Dualos

TACOMA, WASHINGTON—Simnovus, a North Carolina-based  company, has chosen Dualos, LLC as its U.S.-based federal partner for the sale of its UE Simulator product.

Simnovus offers an innovative approach to 5G RAN simulation and validation. The UE Simulator has the capability to validate various application traffic, real life traffic simulations (5G, Nb-IoT, Cat-M and LTE) and interoperability with other nodes. The UE Simulator runs on COTS and SDR, allowing deployment on multiple test beds. The platform supports broad frequency ranges and can support 4×4 MIMO. Scripts are auto-generated and controlled via a powerful and flexible web-based UI. Pricing is subscription-based, allowing for predictable budgeting, and software updates are pushed out across all test beds, leaving no gaps in features. UE Simulator is a turn-on automation-ready prepackaged automation library.

“Simnovus was looking for a partner aligned with our vision of bringing innovative 5G RAN validation solutions to the DOD ecosystem” states Sunil Kalidindi, President of US Sales. “We chose to work with Dualos as they truly understand how to provide comprehensive solutions to their customers by bringing together best-in-class products. The expertise Dualos brings is unique for this sector and we are excited to be working with their great team.”

Dualos Vice President Rob Harris adds that “Simnovus complements the strong 5G test portfolio Dualos offers to its US government customers,” as customers move away from hardware fixed test solutions to highly configurable software testing Simnovus was a natural fit. “Their 5G RAN simulation and emulation is far superior than any other solution on the market today,” Harris says.

More information can be found at www.dualos.com/simnovus/

About Simnovus
Based in North Carolina, Simnovus enables innovators to win the 5G race by enabling continuous test and rapid validation. Our software-oriented approach takes advantage of COTS hardware, so our customers can deploy several testbeds in parallel. Our UE Simulator validates 5G and 4G base stations by simulating thousands of UEs performing various realistic control and user plane traffic patterns. Our network emulator simulates a 5G and 4G network. 5G disruptors worldwide have already partnered with us, and we are expanding rapidly. www.simnovus.com

About Dualos
With decades of experience in business development and product management expertise, Dualos expertly provides go-to-market strategies and business execution for military and aerospace organizations targeting the US Intel Communities and DoD ecosystem. Dualos’ subject matter expertise is in test, emulation, and simulation covering the entire electromagnetic spectrum. www.dualos.com

Rich Lapen is a sales and marketing professional with more than thirty plus years of experience in advanced network communications technologies for all aspects of government, provider, equipment manufacture and commercial enterprise markets. He has an extensive personal and professional network of contacts from C-Level executives to key engineering decision makers.

Widely respected for the depth of his technical knowledge, Lapen is able to articulate needs to all customers and stakeholders. His particular areas of expertise include mobile, cloud, cyber, DoD tactical, service provider, enterprise, network equipment customer environments, architectures, business models, and procurement methods.

“Dualos has created a whole ecosystem leveraging internal IP along with strategic partners,” says Rob Harris, executive vice president of Dualos, “providing complete test and diagnostic solutions from LEO satellites to mobile networks. We feel Rich’s knowledge, experience, and leadership will propel Dualos’s success within tactical networks and 5G spectrum.”

Rich Lapen

Miles Altman brings to Dualos a deep experience in avionics, both in and out of the military. As a senior NCO in the US Air Force Reserve he worked on the C-17, learning its communication, navigation, and countermeasures systems, as well the data buses that connect many of its components. He was a Quality Assurance Inspector for the 315^th Maintenance Group at Joint Base Charleston, and now leads and mentors a team of technicians to develop maintenance skills and readiness to meet Air Force needs.

Miles has also been a civilian employee for the Air Force, where he was a subject matter expert on flightline support equipment. He served as senior field engineer on F-16 flight simulators for Lockheed Martin, during which time he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in technical management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

“Miles will bring value to our customers by providing them with solutions to their more difficult avionics problems,” says Harris. “The most complex test and simulation challenges can only be addressed by a team that understands that complexity. Miles’ vast avionics maintenance and flightline support knowledge are crucial to providing customers with application assurance and expertise.”

Miles Altman

TACOMA, WASHINGTON—Dualos will be a key sponsor of the 2020 HUBZone Small Business Week Summit, which will be hosted online this year as a virtual event from September 8–11.

HUBZone is a program of the United States Small Business Administration that was created in 1998 to support growth in historically underutilized business (HUB) zones with the goal of awarding three percent of all federal contract dollars annually to qualifying companies. These  are communities that by definition lack capital investment from Capitol Hill and in federal agencies. Meeting the three percent goal requires coordination, networking, outreach, and advocacy, as well as lobbying for economic development and policy reform, for which the nonprofit HUBZone Contractors National Council was formed.

The Small Business Week Summit is week-long networking and educational summit organized by the HUBZone Contractors National Council. It features training and educational seminars from top industry professionals, government and industry matchmaking with agencies and prime contractors, and panel discussions. Typically held as an in-person meeting, this year the Summit will be held virtually due to ongoing public health concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Dualos takes enormous pride in sponsoring this year’s event. Based in a HUBZone in Tacoma, Washington, Dualos itself is a Native American owned and women owned small business. Its advocacy for small businesses, women, and minorities not only makes strategic sense for the company—it’s part of its culture and values. Inspired by family, education, equal rights, and the environment, Dualos actively contributes to its local community by bringing higher paying jobs to the area and promoting the inclusion and advancement of minority groups in STEM industries.

“[Sponsoring this year’s Summit] was an easy decision for us,” says  Dualos President Nancy Papineau. “We try to lead by example. For business growth, economic growth, for our community, for our industry, for our personal growth. It’s who we are as a company. And the HUBZone program is a powerful tool for competition and the health of small businesses. Especially in 2020, and beyond.”

Tacoma, WA – Rob Harris of Dualos, LLC, Tacoma, WA was recently named to the National Small Business Association (NSBA) Leadership Council. NSBA is the nation’s oldest small business advocacy organization and operates on a staunchly nonpartisan basis to promote the interests of small business to policymakers in Washington, D.C.

Harris, a recognized leader in the community, is an authority within the military, aerospace and government sector. In nearly 30 years in the test and embedded solutions industry he led the successful growth of several small companies. Harris’s latest venture, with partner Nancy Papineau, is Dualos, LLC. Dualos focuses on selling test, measurement, simulation and emulation solutions into complex and challenging defense ecosystems. A global business development specialist, Dualos partners with the largest and most respected test, measurement, simulation emulation manufactures. It’s a woman and Native American owned small business, located in a Tacoma, Washington HUBZone.

“Small business is a big category,” says Harris. “It’s important to recognize those that are owned by minorities, by women, by Native Americans. It’s important to bring Congressional attention to these enterprising communities.”

Harris joined the NSBA Leadership Council as part of his efforts to tackle the many critical issues facing small business, including tax reform, regulatory restraint, health care costs and how the Affordable Care Act will impact small business. The NSBA Leadership Council is focused on providing valuable networking between small-business advocates from across the country while ensuring small business a seat at the table as Congress and regulators take up key small-business proposals.

“I am proud to have Rob as part of the Leadership Council,” said NSBA President and CEO Todd McCracken. “He comes to us highly recommended, and I look forward to our coordinated efforts for years to come.”