Ratio DesignLab (formerly known as Spectralogic)  was founded in 1986 by Doug Armstrong and Jeff Radcliffe.  Doug was studying electrical engineering at Georgia Tech and Jeff was a recent graduate. The company started in the living room of Doug's college apartment with Doug and Jeff designing products -- inside and out.  They quickly saw the need to hire people from various disciplines so that they could focus their efforts on the "guts" and allow people who specialized in product design to develop the housing for the products.  Over the years, Doug has put together a first-class team of engineers and designers, recruiting talented graduates who share his vision, his dedication and his passion for pushing the limits.

In 1987 the company moved into the Advanced Technology Development Center at Georgia Tech-an incubator for high-tech start-up companies. We did a little bit of everything-small projects, large ones and even a few weird ones (like making instant ice). We built kiosks to dispense information and merchandise; created nifty medical products; designed cellular phones; created custom hardware and software to solve whatever problems our clients threw at us.

In 1994 we moved into our own building, complete with a state-of-the-art model shop, electronic testing lab, a vault and even a drive-through (okay, so it used to be a bank). We continued to work with a variety of clients, from small start-ups with big ideas, to big corporations looking for a better way to develop new technology.

Over the years, the company has earned a reputation as enthusiastic problem-solvers, developing products for the electronics, software, medical and communication industries. While our hardware and software teams are developing "bleeding-edge" technology, our designers are earning awards for product design, user interface design and multimedia.

Alongside the products Ratio has designed for other companies, we've also developed some of our own proprietary technologies. In 2000 we spun off two new companies, Simpliance and AppForge, to further develop and market these technologies while Ratio continues to solve technical problems for clients all over the world.

In 2004 Ratio Design Lab relocated the St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands where we focus on solutions for industrial automation customers.  Including power generation, PLC and Windows software, Wireless Networking, Data Acquisition to name  a few.