Presenter Bios: 2006 Passive Market Outlook

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, President and Owner of the Paumanok Group

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, specializing in off-the-shelf market studies (60 titles on passive components); directed market research (single-client); international market development; bill of materials consulting in passive components; and conferences and seminars

J. Kelly Vogt, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, joined KEMET (formerly Union Carbide Corporation) in 1984 as a Production Supervisor in tantalum manufacturing. In 1986, he joined Field Sales as a Sales Representative in Schaumburg, Ill. Subsequent assignments included District Sales Manager (Mid-Atlantic), Global Account Manager (General Motors), and Director of Sales. In 1998, he returned to Greenville, S.C., as Director of Ceramic Marketing, and was later appointed Vice President, Sales Worldwide in 2003. He assumed his current position in 2004. Vogt received his B.S. degree from Tusculum College.

Jeffrey P. Ray is Global Distribution and EMS Manager at Littelfuse, Inc. He joined the Littelfuse management team in September of 2000 as the Southeast/Midwest Regional Sales Manager. While a Littelfuse, Ray has also managed the North American Customer Service Department, Pricing and Inside Sales. Ray has worked in the electronics industry for 18 years. Prior to joining Littelfuse, he spent 13 years as a Sales or General Manager for various electronic and electrical distributors. Ray holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.

Karun Malhotra is the Marketing Manager for Capacitor Products for Murata Electronics North America. In this capacity he is responsible for product promotion, developing new applications/markets and technical support for capacitor products in North America.

Before taking over this marketing position in 2001, Malhotra had held positions in central R&D, Manufacturing plant, Engineering and Quality within the Murata organization (Japan and United States). Malhotra joined Murata-Japan in 1990, and has been on assignment to the United States since 1996.  He has been involved with capacitor products since 1995. He also represents Murata Electronics, NA on the ECA engineering committee.

Malhotra obtained his bachelor’s degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1982 and his master’s and Ph.D. from McGill University, Montreal, Canada in 1989. He has also spent three years at Kyoto University in Japan on invitation of Japanese Government.