Dr. Charles N. Pateros received his Ph.D. in computer and systems engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY in 1993 and then joined ViaSat, Inc. (Pre-IPO, NASDAQ:VSAT), in Carlsbad, CA. From 1993 to 2017, Chuck was a Member of Technical Staff and worked on technologies such as communication satellite payload design, signal processing, networking, secure computing, and RF MMICs.  He has been issued 18 US patents with multiple US and foreign patents pending and is registered to practice at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Chuck also served as Corporate Patent Manager at ViaSat. He has taught digital signal processing, computer hardware design and engineering capstone design courses at the University of San Diego, where he has served on the engineering school advisory board and chaired the electrical engineering advisory board. Chuck has been an active volunteer for EvoNexus on behalf of ViaSat since its inception in 1998.