An EMS industry veteran with more than 25 years working in a variety of sales, operations, and strategy roles for Tier I and Tier II EMS and reverse logistics providers. Have dealt with a broad spectrum of industries and players from high-end computing and industrial clients to high volume, low cost consumer devices. Very famiiliar with the development, implementation and management of global supply chains.
My thoughts on ...
EMS companies I have worked with
Solectron / Flextronics; Avex / Benchmark; Elcoteq: All with great people dedicated to making customers feel important and successful
The skills I often see lacking in the EMS industry today
Good, creative, forward-thinking customer service
What I think about low-cost manufacturing
Low cost manufacturing doesn't mean low price manufacturing. Very often, low price manufacturing comes with a heavy cost burden for the user.
My thoughts on what makes a good program manager
Smart business sense, willing to roll up ones sleeves and walk the operations areas, interested in people and providing an exceptional customer experience.
Some of the countries I have visited for work or play
Hungary, Romania, Estonia, Russia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Finland, Netherlands, Belgium,.....
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