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TIER
ONE Staff
Morris
L. Kindig
Mr. Kindig, President, is the
founder of TIER ONE. Prior to TIER ONE he was Director of Automotive Electronics
and Manager of Consulting Services at Dataquest. In 1991 he acquired Dataquest's
Automotive Electronic Industry Study, database and library. He
is responsible for the general management of the company, international
marketing, custom research and venture technologies. He is a frequent
speaker; author and often quoted spokesman on industry related issues.
And, has been instrumental in developing database and econometric forecast
models. He has been in corporate management and marketing for over thirty
years. Mr. Kindig's background includes market research as well as product
development / financial / business consulting in the areas of automotive
systems and electronics, wiring interconnection, fiber optics / optical
disc storage, medical imaging devices and semiconductor processes. He
founded Glasscrafter Tools, holds two U.S. patents and has held corporate
management positions with Dataquest, MCT, Insulation Systems, Gnostic
Concepts, Raychem. He was a member of the West Valley Community College
Curriculum Board and, has sat on the boards of four companies including
San Francisco Theatre Ballet He is an alumnus of San Diego State University,
Mechanical Engineering and Business.
Stuart
L. Harris
Mr. Harris, Director of Market
Research, Brings an extensive background in market research, brings an
extensive background in market research, electronics and semiconductors
to TIER ONE. He is responsible for primary research and database development
as well as analysis of electronic systems and components for all automotive
applications. He is also responsible for the vehicle production forecast.
Mr. Harris currently analyzes monthly data for WSTS (Worldwide Semiconductor
Trade Statistics). For Dataquest he was a principal contributor to
the 1990 Automotive Electronics in North America Study, developing
the primary database. At National Semiconductor Corp. and American Microsystems,
Inc. he was Manager of Market Research for Semiconductors. At Gnostic
Concepts he managed or contributed to Automotive Electrical and Electronics
Market, VLSI Market Forecast, Microprocessor Market Forecast, Discrete
Semiconductor Service, US Econometric Service, Consumer Electronics Service
and Computer Industry Service. Mr. Harris has been a product marketing
engineer at Fairchild Semiconductor, Advanced Micro Devices, Monolithic
Memories, Inc. and Monsanto Opto-electronics. During his stay in Europe
he worked for CENEMESA, a Westinghouse licensee in Spain. Mr. Harris has
an MBA from Stanford University, an MSEE from the University of Pennsylvania
and a BSEE from Princeton University.
Mark
B. Woodbury
Mr. Woodbury, Director of Occupant
Safety Systems, has been active in engineering, managerial and consulting
roles with the Automotive and Aerospace industries for over 15 years.
Working with Hercules, TRW, Morton International and Autoliv Automotive
Safety Products, Mr. Woodbury was responsible for design, development
and production implementation of advanced technology products which included
Airbag Ignition Systems, Smart Systems, and Seat Sensor-Airbag Suppression
Systems. Mr. Woodbury has had extensive interface with Asian, European
and Domestic Automotive OEMs in the capacity of engineering and program
management. Mr. Woodbury holds a BSME from the University of Utah, is
a member of SAE, ASME and has served as Chairman of the Airbag Recycle
Subcommittee of the Automotive Occupant Restraint Council, (AORC).
Myles
Kitchen
Mr. Kitchen, Senior Research
Associate, has more than 25 years experience in the areas of automotive
automotive electronics, semiconductors, and automotive systems. Beginning
in 1973 as an electronic design engineer at Motorola's Automotive Product
Division, Mr. Kitchen moved in to technical marketing with that firm.
From there, he has served as Director of Automotive Marketing at both
National Semiconductor, and Intel Corp. In addition he was Director of
Product Development and VP Marketing at Zemco Group, an automotive OEM
and aftermarket systems company. In 1986 he founded M.H. KITCHEN &
ASSOCIATES, a consulting practice serving the transportation electronics
market. He is also a minority owner of Quantic industries, Inc. a pyrotechnics
manufacturer and supplier of airbag components, where he served as VP
of Marketing. Over this period, he has been involved with a broad set
of automotive electronic products, interviewed by the media as an expert
in this field and has served as an expert witness in cases involving Automotive
Engineers, and a licensed vintage racing driver.
Max Nanseki
Gerry Woolf
Jeff Phillips
Mike Weighall
Kevin
Pyne
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