30 Year veteran of the electronic industry wars. Manufactured my first circuit boards in my dads workshop when I was 12 yeas old. They were circuits for radio controlled airplanes designed from scratch using parts copped from the local television repair shop, first boards used vacuum tubes ( small ones) and top hat transistors, a little heavy by today's standards but they worked well for throttle and flap controls and guys from the radio controlled airplane network were willing to pay 12.00 each for them. I sold 5. First paying job was for a military subcontracting company run buy my uncle, running wire harnesses for missile assemblies and delivering cokes and lunch to the designers. The rest is a blur 60's 70,s 80's 90's worked with or consulted with over 150 high technology companies, start ups to fortune 100 on strategic marketing, product development and positioning.
My thoughts on ...
What I think about Foxconn
They are big and as a result have lost their way a bit. The new restructuring plans they are talking about should bring better focus to their divisions and customers that they serve.
The skills I often see lacking in the EMS industry today
After sales customer focus.
What I think about low-cost manufacturing
I think we have moved beyond faster better cheaper to cheaper, cheaper, cheaper and I do not think it will serve the industry well.
My thoughts on what makes a good program manager
Focus
A book I recommend to others or am currently reading
The Winter of Our Disconnect by Susan Maushart and Aftershock, the Next Economy and Americas Future by Robert Reich
If I could travel back in time and witness any event one would be
The Big Bang, if in fact it actually happened.
One of my favorite quotes
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Tennyson
Someone I would most like to sit next to at a dinner party
Ernie Kovacs
Some of the countries I have visited for work or play
England , Germany, Italy, Singapore, China, Korea, Mexico,Brazil, Canada, Belgium, Holland,Finland,Caribbean,France
A helpful travel tip I often use
Use plastic bags from the laundry to keep shirts and suits wrinkle free.
A favorite electronics gadget
I Phone
One of my favorite toys as a child
Bicycle, still love it.
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