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NEMI Names New Chairman of the Board
and Co-Directors of Planning
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HERNDON, Va. - April 16, 2002 -The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI) today announced a new chairman and two co-directors of planning. Nasser Grayeli, vice president of Intel Corporation's technology and manufacturing group and director of assembly technology development, is NEMI's new chairman. Serving as co-directors of planning are Srinivas Rao, vice president of technology for Solectron Corporation, and Leslie Guth, director, supply chain networks, for Lucent Technologies.
The industry-led consortium has also appointed two new representatives to its technical committee and re-elected three directors. Bill Barthel, manager of manufacturing technology development for Plexus Corp., and Sundar Kamath, vice president, advanced technology, Sanmina-SCI have joined the NEMI technical committee; and Marc Benowitz, Iwona Turlik and John Pomeroy have been re-elected to three-year terms on the NEMI board of directors. Benowitz is director, engineering infrastructure, for Lucent Technologies; Pomeroy is president and CEO of Dover Technologies International; and Turlik is corporate vice president and director of the Motorola Advanced Technology Center.
"We are pleased to welcome all of these individuals to the NEMI leadership," said Jim McElroy, executive director and CEO of NEMI. "NEMI has a small core staff, and the consortium's work is principally done by people from our member companies. The members of our board and technical committee play very active roles in our operations, so it is critical that we build a solid base of experience and strong leadership capabilities. That is what we have with these people."
McElroy also noted that this is the first time the director of planning position has been shared by two people. "The director of planning plays an important role in providing leadership and direction to all of NEMI's technology integration groups (TIGs). All of our deployment projects are organized and managed within five active TIGs. Because EMS providers have become such significant players in the manufacturing supply chain, it is appropriate that this responsibility be shared by individuals from an OEM and an EMS provider."
Grayeli becomes NEMI's fourth chairman since the consortium was organized in 1995. He has served on the NEMI board of directors since 1999 and replaces John Pomeroy as chairman.
At Intel since 1983, Grayeli has held numerous technical and management positions with the company. Since 1999, he has been responsible for the company's packaging, assembly process, and materials and enabling technology development. Prior to that, he was manager of materials/supplier technology development, leading a team that worked with Intel's suppliers to improve technology development methodology and cycle time, increase yields and product quality, and reduce packaging costs. Grayeli received his doctorate in materials science and engineering from Stanford University.
"Nasser's broad knowledge of the electronics manufacturing industry, from technology to business practices, are significant assets to NEMI," said McElroy. "The board feels that he has the combination of experience and vision to effectively lead our organization in our mission to strengthen the North American supply chain."
"NEMI offers its members great opportunities to collaboratively develop organized and integrated responses to industry needs," said Grayeli. "We are proactively focusing on technical and business challenges, and developing sound strategies to address them. Our comprehensive agenda addresses numerous technical and business challenges, provides technical solutions and sets industry direction. NEMI is an answer to our dynamic industry environment, helping members become equipped with the right solutions to respond to industry needs."
The Roles of the Board and Technical Committee
NEMI's board of directors defines policy, strategy and direction for the consortium. The group's 10 voting directors are executives from a cross-section of member companies (OEMs, EMS providers and suppliers). The NEMI technical committee facilitates and coordinates all NEMI technical activities, including roadmapping and deployment projects, and is comprised of OEM, EMS and supplier representatives as well as government and university representatives. The technical committee reports to the board, and its co-chairs are ex-officio members of the board.
About NEMI
The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative's mission is to facilitate leadership of the North American electronics manufacturing supply chain. Based in Herndon, Va., the industry-led consortium is made up of approximately 60 electronics manufacturers, suppliers, industry associations and consortia, government agencies and universities. NEMI roadmaps the needs of the North American electronics industry, identifies gaps in the technology infrastructure, establishes implementation projects to eliminate these gaps (both business and technical), and stimulates standards activities to speed the introduction of new technologies. The consortium also works with government, universities and other funding agencies to set priorities for future industry needs and R&D initiatives. For additional information about NEMI, visit www.nemi.org.
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For further information:
Cynthia Williams
cwilliams@nemi.org
phone: 207-871-1260