The Interface

A conversation with Tom Lipkin, a Design Engineer for Amphenol RF, and part of the ARFOB Engineering Rotational Program. Tom started at Amphenol RF in May after graduating from WPI with a Mechanical Engineering degree. We talk about broadening his knowledge by learning other engineering disciplines that have helped him become a better mechanical engineer, and by working with other business functio...

A conversation with Peter Chung and Louis Mungin, two of our MBA interns this summer. Peter is a student at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management and Louis at the Yale School of Management. We talk about their previous education and work experiences before they pursued their MBAs. We talk about their internship experience at Times Microwave Systems, for Peter, and at corporate headquarters,...

A conversation with Avi Waldman, General Manager of Amphenol Tel-Ad in Israel. Avi has been with Amphenol since early 2015 after time running businesses in other industries. We talk about the unique aspects of Tel-Ad's business which consists of selling Amphenol parts into Israel and designing and building custom connectors, cables, and power cabinets and enclosures for the Israeli market. We talk...

A conversation with three college interns who've spent the summer working at Amphenol Aerospace -- Maxim Tahon, a University of Maryland mechanical engineering major; Alli Miller, a Rochester Institute of Technology industrial engineering major; and Danielle Getz, a University of Rochester chemical engineering major. We talk about how they chose their majors and then chose Amphenol for their inter...

In the 100th episode of The Interface, I once again chat with Adam Norwitt, Amphenol's President and CEO. We talk about the recent corporate earnings call and how successfully exceeding expectations is a testament to our entire team around the world. We talk about the number of acquisitions Amphenol has made over the years and how their initial apprehension at buying into the Amphenol entrepreneur...

A conversation with Gordon Udall, Director of Marketing and Product Development at Amphenol Alden in Brockton, MA. Gordon has been with Alden for over 20 years. We talk about the importance of setting his team up to be an extension of their customer's design engineering team. We talk about the aesthetics of new product design in the medical industry and how the products' comforting appeal is so vi...

A conversation with Wilson Ing, Amphenol Business Development Manager for AMAO group, and the Technical Director for the Pasadena Technical Center. Wilson has been with Amphenol for three years but has been in the connector industry for 13 years. We talk about his roles and the importance of continuing to grow Amphenol's presence on the West Coast. We talk connector engineering and the benefits of...

A conversation with Stephen Richards, Sales and Marketing Director for Amphenol Australia. Stephen has been with Amphenol since 1998 through an acquisition of Alcatel Components. We talk about his unique sales role of expanding the audio connector business with design and manufacturing based in Australia while selling imported Amphenol products for many other markets. We talk about why Amphenol Au...

A conversation with Arthur Heijmerikx, EMEA Sales Director for the Amphenol Industrial Group. Arthur has been with Amphenol for over 20 years in various sales and business development roles within the Industrial group. We talk about his passion for connectors and how much time he puts into his knowledge of the products to pass that on to his team and customers. We talk about working through the pa...

A conversation with Efosa Omoregie, Distribution Analyst with the Amphenol Industrial Products Group. Efosa has been with Amphenol for a few years and now works out of Florida. We talk about his role with the AIPG distribution team and how he's helped to streamline their reporting since he began. We talk about his daunting task of trying to decipher Amphenol's part numbers and how it's gotten easi...

A conversation with Mariano Rigotti, Business Development Director for Amphenol Energy Technologies, part of Amphenol Industrial Products Group. Mariano has been with Amphenol for eight years. We talk about the formation of Amphenol Energy Technologies, which combined four different Amphenol industrial divisions into one larger group. We talk about his time as a consultant in both the steel and fu...

A conversation with Phil Baynes, Director of Sales at Amphenol Canada. Phil has been with Amphenol for 10 years, but has been in the connector industry for almost 40 years. We talk about Amphenol Canada, what they specialize in, and how filter connectors work. We talk about the benefits of having their own ceramic capacitor facility. We talk about his team working around the travel restrictions be...

