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James McElroy
Jim McElroy is Executive Director and CEO of the National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative, Inc, (NEMI) located in Herndon, Virginia. NEMI is an industry led consortia dedicated to the advancement of electronics manufacturing in North America.
Prior to joining NEMI, Jim McElroy was Vice President of International Operations for MicroModule Systems (a 1992 spin off from Digital Equipment Corporation). He was one of the founders of MMS starting as the Eastern U.S./ European Business manager. Jim worked for Digital Equipment Corporation for 15 years holding a number of technical and management positions in both Engineering and Manufacturing. Key assignments included Operations Management of Digital's MCM factory in Cupertino, California and Program Management of the physical technology development for the VAX9000 system (based in Marlboro, Massachusetts). Before joining Digital in 1976, Jim worked at RCA on packaging and interconnect design for military computer systems.
He has authored several papers and articles in the area of interconnect/packaging and holds one patent for the design of the VAX9000 Multi-chip Module. Jim has been active in ISHM and IEEE and was one of the founders of the MCM Division of EIA (a trade association for the promotion of MCM infrastructure). He received a B.S.M.E. and an M.S.M.E. from Northeastern University. |