About Us

The company’s mission is meet customer needs, form-fit-function, with custom and customizable microwave components and subsystems, irrespective of difficulty or environment.

Built upon decades of innovating in the microwave industry in Northern California, the company brings to market proprietary digital synthesis technology which it marries with state-of-the-art traditional microwave skills to create components with unparalleled electrical and environmental performance.

Our customers include Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Harris Corp, ITT, EDO, DRS, research institutes and universities such as Georgia Tech, UCLA, CalTech, as well as other public entities.

At the heart of Syntonic Microwave’s success story is the roster of Microwave/RF industry veterans who bring decades of know-how and customer trust to the products the company designs and builds. The Executive Team includes:

Fred Storke/Chairman

Over the course of an illustrious career Fred Storke has founded numerous microwave companies, including Kruse-Storke, Nytek, Storke Industries and Precision Microwave. He has served as VP-Engineering at California Microwave and held posts at Ford Aerospace, Philco, and Loral.

Jay Goodfriend/President

Jay Goodfriend co-founded Storke Industries with Fred Storke in 1990 and has served in the Microwave and satellite communications fields ever since. Prior to 1990, he lived and worked in Indonesia and Australia. He is a CPA and has worked with KMG (now KPMG) and Kenneth Leventhal (now EY) in San Francisco.

Jerry McCoy/VP-Engineering

Jerry McCoy joined Syntonic Microwave in 2007, where he serves as VP-Engineering. Previously, he has held executive and senior positions at EDO-RSS, Netro, Condor Systems, Celeritek and Avantek. He brings a wealth of experience ranging from receiver design to microwave device design, Ka-Band transceiver development and large-scale manufacturing.

Kathleen Meyer/Manufacturing

Kathleen Meyer joined Syntonic Microwave in 2009 to head up our microwave and millimeter wave manufacturing. Previously, she held senior positions at Watkins-Johnson, Netro, Sirenza Microdevices, Celeritek and Bridgewave. She brings a wealth of experience ranging from millimeter and microwave manufacturing, industry best practices, and quality management of key subcontractors. Kathleen also serves as head of Syntonic’s mountain biking team.