Jim R
Principal Owner at RANSON Technologies, LLC
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJim R is a veteran systems and mechanical engineer with over 35 years designing and managing optical remote sensing systems across airborne, ship-borne, space-borne, mobile, and ground platforms. As Principal Owner of RANSON Technologies and former Technical Manager at NCAR, he blends hands-on product design, prototyping, testing, and manufacturing with program-level leadership. His deep specialty in LIDAR/LADAR, RADAR, laser and opto-mechanical systems is complemented by experience leading teams on high-profile programs like Lockheed Martin’s WindTracer and space‑borne laser development. Jim is equally comfortable on the shop floor or in the program office, having overseen instrument fabrication, assembly, and field deployments. Based in Boulder, Colorado, he brings rare continuity across research, defense, and commercial projects, translating complex sensing requirements into robust, deployable systems. His background in mechanical engineering and decades of cross-disciplinary leadership make him a pragmatic problem solver for advanced sensing challenges.
13 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BSME, Mechanical Engineering, BSME, Mechanical Engineering at University of Colorado DenverProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
NCAR/remote_FTIR
Apr 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 year 10 months
NCAR/sfit-core-code
Aug 2013 - May 2021
SFIT Core Code repository
Contributions:153 commits, 46 pushes in 7 years 10 months
code-repository
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