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John MacWilliams
Senior Consultant and Analyst to Bishop & Associates Inc.
John has enjoyed a long and diverse career in the electronics industry, including management positions with IRC, TRW, AMP, and his own company, US Competitors LLC. He is the author of many industry articles, including past and current iNEMI.org connector industry roadmaps, U.S. government competitiveness initiatives, and numerous Bishop Reports on the computer and consumer electronics industries. He is an outspoken supporter of the future of U.S. manufacturing in a global marketplace.

John is a graduate of the Wm. Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, and of Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. He and his wife Louise, reside in Newark, DE, and Delray Beach, FL.

The End of North American Electronics Manufacturing … As We Know It
Have we reached an end-game point for high-volume North American electronics manufacturing? Asia now owns most high-volume/low-cost manufacturing, but the picture is beginning to shift, and the West could come back into focus.

Predicting the Next Decade for the Electronics and Connectors Industry
Where is the industry heading? We’ve got a pretty good idea that it’s a gradual evolution of more of the same — barring any significant geopolitical events.

Consumer Electronics Dominates the High Tech World
A tour of the tradeshow at CES 2012 suggests that innovation is being focused on the consumer marketplace. But this year, we’ll mainly see improvements on existing ideas.

Top 10 Recent Innovations in the Electronics and Connectors Industries
12-6-11 What a short, strange trip it’s been. In the past 10 years, our world has been dramatically impacted by developments in the electronics world — enabled, of course, by developments in the connector world.

Is The Trade Deficit About to Change
There may be things our industry can do to hasten the return of manufacturing to the West.