The Interface

A conversation with Ashley Smith-Heine, Director of Sales & Marketing for Amphenol TPC Wire & Cable, one of the newest members of the Amphenol family. Amphenol TPC is headquartered in the Cleveland, OH area, and Ashley is based in Philadelphia. We talk about their 45-year history, mainly in the harsh environment industrial wire and cable industry, and some of the technological capabilities...

A conversation with Marcos Wrobel, Sales Director for Amphenol Antenna Solutions. Marcos has been with Amphenol, including pre-acquisition, for 17 years and is based in Madrid. We talk about his history in the antenna market and how Amphenol's diverse manufacturing locations are a huge benefit in a competitive market. We talk about quickly adapting to the rapidly changing technology while always f...

A conversation with Jamie McBride, Global Business Development Director for Amphenol Energy Technologies. Jamie is UK-based and has been with Amphenol for over four years. We talk about his exciting work with the AET team of businesses and how they're creating solutions for the energy, power generation, and oil and gas industry. We talk about his efforts in alternative energy markets like solar an...

A conversation with Melissa Steward, Unit Controller for Amphenol Custom Cable in Tampa, FL. Melissa has been with Custom Cable for eight years. We talk about Custom Cable's business of making cable assemblies for the telecommunications and IT/Datacom industries. We talk about the challenges for her managing a quick-turn supply chain and helping the team sell the value of their business to their c...

On this 200th episode -- A conversation with Amphenol's President and CEO, Adam Norwitt. We talk about his recent visit to China to visit factories and people he hasn't seen in quite some time. We talk about some of the companies Amphenol acquired in 2023 and how they fit into Amphenol's entrepreneurial spirit. We talk about his upcoming 15th anniversary as CEO and how his most important job is to...

A conversation with Jay Sandidge, General Manager of Positronic in Springfield, MO. Jay has been GM for five months but has been with Positronic for nearly 20 years. We talk about Positronic's product portfolio, market focus, and desire to work closely with their customers on customized parts. We talk about being part of the 2021 acquisition by Amphenol and now understanding, three years later, wh...

A conversation with Elizabeth Matus, Distribution Specialist for Amphenol Aerospace. Elizabeth is now based in Sidney, NY after spending her first seven years with the company in the Nogales, Mexico facility. We talk about her role in distribution, working with high-service distributors, and why they're such an essential part of Amphenol's business. We talk about her recent move from Nogales to Si...

A conversation with Craig Higginson, General Manager of Q Microwave in San Diego, CA. Q Microwave, founded by Craig and his business partner in 1998, is one of the newest acquisitions to join Amphenol just a few months ago. We talk about designing and manufacturing microwave and RF filter products for use in the wireless and military industries. We talk about old-school filter needs from the early...

A conversation with Natalie Emerson, Product Specialist for Amphenol PCD in Beverly, MA. Natalie has been with Amphenol for close to a year. We talk about being the channel-to-market for Amphenol Socapex's products from France into the North American market. We talk about the outstanding support she gets from the French and U.S. engineering teams to help with customers. We talk about focusing on p...

This is an episode you won't want to miss -- A conversation with Vi Quach, Senior Operations Manager for Amphenol Fiber Optic Products. Vi has been with Amphenol since 2017. We spend the entire episode discussing his remarkable recovery from Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. We talk about the incredible journey from being told he had weeks to live to waking up every day with a smile, ready to get after w...

A conversation with Kevin Rauer, General Manager of Bernd Richter, in Germany. Kevin has been with Amphenol and Bernd since 2009. We talk about his business, which focuses on custom, high-quality cables and connectors, mainly for the medical and defense industries. We talk about becoming general manager nine months ago and some of the things he's learned as he goes through his first year in the ro...

A conversation with Lisa Locascio, Project Leader for the Amphenol Industrial Products Group. Lisa is based in Chicago and has been with Amphenol for over 30 years. We talk about the group's future as it expands into more manufacturing locations to support demanding markets like the solar industry. We talk about being there at the beginning of Amphenol Industrial becoming its own business and how...

A conversation with Dan Blaney, Group Director of Operations for Amphenol's High Technology Industrial Group. Dan has been with Amphenol, mainly with Amphenol Alden, since 2000. We talk about his new group role, which utilizes his vast knowledge and operations experience to help other AHTI businesses. We talk about being re-energized in this new role towards the tail end of his 46-year career as i...

