Technical Seminar Presenter Bios - Capacitors

Craig Conrad is TTI's Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing & Strategic Planning Officer. Conrad has been in the electronic component industry for more than 29 years. For the past 12 years at TTI, he was responsible for global sales and currently oversees TTI's strategic planning and marketing activities. He is a past chairman of NEDA and is one of the company's leaders in RoHS and lead-free information services to employees and customers worldwide.

Dennis M. Zogbi is President and Owner of the Paumanok Group, comprised of Paumanok Publications, Inc., Industrial Market Research Division, and Passive Component Industry magazine.

Paumanok provides services to more than 500 customers globally in the total supply chain for passive components, including mines, materials processors, component manufacturers, distributors, and OEM and EMS companies. The Industrial Market Research Division is the predominant worldwide supplier of market research services to the passive component industry. This division also specializes in seminars and conferences. 

John D. Prymak is an Applications Manager for Kemet. He has worked in the capacitor industry for more than 30 years and with Kemet for the past 15 years. Prymak has experience in ceramic, tantalum and aluminum developments for the power industry and is a driver in getting product introductions and changes implemented for the benefit of those applications. He has presented at several conferences and has authored work in several technical magazines and books.

Karun Malhotra is the Marketing Manager for capacitor products for Murata Electronics North America. In this capacity, he is responsible for product promotion, planning, pricing and technical support for capacitor products in North America.

Malhotra has been with Murata since 1990 and has been involved with capacitor products since 1995. BEfore taking over his current position in 2001, Malhotra held positions in the central R&D, manufacturing plant, engineering and quality departments within the Murata organization. He also represents Murata on the ECA committee.