Quality Automation, Inc

while working for intel and nec microcomputers as an fae, i had the opportunity to visit hundreds of companies. some very large and some very small, the “start-ups”, my favorites and the ones i paid the most attention to. they gave me a glimpse into the future and because only about 1% succeeded, i received an education few people get in real life, how to succeed starting with an idea, learning the market and what the customers really want, designing a prototype that can be reproduced using low cost labor, training a sales team or reps, then introducing the world to your new product. of course this was a gross simplification, but it started me on the road to success with robotics/motion control. shortly after leaving intel, i was commissioned to lead a team of engineers to bring to market a very different “bare board tester”. this company was currently manufacturing bare board testers and the owner had the idea to make a tester that would “learn” a known good board, store the data on 8