Southwest Microwave is pleased to announce the appointment of Donald Bradfield as the new general manager for its Microwave Products Division.

Bradfield joined Southwest Microwave in January, 2014 after more than 30 years of design engineering and operations management of microwave components for the military/aerospace/hi-rel industries. Based at the company's Tempe, Arizona facility, Bradfield will assume management of operations as well as oversee sales and business development activites for the Southwest Microwave's high performance connector products.

Bradfield brings longstanding engineering and customized solutions experience to Southwest Microwave. During his career with L-3 Communications NMW, Crane Microwave Solutions and Herley Industries, Bradfield's focus was on driving sustainable sales growth in the military/areospace/hi-rel industries through engineering advantage, operational excellence, strategy deployment, and key account development. He served for two and half years as vice president, Operations at NMW, where he was responsible for operational transformation from commercial to hi-rel space discipline.

Bradfield's background in microwave engineering, success in operational transformation and customer focus position him for strong leadership of Southwest Microwave's Microwave Products Division.