Management Team
Mayflower Communications’ team of experienced managers and employees drives the success of our business. Learn more about us with our management biographies.
Dr. Triveni N. Upadhyay
Founder, President, CEO
Dr. Upadhyay is President of Mayflower Communications Company, Inc., a company that concentrates on research, prototype development, and commercialization of advanced communication and navigation systems. At Mayflower, he has been the technical director of projects for DOT/FAA, NASA, DARPA, the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, and the U.S. Navy, which have made fundamental contributions to the field of GPS receivers, GPS Anti-Jam techniques, GPS/INS navigation and attitude determination applied to space and airborne systems, and wireless communication systems. During the period March 2000 to September 2001, Dr. Upadhyay also served as President and CEO of Envoy Networks, Inc., a venture capital funded company focused on developing and marketing spectrum efficient 3G commercial cellular technology and products. At Envoy, Dr. Upadhyay developed innovative technology to enhance the capacity and coverage of wireless cellular networks for both voice and data, which are subjects of several U.S. patents. Prior to forming Mayflower in 1986, Dr. Upadhyay was Chief of the System Analysis Group in the Radio Communication and Navigation Division at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory (1978 – 85), Cambridge, MA. He was involved in developing design methodologies, signal processing algorithms, and system integration approaches to enhance the dynamics and Anti-Jam (ECCM) performance of GPS systems. He served as program manager (1985-1986) on the DARPA-sponsored Miniature GPS Receiver Phase I development program. Between 1973 and 1978, he was Head of the System Engineering group on the GPS Manpack program at Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas.
Dr. Upadhyay has published over twenty papers in technical journals and has contributed a book chapter. He is the co-inventor of four U.S. Patents: Pre-correlation Digital GPS Receiver Architecture (Patent No. 4,894,842), Adaptive Transversal Filter (Patent No. 5,268,927), and Standalone Interference Canceller for Spread Spectrum Systems (Patent No. 5,596,000), and Integrated Adaptive Spatial-Temporal System for Controlling Narrowband and Wideband Sources of Interference in Spread Spectrum CDMA Receivers (Patent No. 6,115,409). He received his B.S. (with honors) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India in 1966; M. Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1968; M.S. from Princeton University in 1970; and Ph.D. from University of Texas at Austin in 1973, all in Electrical Engineering.
Mr. Nareshbabu N. Jarmale
Vice President of Engineering
Mr. Jarmale joined Mayflower in 1997. He has over 20 years of experience in various aspects of systems engineering and software architecture/design and development: Embedded Software, DSPs, Instrumentation, Graphical User Interfaces, Data Processing, and Communication Protocols. In his current position as Vice President of Navigation Group at Mayflower, he is responsible for research and development of new navigation technologies. Currently, Mr. Jarmale is leading the programs related to MGUE development and navigation technology enhancements (namely, GPS/INS, CSAC, WiFi, etc.). Currently, he is managing the Air Force program under which Mayflower is developing a very small system for MGUE integrated with Electronic Protection/Electronic Support system Prototype for GPS jammer detection, geolocation, and characterization in a very small form factor. Recent programs that Mr. Jarmale successfully managed include: Navigation Warfare Electronic Support (an integrated Electronic Protection/Electronic Support system for GPS jammer detection, geolocation, and characterization in a very small form factor) system, Robust Collaborative GPS Navigation System (RC-GNS) that augments GPS receiver with WiFi signals, and High Sensitivity Military GPS Receiver (HSGR) system. His contributions at Mayflower include design and development of embedded software for various GPS receiver products, Kinematic Carrier Phase processing, and analysis of GPS measurements. In the past, he was responsible for development of GUI for GSM Protocol simulation models, and for development and analysis of simulation models for Air Traffic Control System using OPNET. Prior to joining Mayflower, Mr. Jarmale worked at Teradyne (1996), Baysoft Private Ltd. (1995), Indian Space Research Organization (1994-1995), Priya International Ltd. (1992-1993), and also taught at an Engineering college (1988-1990). Mr. Jarmale received his B.E. in Electronics & Communication Engineering degree in 1987 and M.Tech in Industrial Electronics in 1992, both from University of Mysore, India.
