Company

History and Vision
Resonon was founded in 2002 to apply state-of-the-art hyperspectral imaging technology to emerging applications. Our systems have been used for defense, biotechnology, agriculture, sorting, mining, and manufacturing.

Offices
Resonon headquarters are located in Bozeman Montana, minutes away from Montana State University and a major airport. The office space has an open floor plan and offers great views of the local mountains. Its atmosphere is conducive to growth and rapid progress.

Bozeman is a lively university town with excellent dining, museums, art galleries, and a vibrant downtown. Its proximity to Yellowstone National Park – just a 90 mile drive – is an added bonus. Resonon's mountain location is a stone's throw from skiing, fly-fishing, rock climbing, mountain biking, and whitewater boating.

Resonon East is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, half way between MIT and Harvard on the Red Line. The exciting urban environment of Resonon East provides ready access to a wide range of cultural activities, fine dining, and sporting events.

Market Position and Product Attributes
Resonon provides compact, rugged, cost-effective hyperspectral imaging systems for a variety of environments and applications. Resonon's comprehensive engineering expertise and manufacturing capabilities ensure that your system will be of the highest quality and will meet your specific needs.

Facilities

Optics Lab
Calibration Facilities
CNC Machining
Rapid Prototyping Equipment
Extensive web of manufacturing contractors

Advancements
Resonon has developed proprietary optical designs that provide superior light gathering with low smile and keystone distortions.

Projects
Resonon has several ongoing and past projects with National Science Foundation, United States Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, Air Force, The State of Montana, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and several private sector companies.

Company Profiles

Dr. Rand Swanson: President, Founder
PhD Physics: Montana State University
BA Physics: Carleton College

As co-founder and president of Resonon, Rand is responsible for establishing strategic partnerships and optical design for sensor instrumentation. Prior to co-founding Resonon, Rand's industry experience included serving as president for AdvR Inc. and as a scientist for Ophir Corp. The scope of emphasis with these companies included: LIDAR applications, Raman frequency conversion, spectroscopy techniques, optical waveguides, and machine vision systems.

Dr. Michael Kehoe: CFO, Founder
PhD Economics: University of Virginia
MA Accounting: University of Montana
BA Physics: University of Virginia

Mike is a co-founder of Resonon and is responsible for financial operations and optical design. Prior to co-founding Resonon, he was the business manager for another optical research company (AdvR Inc.). Mike's professional experience includes financial research at the University of Virginia and teaching in accounting and finance at the University of Montana.

Casey Smith: CTO, Founder
MS Media Arts & Sciences: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
BS Physics: Montana State University

Casey is also a co-founder of Resonon and is responsible for research and development. Casey has flown on NASA's KC-135 while testing a vibration-damping apparatus he helped design and was involved in the development of a wind-speed detecting LIDAR system at NASA Goddard. While at the MIT Media Lab, Casey worked on the development of a computational construction kit for personal fabrication. His main responsibility at Resonon is the research and development of imaging spectrometer instrumentation.

Timothy Hirzel: Vice President of Software Development
MS Media Arts & Sciences: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
BS Computer Science: Harvard University

At MIT, Tim constructed a system to make visualizations from long term recordings of a person's heart rate. He specializes in C and Python as well as open source operating systems and embedded computers. Tim is leading the development of Resonon's hyperspectral data analysis software package.