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Flexible Circuit Advocate, Timothy Meehan, Passes
December 29, 2008 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
SAN FRANCISCO Timothy (Tim) Meehan, president of Eclectic Technologies Inc., a flexible circuit consulting firm, passed away after a long battle with a pancreatic disorder. Many people around the globe and especially those in the world of flexible circuits knew Meehan as a tireless participant in the promotion, development, and expansion of flexible circuit technology. He was among the first to promote and extol to flex circuit manufacturers the advantages of adhesive-less flexible base materials. A U.S. Navel Academy graduate in mechanical engineering, Meehan was a nuclear engineer with the Navy in the command of Admiral Hyman Rickover, the father of the atomic submarine. Following his navel career, Meehan served in various financial, marketing, sales, and strategic planning positions at Standard Oil Company, Chomerics, and Raychem Corporation. In the 1980s, he turned to consulting and independent advisory positions with material and equipment suppliers to the flexible circuit, electronic interconnect and packaging markets. He was among the first to promote and extol to flex circuit manufacturers the advantages of adhesive-less flexible base materials.
Meehan was a market researcher adept at developing strategic and operating plans and as a result managed sales programs for a number of companies including Flex Products Inc., Southwall Technologies, ELF Technologies, Courtaulds Performance Films, IBM Microelectronics and Fractal AG and Park Nelco.
Meehan was a founder of International Flex Technology a spinout from IBM, where he was Executive Vice President of Business Development until the company was sold to Sheldahl and at which time Meehan started Eclectic Technologies, where he worked with other consultants in the industry to design and create turnkey manufacturing operations for flexible circuit materials. All those who knew Tim will miss him greatly. Tributes to his memory can be made to the SPCA, www.aspca.org.