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Meet Chris Ellis, SMT007 Columnist
September 18, 2019 | I-Connect007Estimated reading time: 1 minute
Meet Chris Ellis, one of our newest SMT007 columnists! In his columns, Ellis addresses common problems that Manncorp customers have had with the in-house conversion process, and shares solutions that have worked in the past.
Chris Ellis is a sales manager/engineer for Manncorp Inc. with 29+ years of experience in the PCB assembly equipment industry. Ellis worked as a manufacturing engineer for five years before going into sales. He has a lot of experience in diagnosing bills of materials, business plans, forecasts, and being able to lay out a whole factory.
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