James Smith

About

Technical Manager with over 30 years experience in the electronics industry, specialising in electromechanical products and manufactured assemblies including interconnect, thermal, HMI.

Experience

• Acal BFi (19 yrs 2 mos)
  • Technical Manager
    Aug 2011 - Present · 15 yrs

    Responsibilities include coordinating technical support, added value manufacturing, project management, major projects.

  • Business Manager
    Jun 2007 - Oct 2011 · 4 yrs 5 mos

    Responsible for business development and management of multiple emech suppliers.

• Acal Radiatron (1 yr 8 mos)
  • Business Development Manager
    Jun 2006 - Jun 2007 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Responsible for internal & external team marketing interconnection & electromechanical products.

  • Field Applications Engineer
    Nov 2005 - Jun 2006 · 8 mos

    Dual role of field based application support for interconnection products, and integration of transferred franchise lines/ customer base to a different ACAL division.

• Product Manager at Acal Components
  Feb 2000 - Nov 2005 · 5 yrs 10 mos

  Product Manager within ACAL Components interconnection products team.

• Gothic Crellon Ltd (10 yrs 1 mo)
  • Franchise Manager
    Jan 1995 - Feb 2000 · 5 yrs 2 mos

    Franchise Manager for multiple electromechanical & interconnect product lines.

  • Field Sales Engineer
    Feb 1993 - Jan 1995 · 2 yrs

    FSE for distributor of passive, semiconductor and electromechanical products.

  • Assistant Product Manager
    Feb 1990 - Feb 1993 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    APM for passive component product lines