| Bob Bilbrough Biography Bob Bilbrough
(age 44) is a founder, Director and President of Qualcon. Mr. Bilbrough is the Council
Chair of the Southeast Council of AeA (formerly American Electronics Assn.) Mr. Bilbrough
is National Chairman of the AeA Small Business Advisory Task Force. Mr. Bilbrough
is a member of Georgias exclusive Technology Executives Roundtable, a member
of Atlantas High Tech CEO Council and a member of Circuits Assembly
Magazines Editorial Review Board. In December of 1998, the IPC invited
Mr. Bilbrough to address their annual Presidents Meeting in Phoenix . Mr.
Bilbroughs presentation entitled CFM in the Electronics Manufacturing Services
Industry was selected as the single best idea from the conference by the
participants. In October 2000, Mr. Bilbrough received the inaugural Georgia Technology
Leadership Award in the Technology Application field, sponsored by Georgia Governor
Roy Barnes and SciTrek. Mr. Bilbrough currently serves as Chair of the Greater Hall
County Chamber of Commerces Technology Committee.
Some articles penned by Mr. Bilbrough include:
Who Drives Innovation? SMT Magazine, April 1998
CFM Increases First-pass Yield
SMT Magazine, October 1998
The Value of Continuous Flow Manufacturing
in EMS Future EMS International (London,
UK)1/99
The Amazing Value of Continuous Flow Manufacturing U.S. Tech, August 1999
How to Win Customers for Life Circuits
Assembly, March 2000
Pacesetters: Atlantas Fastest
Growing Private Companies Atlanta Business
Chronicle, April 2000
Prior to Qualcon, Mr. Bilbrough spent sixteen years with
Arrow Electronics, Inc. in various management positions including operations manager,
product marketing manager, corporate training director, region and area manager for
industrial computer products, corporate marketing manager, and division general manager.
A 1978 B.S. and B.A. graduate of Wake Forest University
(Winston-Salem, NC USA), Mr. Bilbrough is immediate past president of the Fair Street
School PTA (Gainesville, GA USA), vice-chairman of the Gainesville Middle School Citizens
Advisory Council, a member of the Board of Directors of Delta Kappa Epsilon International
and a member of Gainesville First United Methodist Church, where he also serves as
president of the New Bridge Sunday School Class.
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Based in the Atlanta suburb of Flowery Branch, GA, Qualcon provides
continuous flow electronics manufacturing services, including turnkey material procurement
and assembly, box-build and deployment services, labor-only assembly of customer-consigned
components, functional and in-circuit testing and life-cycle management services to
Original Equipment Manufacturers in the electronics industry.
Qualcon receives international recognition for their pioneering
practice of CONTINUOUS FLOW MANUFACTURING in the electronics manufacturing service
provider industry.
Qualcon is ISO-9000, BABT, UL, ETL registered, Bellcore and FDA GMP
compliant.
Qualcon is the recipient of the 2000 Pacesetter Award as
"Atlanta's Fastest Growing Private Business."
For more information, please see our web site at www.qualcon1.com or contact:
Avery C. Wilson
Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Phone: 770-965-3300
Fax: 770-965-9142
Email: awilson@qualcon1.com
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