George Beauchemin

Experience

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  Southern Shipbuilding Co., Slidell, LA

  Jan 1973 - Jan 1974

  DESIGN ENGINEER

  • Conceived and Coded Classic and Finite Element Analysis Programs for Trans Oceanic Ship Stability utilizing GE Time Share Service in Fortran II.• Engineering support for Heating Systems on board ship.

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  Portescap U.S., Inc.

  Jan 1974 - Jan 1977

  • Five-year Compound Annual Sales Growth Rate 60%.• Pioneered Programmable Calculator Utilization. Wrote Application Software Eventually Employed Internationally. • Territory included New England, New York State, Canada. • Designed and Utilized Analytical & Communication Tools to Accelerate and Accurize Product Selection/Recommendation. • Was first American Applications Engineer, specializing in the Application of Ironless or Coreless DC Motors, precision Gearboxes, and dc Tachometers.

  • FIELD SALES/APPLICATION ENGINEER

    Jan 1975 - Jan 1977

  • APPLICATIONS ENGINEER

    Jan 1974 - Jan 1975
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  Portescap US, Inc.

  Jan 1975 - Jan 1981

  • Successfully Relocated Subsidiary to PA with mere loss of Two Shipping Days. • Reduced Inventory 80% while Simultaneously Improving Domestic In-House Delivery. •Sales and Application Engineering for Swiss Made Electromechanical Devices.•Territory Management of Eastern Third of US and Eastern Canada • Pioneered Programmable Calculator Utilization. Wrote Application Software Eventually Employed Internationally. • Territory included New England, New York State, Eastern Canada for Precision Coreless DC Motors, gearboxes.

  • VP NATIONAL SALES MANAGER

    Jan 1979 - Jan 1981

  • Regional Sales Manager

    Jan 1977 - Jan 1979

  • FIELD SALES/APPLICATION ENGINEER

    Jan 1975 - Jan 1977
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  Portescap US., Inc.

  Jan 1982 - Jan 1984

  • Restructured and Relocated Subsidiary after Divestiture of Several Acquisitions. Zero down time. • Implemented Strategic Marketing Shift by Identifying and Targeting Several New Market Segments. A precipitous fall in Computer Peripheral Device Market had Substantially Less Impact. • Catalyst for Licensing Proprietary Swiss Stepper Motor Technology. • Board Member, Electronic Motion Control Association• President, Electronic Motion Control Association

  • VP of Marketing

    Jan 1983 - Jan 1984

  • VP Product Marketing

    Jan 1982 - Jan 1983
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  1984-1986 Portescap U.S., Inc.

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1986

  VP GENERAL MANAGER - North America

  • Achieved Most Profitable Year in Subsidiary's History. • Expert Trial Witness and Key Architect in Successful Exoneration of Company in Major Product Liability Suit.• President, Electronic Motion Control Association.• Chairman Of National Technical Seminars, Electronic Motion Control Association.• International Sales, Marketing and New Product Strategy Contributor.• Corporate Board Member.• Published Technical Articles in MACHINE DESIGN and Designfax.

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  BEI Kimco Magnetics, San Marcos, CA

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1989

  DIRECTOR SALES & MARKETING

  • Identified and Focused Sales Efforts on Key Market Segments.• Achieved Compounded Annual Sales Growth Rate of 50 Percent.• Trained Multidivisional Direct Sales Force Unacquainted with the Technologies. • Implemented Standard Product Range vs. Former Custom Design Focus. • Created First Series of Commercial Literature, Advertising Campaign, and Standard Pricing. • Published Technical Articles on Brushless DC Motor and Moving Coil Actuator Technology.

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  Portescap U.S., Inc.,

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1997

  VP SALES/MARKETING, AMERICAS, OCEANIA 1989-1997

  • Recruited to Rejoin Company and later Ordained President’s Successor Pending his Retirement. • International Market Specialist for Several Key Market Segments. • Conceived, Designed and Implemented Effective Sales Lead Retrieval & Reporting System.• Interviewed and Evaluated Agents/Distributors in South America, Australia, and New Zealand. Assessed Market Potential and Formulated Sales Strategy. Engaged in Trade Mission to Brazil. • Implemented Exploitation of World Wide Web for Communication & Market Research. Significantly Enhanced Communications while Simultaneously Reducing Cost in Communicating with Field Sales Force, Parent Company, and Sister Subsidiaries.• Terminated Ineffective Distributor, which added $300,000 Annually to bottom line.• Design News Engineers Council Member.• Corporate Evangelist for Web Site Creation. Convinced Parent Company to Implement PDF format for Downloadable Literature from Web Site, a now de facto standard.• Published Technical Article in Design News on Brushless DC Motors Show less

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  API Portescap, West Chester, PA

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

  MANAGER SALES/MARKETING NORTH AMERICA 1997-1998

  • Led Successful Transition, Relocation, and Training of Entirely New Staff for $16 Million Swiss and British Import Enterprise following Acquisition. Responsibility for Sales of Domestically Manufactured High Performance Brushless DC Motor and Planetary Gearbox Product Line.• Relocated and Enhanced Value Added and Technical Service Department. • Implemented Information Management System for Hybrid Sales Force & International Affiliates via World Wide Web, Computer Bulletin Board and CD-ROM. Show less

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  Self Employed Engineering - Marketing - Sales

  Jan 1998 - Apr 2002

  CONSULTANT/INDEPENDENT INVENTOR

  • Retained as Consultant for Importation, Sales, Marketing and Applications Engineering of Miniature Electromechanical Devices. Markets Segments served include Medical, Telecommunications, Photonics and Scientific Instrumentation. Responsibilities also include Web Site Design, Technical Documentation, Pricing, and Technical & Marketing Liaison with Swiss Principal.• Consulted for High Performance Motion Controller Company. Revolutionized Ease of Use of Technical Documentation CD-ROM, giving users results in seconds vs. minutes to hours. Spearheaded Modernization of Web Site Search Engine.• Continued Development and Promotion of Revolutionary Patented Invention.Clients included ThinGap, Delta Tau, Donovan Micro-Tek. Show less

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  MicroMo Electronics, Inc.

  Feb 2002 - Apr 2007

  Corporate Product Manager

  In charge of finding New Technologies, Vendors, and Complementary Products, particularly Asian, that expand, complement the existing European and US made motion control products of the Faulhaber Group.Additionally Product Manager for High Performance Permanent Magnet Stepper Motor Product Line manufactured in Switzerland, which ranged from 6 mm diameter to 22 mm diameter.

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  Global Motion Products LLC

  Jan 2007 - now

  President, Chief Technical Officer

  Global Motion Products LLC performs multiple Services:Technical and Applications Analysis and Optimization, including vendor recommendations, for under typically 1 Horse Power brush dc, brushless dc, and stepper motors. We have over 45 years experience in electric motor technology and extensive World Wide Affiliations.Sourcing and Vendor Recommendations and Liaison.Expert Witness Experience in Product Liability Law Suit.Specification and Testing Procedures.Vendor Suitability, Quality and Infrastructure Surveys including critical review of technical documentation. Show less

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  Motion Tech Trends Technical Services

  Jan 2009 - now

  Senior Technical/Marketing Associate

  MTT is an engineering and marketing consultancy where our focus is the electrical rotating machinery, power conversion and motion components and system marketplace. Our interest in components (electrical, electronic or mechanical) and systems (motion or power capture) revolves around their use with electric motors and generators.