Founder of Eclipse Microwave. In 2001, Eclipse Microwave established a small design and manufacturing facility in Santa Clara California. Prior to starting Eclipse Microwave, Mr Rapadas held several design engineering positions. From 1982-1987, Mr. Rapadas was a Components Design Engineer for Virtech Microwave, Eaton/Addington, AKON and ST Microwave. In 1987 - 1995, Mr Rapadas held a position as a Product Manager at Innowave and later at ST Microwave. President and co-founded Device Technology with Dr. Virk in 1995 which later was sold to MICA Microwave in 1998. From 1998 and 2001, held a positon as Engineering Manager at Mica Microwave and Remec Magnum. Mr Rapadas also co-founded Meridian Microwave in 2001- 2002 with Dr. Jeffrey Peterson of Carnegie Mellon University to develop a prototype for the AMiBA Correlator System for ASIAA ( Academia Sinica Institure of Astronmy and Astrophysics) National Taiwan University.

Mr. Rapadas holds a B.S.E.E from San Jose State University