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Global Sourcing Spotlight
Column from: Bob Duke
Bob Duke is an industry leader in global supply chain management and has been involved in the electronics industry since the mid 1970s. He worked for various PCB manufacturers in the early days of his career and migrated to electronic component distribution and supply chain services prior to co-owning a PCB assembly company that had operations in the US and China.
Prior to ASC, Bob was vice president/managing partner of M-Wave Controls, LLC based in Aurora, Illinois. MWC designs and manufactures custom controls for food service equipment and various other industries requiring these services. He has also held the position of general manager at Hamilton Hallmark (div. Avnet Electronics) in Chicago where he gained a great deal of experience in electronic components.