The Broker Forum will hold its next event in Las Vegas, on Friday, April 27, 2007. We are expecting this stop to be the biggest gathering of Members ever in North America.
Speakers
The Broker Forum is proud to once again bring you the most recognized speakers in the industry! Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn more about the hottest topics and latest business trends. The following is a short biography of each of the speakers presenting during the Las Vegas Conference.
Joseph Federico is the director of Engineering and Operations for Metropolitan Labs and Distributors, a pioneer in the commercial, military, aerospace, industrial and space industries providing world class quality electronic components testing services.
He has developed in the past 30 years a unique expertise in the field of electronic components distribution, certification and testing. Strong of his long experience, he often conducts national lectures and shares his knowledge with thousands of electronic professionals throughout the world.
Mr. Federico is currently finalizing the launch of 2 additional laboratories in China and Taiwan to further expand the company’s testing capabilities in Asia.
For over twenty five years, Metropolitan Labs has been a pioneer to the Commercial, Military, Aerospace, Industrial, Automotive and Space fields providing worldwide quality electronic component/product testing and distribution services.
Michael Baker is the Quality Manager and Head Lab Technician for E-Certa, Incorporated. His work history includes XRF research, quality system design, and information system solutions. He has contracted with the U.S. Army and Royal Caribbean Cruises International as well as conducted research in South Korea and India. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science in 2002 and currently resides in Bloomington, IN.
E-Certa is a full service, bonded, A2LA accredited, turnkey operation offering component conversion from Pb to Pb free for RoHS compliance and from Pb free to Pb for exempt applications. All conversion orders are completed with XRF verification and material declaration documentation. Destructive Physical Analysis for counterfeit IC detection is also available. E-Certa, Inc. is located in Bloomington, IN.
Charles Hojlo is the Vice President of Business Development for InfoWave Technologies. Mr. Hojlo has over 15 years of technical operations, sales, and customer service management experience.
Mr. Hojlo's primary focus is on working closely with customers and industry organizations to anticipate the demands of the Component Distribution industry. This keeps CORtracker and InfoWave’s development services targeted on current and future customer expectations.
CORtracker is a leading software package that offers a wide array of customer, sales and inventory management tools, rolled into a single enterprise solution, for Electronic Component Distribution. It is encompassed by a staff of technical professionals who are dedicated to providing customers with cutting edge technologies such as .NET and Open Source while recommending the best business practices related to their industry. InfoWave Technologies, Inc. is located at the Manchester Boston Regional Airport in Manchester, New Hampshire.
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Debra Eggeman, Independent Distributors of Electronics Association (IDEA)
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Debra Eggeman has been in the electronics industry for over 25 years. She was employed for 20 years by Odetics, Inc., an OEM for flight data recorders for NASA and other space agencies as well as an OEM of transducers for US Military aircraft. Debra’s career in quality began as a quality engineer and then later as director of Quality Assurance. Ms. Eggeman managed implementation and achieved TUV ISO 9001 certification for two of Odetics’ commercial divisions concurrently with zero findings.
In 2002 Ms. Eggeman entered the Independent Distribution business by joining Rand Technology as Vice President of Quality and Operations and three years later in February of 2005 joined the Independent Distributors of Electronics Association (IDEA) a non-profit trade association as its General Manager.
Ms. Eggeman earned her formal education in Quality Assurance and Reliability from Fullerton College, in Fullerton, California.
As one of the founding principals of Chip 1 Exchange back in 2001, Damon Pouya has been instrumental in the growth of this highly successful independent distribution company. With 10 years in the business, Mr. Pouya brings a unique perspective on both the OEM and Broker side of the business. In 2005, he spearheaded the transition of the company’s broker operations to Dubai and has helped grow and shape the overall direction of the company including its expansion into the USA this year. Mr. Pouya will share details of the company’s successful and expanding Broker operation.
With more then 10 years in the Independent distribution channel and over 15 years in sales and marketing management, Peter Krauss brings a very focused customer centric approach to Chip 1 Exchange. Mr. Krauss has successfully managed large and small companies to success and driven sales into the hundreds of millions with his global view of the market and his ability to establish and grow successful teams. As a founding member of Chip 1 Exchange USA, Inc. and its President, Mr. Krauss is responsible for the strategy and expansion of the company into the North and South American Markets while helping to leverage and expand the companies operations globally. Mr. Krauss will provide an over view of the company’s expansion into the U.S.A. and give some insight into the company’s strategy to better support its customers worldwide.
Chip 1 Exchange is a large stocking distributor of electronic components with over 50,000 line items of inventory, having been founded in 2001 located in the Rhine-Main region of Germany. As an ISO certified and ESD compliant company we pride ourselves on delivering the highest quality every time. We are the reciprocal link between manufacturing companies and worldwide distributors of components and operate in Germany, Dubai, Hong Kong and Shenzhen China and now the USA with over 125 employees worldwide and growing.
Our Partners
The following Broker Forum partners are also holding events in Las Vegas.
These events are a great way to have fun, unwind, and support the IC community.
Click on the following links for more information on the event:
- North Shore Components Inc. - 3rd Annual World Series of Broker Poker
Friday, April 27, 2007 from 8:00 pm to 12:00 am
- Harry Krantz Company – Industry Party
Friday, April 27, 2007 at 11:00 pm
- Commodity Components International - The 12th Annual MacDaddy Classic Golf Tournament
Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 10:00 am
- Chitron Electronics, Inc – Forum: How to successfully trade in the Chinese Market
Saturday, April 28, 2007 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm – Bellagio Hotel and Casino
- Brokerlynx - Party at Light in Bellagio
Saturday, April 28, 2007
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