FocalSpot, Inc. Senior Staff

27 years experience in worldwide sales, marketing and support of Inspection and Rework Systems. His professional experience includes: Worldwide Sales/Applications Manager, Marketing Manager and Product Manager. Mr. Schlieper has set up, and managed a worldwide distribution and manufacturing representative channel. Mr. Schlieper played a key role in the development of new x-ray inspection and rework equipment used by the electronics manufacturing industry.

Mr. Schlieper holds a B.S. in Physics and an MBA from the California State University, Hayward.

17 years experience in sales, marketing, support and engineering of inspection, rework systems and professional products. His professional experience includes: Asia Regional Sales Manager, Business Area Marketing Manager (Asia, Europe), Customer Support / Applications Manager, Product Manager, Engineering Supervisor and Product Engineer. Mr. Silva has played key roles in the development of new manual and automated x-ray inspection systems, international marketing, and customer support.

Mr. Silva holds a B.S. in Engineering Science from the University of California, San Diego.

10 years of electronics manufacturing industry experience in the areas of: field service, applications engineering, technical training and sales support. 

Prior to joining FocalSpot, Mr. Phillips served in progressive applications engineering and industrial x-ray inspection product support positions at Nicolet Imaging Systems / SRT, GenRad ,Teradyne and SAIC

20+ years industry experience in the areas of field service, applications engineering, technical training and sales support. Experienced in the Semiconductor and Printed Circuit Board Industries with emphasis on Applications in the areas of AOI, X-Ray, BGA Rework Stations and Board Handling Systems.

Prior to joining FocalSpot, Mr. Phelps served in progressive service and applications support roles in support of industrial inspection products for Orbotech, Daiichi Jitsugyo, and Acaris.

30+ years industry experience in the areas of SMT applications, engineering service , technical training and sales support. Keenly experienced in the Circuit Board Industries process with emphasis on Applications in the areas of production setup and optimization, X-Ray, BGA Rework Stations and Board Handling Systems.

Prior to joining FocalSpot, Mr. Palmer was associated with a Leading EMS Supplier in the Pacific Northwest, Phillips Assembleon and Jabil Corporation.