Expert Details
Consumer Electronics and Manufacturing; Asian Electronics Sourcing
ID: 725482
Kentucky, USA
He has extensive experience evaluating and selecting electronics vendors in Asia, and China in particular. Also has worked with suppliers in Thailand, Philippines, Singapore and Europe.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1980 | Degree: BS | Subject: Electrical Engineering | Institution: University of Kentucky |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1998 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Engineering Manger, Technology Components | Department: Consumer Product Division |
Responsibilities:He is manager of a world-wide team providing early manufacturing involvement for key technology electrical components. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1996 to 1998 | Employer: Semicon Associates | Title: Director or Engineering | Department: |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for Engineering activities including design and manufacture of cathodes for microwave tubes and CRTs |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1994 to 1996 | Employer: Osram Sylvania | Title: Production Engineering Manager | Department: |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for transfer of a highly automated lamp making machine from Germany and for sustaining engineering |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1988 to 1994 | Employer: Hughes Display Products | Title: Electrical Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for development of electron guns and cathodes, also for the design and deployment of CRT manufacturing equipment. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1987 to 1988 | Employer: White Consolidated Industries | Title: Electronics Development Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for development and selection of electronic controls for cooking appliances |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1984 to 1987 | Employer: Philips Home Interactive Systems | Title: Electronics Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:He was a team member that developed an integrated word processor with printer, display and disk drive. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1981 to 1984 | Employer: Baldwin Piano and Organ Company | Title: Electronics Project Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for turning musical keyboard R&D electronics into production prototypes and factory documentation. |
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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 1998 to Present | Country / Region: China | Summary: He has audited suppliers, provided technical support and trained local engineering in China. |
| Years: 2005 to Present | Country / Region: Philippines | Summary: He has audited semiconductor packaging facilities and hired local engineers for early manufacturing involvement activities |
| Years: 1994 to 1996 | Country / Region: Germany | Summary: He spent over three months in Germany training a team of mechanics on an automated lamp making machine, for transfer to the US |
Additional Experience
| Training / Seminars |
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| He has developed and delivered inkjet printer training course for Asian engineers. Presented a poster session about dispenser cathode processing at the NASA/Tri-Services Cathode Workshop in 1995 |
| Marketing Experience |
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| He has been close to Asian electronics sourcing and management of remote vendors for the past 10 years, Also has insight to cost reductions strategies from system level to individual modules. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| His experience includes working with Materials Engineers, Chemical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers and Quality Engineers, providing an understanding of who to turn to when problems are beyond his immediate skill set. He has also worked with small entrepreneurial companies up to Fortune 500 companies, providing insight of how to operate in different business situations. |
Fields of Expertise
commercialization, component, consumer electronic product, consumer product design, device product development, electrical component selection, electrical product development, electron tube activation, electronic circuit element, electronic component product design, electronic product development, electronics manufacturing management, high volume, low cost product design, new consumer product development, non-impact printing product development, production engineering, production management, scale-up, Far East sourcing, circuit trace, liquid crystal display design, etched printed circuit board, electrical schematic diagram, surface-mount printed circuit board, design-for-quality, design for cost, multilayer printed circuit board, surface-mount component, new product design, integrated product development, electromagnetic susceptibility, design review, product safety design, electrical product design, electrically conductive material, design for manufacturability, design for assembly, burn-in, new product development, printed circuit board, active electronic element, design for manufacture and assembly, product design, control process, process engineering, assembly process, passive electronic element, design process, production control, power electronics, electron, electron tube, electromagnetic field