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Richard A. Jaffe - Vice President
Biography
Mr. Jaffe has a broad experience in the design, development, and manufacture of electronics based products. Entering the aerospace/electronics industry in 1957, he was employed at successive levels of drafting, design, project, and engineering management. Employers included Northrop, Bendix, TRW, Douglas Aircraft, Litton Industries, Teledyne, and Whittaker. As President and CEO of Group J Incorporated, a consulting firm founded in 1969, he has directed, managed, and otherwise participated in projects for consumer, industrial, and government utilization. World class clientele includes JPL, Rockwell, U.S. Navy, Litton, Disney, Teledyne, Teradyne, Baxter, Borg Warner, Mosler, JBL, and Schlumberger. Product applications include industrial monitors and controls, telecommunications, security, medical, computer and peripheral devices, aerospace, military, audio, automotive, robotics and animatronics, oil field equipment, power supply and conversion, as well as micro-machined and ceramic based devices.
Education
Graduating from California State University at Northridge in 1964, with a degree in Business Administration, education continued through university level extension classes, participation in trade associations, industrial seminars, and subscription to a wide variety of trade magazines.
Patents, Awards, and Recognition
1963; U.S. Patent No. 4222090, Microelectronic Package, 1980; Surface Mount Technology Association member since 1984; Design Automation Conference Speaker, Albuquerque, NM, 1985; design related articles published in the SMTA Tricounty Newsletter and US Tech, March 1990 and June 1993, respectively.