Mr. William L. LeComte
Vice President, Anti-Jam Technology and Programs
Mr. LeComte is the Director of GPS anti-jam technology providing a leadership role in all of the RF hardware development, evaluation of RF systems, and systems testing for GPS receivers and GPS Anti-Jam (AJ) solutions. As part of his efforts in directing AJ technology at Mayflower, Mr. LeComte has managed several Anti-Jam programs including the Ballistic Trajectory Extended Range Munition II (BTERM) program, the Mayflower Low Elevation Antenna Nuller (M-LEAN) program, the Small Antenna System (SAS) program, Submarine Anti-Jam GPS Enhancement (SAGE), and Multi-Platform Anti-Jam GPS Navigation Antenna (MAGNA) RIF program. Mr. LeComte is the Program Manager for the Multi-Platform Anti-Jam Navigation Antenna – Engineering & Manufacturing Development (MAGNA-EMD) Program. In addition, Mr. LeComte has provided management support for field testing Mayflower AJ and GPS technologies at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), Facilities for Antenna and RCS Measurements (FARM) at Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson AFB. Previously Mr. LeComte worked at MIT Lincoln Laboratory where he was responsible for optical/RF systems designs for high-speed multi-gigabit 20 GHz terrestrial air-links in which he acted as test director. As part of that effort, Mr. LeComte designed a 20 GHz atmospheric propagation simulator utilizing transversal filter techniques to provide repeatable testing of atmospheric equalizers used to counter the effects of depolarization. From 1990 to 1995, he designed various RF and photonic antenna nulling systems to counter the effects of broadband signal jamming. From 1988 to 1990, he was involved in receiver designs employing phase-locked loop techniques for reception of communication space satellites. From 1982 to 1988, Mr. LeComte worked on the design, fabrication, and test of various RF and digital subsystems for EHF communication satellites. Mr. LeComte holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Microwave Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
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Ms. Devonne L. Moore
Vice President, Production Programs
With more than two decades of executive level experience in the telecommunications industry, Ms. Moore joined Mayflower in 2018 to focus her management and organizational expertise on building and running Mayflower’s MAGNA Production program. She is leveraging her background in R&D, Business Development, Quality Assurance and Operations to help Mayflower establish a world class production facility designed to meet all MAGNA technical, schedule, cost and quality requirements.
Her career started at AT&T Bell Laboratories in system test automation for secure voice applications and then focused on transmission and optical networking equipment. In 2012, her experience as the Director of Product Management for the Americas region at Alcatel-Lucent encompassed managing the entire product lifecycle. By 2015, Ms. Moore moved to the Nokia Customer Quality Management Organization. In this role she ensured that all aspects of customer satisfaction were addressed whether it was product support, training, new features inclusion, or logistics.
Ms. Moore has a BS Degree in Computer Science from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and a MS Degree in Computer Science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
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Mr. Joseph P. Thomas
Senior Director, Government Programs
Mr. Thomas joined Mayflower Communications in 2015 and is currently leading the requirement and development for our SGUE (Small GPS User Equipment) military MGUE receiver program sponsored by SMC/GP. He is also leading the requirement and development for the MAGNA-EMD (Multi-Platform Anti-Jam Navigation Antenna – Engineering Manufacturing & Development Program). As a retired US Army Officer Mr. Thomas has over 20 years of experience in the U.S. Armed Forces. As part of his service he served as the only US Army Officer on the U.S. Air Force HQ Staff for the USAF Requirements for Space as the Director of the Position Navigation and Timing Branch for the U.S. Air Force and the Department of Defense (DoD), on the Global Positioning System. He managed all DoD requirements in support of the GPS Space, Ground Control, and User Equipment segments for the DoD GPS Enterprise Modernization effort. Mr. Thomas was selected to serve at the Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) as part of the Training with Industry Program to support programs improving Space, Special Operations, and Sensitive Operation capabilities to the DoD and government Agencies. During his time serving in a Special Mission Unit (SMU) Mr. Thomas served as the Director of Integrated Joint Special Technical Operations (IJSTO aka STO) were he planned, developed, and incorporated unique highly compartmentalized capabilities and Special Access Programs (SAPs) into DoD operations. Mr. Thomas has a Bachelor of Arts (BA), History, The Citadel and certification from the National Security Space Institute in Space Flight and Orbital Mechanics.
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About Us
Mayflower Communications Company is a technology and innovation leader specializing in advanced radio navigation, digital Anti-Jam, and wireless communication technologies.