Alan Beekman

Alan Beekman

Electronics manufacturing, engineering and technical marketing professional

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Director of Engineering at Intandem - Allegro
  • Senior Program Manager at Photon Dynamics, Inc.
Past
  • 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
Education
  • New York Institute of Technology, Ft. Lauderdale
Connections
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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

  • Director of Engineering

    Intandem - Allegro

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    2008Present (less than a year)

  • Senior Program Manager

    Photon Dynamics, Inc.

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; phtn; Semiconductors industry)

    July 2006Present (2 years 4 months)

    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; 201-500 employees; phtn; Semiconductors industry)

    January 2003July 2006 (3 years 7 months)

    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; 1001-5000 employees; sanm; Semiconductors industry)

    January 2002June 2003 (1 year 6 months)

    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 2001January 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 1998December 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, 19721975

    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

  •    WednesdayNetwork

Alan Beekman’s Honors:

Awarded Alternate Candidacy to the US Airforce Academy


Alan Beekman’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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