Upcoming Event for October 11, 2011


Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2011
        6:30pm: Refreshments, Food, and Social Time
        7:00pm: Technical Presentation
Place: Simularium Room at the University of California in Santa Cruz (Room 180, Engineering Bldg 2). Follow directions and parking Information. There will be a two dollar fee for parking, but food is on us.
RSVP: by emailing to siero@ee.com (please put RSVP on subject).



Title

"Womb to Tomb" -- The Do's and Don'ts
of Designing Systems for Mass Production


Speaker

Ken Gudan

Ricoh Research Lab


Abstract

It is exciting to be privileged to work with a team to take a design from concept into mass production. But what is it really like? What phases does the project go through? How much time does it take? What is expected of the engineering team? How do factories really "work"? What are key ingredients to a successful production ramp? What are the pitfalls to avoid? Ken Gudan has taken many ideas into production, both with Apple and Ricoh. He will draw on that experience to describe the process, expectations, fundamentals, and trials involved. Fundamental design rules, combined with actual factory results, will highlight each design phase. Time permitting, those attending will have the opportunity to solve intriguing real problems encountered, to exercise and grow everyone's creative problem solving skills!

Biography

Ken Gudan has over 25 years EE/System design experience, 15 years explicitly for mass production consumer products. Most of that experience comes from Apple, where he was System Technical Lead for iMacs. Currently, he is working for Ricoh, and served as the Technical Lead of the Ricoh eQuill cloud-based E-Ink tablet device, which will be shipping soon. Ken has led the technical development of all varieties of projects, ranging from "idea figments" to "simple speed bumps" into production, and has supported factory builds worldwide. Currently, he is researching new technology opportunities for Ricoh, hoping to shepherd another new idea into production. Ken has a BS Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan and a MSEE from Purdue University.