A conversation with Keyon Keshtgar, Senior Design and Engineering Manager for Onanon in Milpitas, CA. Keyon has been getting things done with Onanon for seven years. We talk about Onanon's focus on designing and manufacturing connectors and cable assemblies, mainly for the medical industry. We talk about some new products he's most excited about, like MagConnect and SmartConnect, that integrate ac...

A conversation with Jose Estevez, Director of Marketing for Amphenol Aerospace in Sidney, NY. Jose has been with Amphenol since the beginning of the year but has been in the interconnect industry for most of his career. We talk about his first nine months on the job, managing a large marketing team across two sites and wrapping his arms around Amphenol's strategic planning process for the first ti...

A conversation with Nathan Washburn, US Sales Director for Amphenol Procom. Nate is based out of Dallas and has been with Amphenol since January. We talk about his new, challenging role to lead Amphenol Procom's expansion outside their European stronghold and into the US and North American market. We talk about Procom's legacy antenna products and their new 5G, Internet of things, and endpoint dev...

A conversation with S. Manimaran, Business Unit Head for Amphenol SEFEE in Bangalore, India. Mani has been with Amphenol for 11 years, all with SEFEE. We talk about the complex cable and harness assembly business he oversees and how they specialize in the commercial aerospace and rotorcraft markets. We talk about how the working relationship with the other locations in France makes the whole of SE...

A conversation with two Amphenol summer interns, Anthony Gaetano and Dylan Oliver. Anthony attends Central Connecticut State University and has been working with the Amphenol Corporation IT team in Wallingford, CT. Dylan attends California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo and has been working with the Amphenol Environmental Health Safety and Sustainability team. We talk about the pr...

A conversation with two of Amphenol's corporate MBA summer interns, Minahil Nazir and Sophie Drouin. Minahil attends the Yale School of Management and has been working with the Amphenol RF, Optics and Broadband Group, and Sophie just completed her time at INSEAD and has been working with the Amphenol Harsh Environment Solutions Division. We talk about some of the projects they've been working on t...

A conversation with Nickolai Belov, Engineering Manager for Amphenol Nova Sensors in Fremont, CA. Nickolai has been with Amphenol for 12 years. We talk about the fascinating manufacturing of microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, devices for Nova Sensors and other businesses in the Sensor Technology Group. We talk about his anticipation of the new products, fabrication capabilities, and multi-se...

A conversation with Zach Gallaway-Meyer, Senior Applications Engineer for Amphenol Limited in the UK. Zach has been with Amphenol for four years. We talk about his role as an applications engineer, combining his experience as a design engineer and his enjoyment of working face-to-face with customers to understand their needs first-hand. We talk about trying to learn the intricacies of Amphenol Lim...

A conversation with Serge Veld, ROE Sales Director for Amphenol's Military and Aerospace Operations. Serge is based in The Netherlands and has been with Amphenol for 19 years over two stints. We talk about his work optimizing the sales force in Europe to represent 26 different Amphenol operations better while simplifying the work for their customers. We talk about seeing the emergence of electrifi...

A conversation with Deepak Surendran, Aerospace Global Business Development Manager for Amphenol Limited in the UK. Deepak has been with Amphenol for a little over a year. We talk about his time at the Paris Air Show, visiting many of his customers' displays, and enjoying seeing the wide range of Amphenol connectors on so many pieces of equipment. We talk specifically about Amphenol Limited's prod...

A conversation with Vincent Anderson, Export Business Development Manager for Amphenol Socapex in France. Vincent has been with Amphenol for 12 years and Socapex for six years. We discuss his role in selling Socapex's high-performance, harsh-environment connectors worldwide to the military and commercial aerospace industries. We discuss his change from being a salesperson in South Africa, where he...

A conversation with Tony Condello, Marketing Manager for Amphenol Canada. Tony is based in Toronto and has been with Amphenol for 17 years. We talk about Amphenol Canada's business designing and building various custom rectangular and filtered connectors, including their latest micro and nano connectors. We talk about his role as Marketing Manager and how it culminates many sales and engineering i...