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Focus on: Joe Dambach
Joe Dambach, Molex global new
product development manager, can
be seen—and heard—at many trade
shows. He’s the one who’s calmly
yet enthusiastically explaining
and demonstrating the many uses
for Molex’s newest cable and
interconnect products. If you’ve
been intrigued or impressed by
Molex’s work, it may very well
be because you’ve met Joe.
 Joe
Dambach
Global New Product Development
Manager
Molex Inc., Lisle, IL, U.S.
Previous industry positions:
Draftsman, engineering manager,
and everything in between,
including product manager, and
group product manager.
Accomplishments you’re proud of:
My family. Getting my MBA.
Various patents and product
design—especially the first
fiber optic blind mate backplane
system, which was designed for
Tellabs in the ’80s.
First job:
Trainee draftsman at Molex
Favorite website:
Mises.org
The last book I read:
The Heroes by Joe
Abercrombie. At any point, I
have three or four books
going—topics include economics,
history and technology, some
novels, and fantasy.
Why did you choose this industry
for your profession?
I’ve always been interested in
electronics, and
engineering/science. My wife
worked at Molex in 1974, I
interviewed for a drafting
position, and except for a
two-year stint at Cinch, I have
been at Molex my entire career.
If I knew then what I know now,
I would have:
Gone to college instead of
combining work and night school.
But then everything would have
turned out different, and I
would not want to change a
thing.
What trend in the industry is
affecting your job and what
would you like to do about it?
High-speed differential signal
transmission, as I earned an EE
at night, this fit well. I would
like to continue learning is
this area, because
standardization and
interoperability will be VERY
challenging at 25 Gb/s.
Other comments:
I have worked with and learned
from so many excellent people;
they all have my gratitude. I
could not even begin to name
them all. And I am very grateful
to my wife, who has tolerated
the night school and business
travel all my life, with little
complaint. Half of my success is
hers.
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