Alan Beekman

Current

• Program or Project Management at Self - Employed (Special Projects) (Self-employed)

Past

• Corporate Engineering Manager at Compass Manufacturing Services
• Director of Operations/Engineering at Allegro-Intandem Inc.
• Senior Program Manager at Photon Dynamics, Inc.

• Manager of Technical Publications at Photon Dynamics, Inc.
• Manager, Manufacturing and Test Engineering at Sanmina-SCI
• Director of Planning/NPI-Western Region at Sanmina-SCI
• Applications Engineering Mgr. at TYCO Electronics Group

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Education

• New York Institute of Technology, Ft. Lauderdale

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Alan Beekman’s Summary

I'm a goal-oriented individual who takes special pride in assisting others on a team to successfully launch new products that will meet all customer expectations. I work very well with others in an organization and can draw upon a diverse skill set cultivated over many years working in senior positions. Those include manufacturing, engineering and technical sales and marketing of leading-edge electronic systems.

Alan Beekman’s Specialties:

Operations and Project Management
Technical Sales and Marketing
Applications Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Capital Equipment Integration & Functional Test
Technical Writing & Training

Alan Beekman’s Experience

• Program or Project Management

  Self - Employed (Special Projects) (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Executive Office industry)

  October 2009 — Present (2 months)

• Corporate Engineering Manager

  Compass Manufacturing Services

  (Privately Held; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  July 2009 — October 2009 (4 months)

  Managed the engineering teams, including quoting and document control, for two divisions of a company specializing in electro-mechanical assemblies, cables and wiring harnesses.

• Director of Operations/Engineering

  Allegro-Intandem Inc.

  (Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  February 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 5 months)

  Responsible for the day-to-day manufacturing operations and product engineering for a Tier II EMS provider of sophisticated electronic enclosures and other electo-mechanical assemblies used in Semi-conductor, Industrial and Medical electronic systems. Also helped to launch a new division specializing in solar powered consumer electronic products.

• Senior Program Manager

  Photon Dynamics, Inc.

  (Public Company; PHTN; Semiconductors industry)

  February 2004 — February 2008 (4 years 1 month)

  Managed a cross-functional team of engineers to drive the development of our newest Gen 8 ArrayChecker™ product line through all phases of the product life cycle. Provide team leadership as well as act as a focal point for issue resolution plus ensure that all project milestones and deliverables meet schedule and all pre-defined metrics are achieved, including system cost, functionality and reliability

• Manager of Technical Publications

  Photon Dynamics, Inc.

  (Public Company; PHTN; Semiconductors industry)

  January 2003 — January 2004 (1 year 1 month)

  Primary responsibility was the composition and publication of detailed operations, installation, PM and assembly manuals for the corporation's line of world class voltage imaging optical inspection systems and laser based repair systems. Both system types are used by leading manufacturers of TFT-LCD flat panel displays as part of their yield management program. Also developed training material and conducted training classes on-site for our foreign clients in the proper use and maintenance of the aforementioned product lines.

• Manager, Manufacturing and Test Engineering

  Sanmina-SCI

  (Public Company; SANM; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  January 2002 — January 2003 (1 year 1 month)

  As manager, coordinated the activities of twelve manufacturing & test engineers and integration technicians. This team performed all electronic sub-system builds, software loads, system integration and final acceptance testing of very large capital equipment systems outsourced to Sanmina's Semiconductor and Capital Equipment Division.

• Director of Planning/NPI-Western Region

  Sanmina-SCI

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; sanm; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  January 2001 — January 2002 (1 year 1 month)

  Reported directly to the Senior VP of Operations for a nine-plant EMS business group which manufactured in excess of $1Billion of complex PCBAs, back plane enclosures, configure-to-order and full-turnkey electronic systems.
  As Director, managed all special projects for the division that included both corporate and major OEM initiatives.
  Also coordinated the transition of new business by working closely with various internal corporate resources, including Global Supply Management and Global Technology Services, in order to facilitate the smooth transfer of new OEM products from various regional NPI centers to one or more of the West Coast’s volume production facilities.

• Applications Engineering Mgr.

  TYCO Electronics Group

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; tyc; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  February 1998 — December 2001 (3 years 11 months)

  Provided technical expertise to the corporate business development staff in order to secure new, turnkey systems integration business. Traveled to various regional integration facilities to assist with the resolution of various manufacturing engineering issues that arose during the prototyping and pre-production of new turnkey assemblies. Also provided DFM or DFT feedback to the OEM clients' development engineering staff during the design of new electronics products.

Alan Beekman’s Education

• New York Institute of Technology, Ft. Lauderdale

  BS program , Completed 3 yrs. towards BS in Mechanical Engineering , 1972 — 1975

  Received AS Degreee in Electrical Engineering
  Daytona Beach Community College
  Daytona Beach, Florida

Additional Information

Alan Beekman’s Interests:

Digital Photography & Printing, Horticulture, Off-Road Dirt Bike Riding, International Travel, Salmon Fishing, Reading Novels

Alan Beekman’s Groups:

1991-Who’s Who in Leading American Executives
1994-Who’s Who in International Professionals

•    Wednesday Network of Silicon Valley

Alan Beekman’s Honors:

Awarded Alternate Candidacy to the US Airforce Academy

Alan Beekman’s Contact Settings

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