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Thomas Peel, Contech Research
The leadership at Contech Research may have changed hands from
Max Peel to Tom Peel, but the Contech tradition of excellence
and innovation continues. In this article, Tom’s selection of,
and comments on, industry trends make it clear that we can
continue to expect straightforward commentaries on the connector
industry from Attleboro in the future.
—Dr. Robert S. Mroczkowski, connNtext
associates and
ConnectorSupplier.com’s Dr. Bob
 Name:
Thomas Peel
Company:
Contech
Research, Attleboro,
Massachusetts, U.S.
Current position:
President and
Director of Test Program Development
Previous industry positions:
Process
Engineer, Program Manager
Accomplishments you’re proud of:
Raising three
great kids with my wife.
First job:
Bag boy at a
local supermarket.
Favorite website:
golf.com
The last book I read:
Red October
(for the third time) by Tom Clancy.
If I knew then what I know now, I would have:
Taken more
material science courses in college.
The best advice anyone ever gave me was:
“From this day
forward, you’re a professional. Act like a professional.” I was
a college freshman.
What trend in the industry is affecting your job and what would
you like to do about it?
Tough to say, as
there are many trends that affect our work. But here are a
couple:
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The large
amount of plating issues that are coming out through testing
and reported field failures.
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The trend to
save money and ignore the technical responsibility we have
as engineers (i.e. offshore manufacturing, plating, etc.).
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The lack of
knowledge relative to testing and its “value added” purpose.
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