A conversation with Tom Schaefer, Amphenol's Business Development Director specializing in eMobility and Battery Products for the Transportation industry. Tom has been with Amphenol for almost four years after spending time as a Submarine Officer in the U.S. Navy. We talk about the EV market including the interconnect product differences between EVs and gas-powered vehicles. We talk about his time...

A conversation with Brian Engle, Business Development Manager for Amphenol Advanced Sensors. Brian has been with Amphenol since 2014. We talk about his exciting work in the electric vehicle market. He explains the differences and challenges posed by electrically powering vehicles versus powering them with an internal combustion engine. We talk about how this shift radically changes the types of pr...

A conversation with Jeff Fortin, Group Technology Director for the Amphenol Sensor Technology Group. Jeff has been with Amphenol since August of last year. We talk about growing up in Maine, working on farm equipment, and developing an interest in how things work at a young age. We talk about working full-time while earning his degrees in physics. We talk about his time doing research, both for Ge...

A conversation with Dr. Raffi Sahul, Director of Business Development for Amphenol Piezo Technology Products. We talk about his sensor technology developments in the medical, military, and commercial aerospace markets. We talk about transitioning from traveling around the world every week to suddenly working from home over the last year. We talk about how he first became interested in material sci...

A conversation with Sheri Youngs, Director of Human Resources for Amphenol Aerospace in Sidney, NY. Sheri has been with Amphenol for 24 years. We talk about her incredible work to protect our employees during the Covid-19 pandemic. We talk about majoring in English, starting at Amphenol as a temp in customer service, then finding a home she never left in Human Resources. We talk about why being ra...

A conversation with Ben Reed, General Manager of Times Microwave Systems in Wallingford, CT. Ben has been with Amphenol since 2013. We talk about his recent transition from Fiber Systems to TMS, the differences and the similarities, and his antsiness with not being able to visit all of the TMS facilities yet. We talk about him starting his career as an engineer, but realizing he wanted something b...

A conversation with Adam Norwitt, Amphenol's President and CEO, and Dave Silverman, Amphenol Senior VP HR, as we discuss the current state of the company as it fights the Covid-19 pandemic and our goal of getting a vaccination for every person at Amphenol. We talk about the amazing scientific achievements that produced effective vaccines so quickly. We talk about the importance of our general mana...

A conversation with Billy Glass, Lead Senior Sales Engineer at Onanon Inc. located outside of San Jose, CA, and a recent Amphenol acquisition for the Industrial Products Group. Billy has been with Onanon for 6 years. We talk about the focus of their business, their product portfolio, and what makes them unique in the medical industry. We talk about quickly developing a relationship with the AIPG t...

A conversation with Chris Ranwell, Global Director of Product Management for Amphenol Advanced Sensors. Chris has been with Advanced Sensors, and its various iterations, for his entire 27-year career. We talk about the design and development of their newest product, the Reachmaster Pro, which came about from watching repair being done in his kitchen. We talk about studying agriculture and figuring...

A conversation with Spencer Williams, General Manager of Amphenol Network Solutions in Liberty Lake, WA. Spencer has been part of Telect, which eventually became part of Amphenol Network Solutions, since 2009. We talk about Network Solutions business, dealing with the pandemic, and what he's most excited about for the future. We talk about growing up in the family business and realizing that it wa...

A conversation with Jason Holt, General Manager of Holland Electronics in Ventura, CA. Jason has been with Holland for almost 30 years. We talk about the early days of the company supporting local cable TV services and how he started working there while in high school. We talk about expanding the business outside of the U.S. into Colombia, then other countries in South America. We talk about worki...

A conversation with David Kean, General Manager of Positronic, the latest acquisition to join the Amphenol family. Dave has been with Positronic for the last six years after working in locations worldwide for consumer goods and automotive businesses. We talk about what Positronic brings to the Amphenol family. We talk about feeling like a kid in a candy store to take advantage of all of the resour...

A conversation with Barry Holt, Vice President of Global Cable Operations for Amphenol Broadband Solutions. Barry has been with Amphenol for almost 23 years, mainly with Times Fiber, before merging with others to become ABS. We talk about the advantages for customers working with ABS from his perspective. We talk about placing a premium on developing relationships with the people you work with to...