-effects scientist with over a decade of experience in the effects of radiation environments on semiconductor devices and materials. Her work has included the prediction and simulation of natural and man-made space nuclear environments as well as performance prediction and testing of solid-state devices subjected to these environments.
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At the forefront of technological advancements for Fifth Gait, Rudy provides aerospace, defense and commercial industries with novel capabilities and innovations. He is a recognized subject matter expert and an astute leader in areas of survivability, space and missile defense, sensors, and sensor systems.
![A transparent image used for creating empty spaces in columns](https://5thgait.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/transparent_square.png)
As Fifth Gait’s subject matter expert in the areas of modeling, simulation, and testing of space radiation and nuclear weapons effect, Jonathan also engages in systems engineering, hardened design of electro-optical and structural systems, and definition of space and nuclear weapons radiation environments.
![A transparent image used for creating empty spaces in columns](https://5thgait.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/transparent_square.png)
While creating, communicating, executing, and sustaining a unified company strategy, Richard also recruits top notch talent for Fifth Gait. And currently, he oversees the building of state-of-the-art labs as Director of our company’s Microelectronics and Electro-optics Test Group located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
engineers & Support
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As the founder of Fifth Gait Technologies, Kathy is a radiation-effects scientist with over a decade of experience in the effects of radiation environments on semiconductor devices and materials. Her work has included the prediction and simulation of natural and man-made space nuclear environments as well as performance prediction and testing of solid-state devices subjected to these environments.
![A transparent image used for creating empty spaces in columns](https://5thgait.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/transparent_square.png)
At the forefront of technological advancements for Fifth Gait, Rudy provides aerospace, defense and commercial industries with novel capabilities and innovations. He is a recognized subject matter expert and an astute leader in areas of survivability, space and missile defense, sensors, and sensor systems.
![A transparent image used for creating empty spaces in columns](https://5thgait.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/transparent_square.png)
As Fifth Gait’s subject matter expert in the areas of modeling, simulation, and testing of space radiation and nuclear weapons effect, Jonathan also engages in systems engineering, hardened design of electro-optical and structural systems, and definition of space and nuclear weapons radiation environments.
![A transparent image used for creating empty spaces in columns](https://5thgait.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/transparent_square.png)
While creating, communicating, executing, and sustaining a unified company strategy, Richard also recruits top notch talent for Fifth Gait. And currently, he oversees the building of state-of-the-art labs as Director of our company’s Microelectronics and Electro-optics Test Group located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.