PCB Technology Leadership Awards Winners
The votes are in, the plaques have been engraved--the 2011 TLA winners have been announced!
2012 Winners
Category: Best Overall Design
- Company: Selex Galileo, UK
- Design team: Simon Hawkes, Mark Butt, Kelly Perryman
- Using: Expedition Enterprise
Category: Computers, Blade & Servers, Memory Systems
- 1st place: Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Germany
- Design team: Andreas Schaefer, Peter Kastl, Andreas Neumann, Mario Lanteri, Markus Wicher, Andreas Titz, Peter Bräu, Benjamin Zeller, George Emanuel Valceanu
- Using: Expedition Enterprise
- 2nd place: Samsung Electronics, South Korea
- Design team: MiKyoung Nam, Sungho Jung, Myung-Hwa Jung, Chunglyol Lee
- Using: Board Station XE
Category: Consumer Electronics & Handhelds
- 1st place: Qualcomm, USA
- Design team: Larry Paul, Byron Coleman, Brad Davis, Bruce Fischer, Andy Lejman
- Using: Board Station XE
- 2nd place: TP Vision Singapore
- Design team: Richard Hoong, Looi Lai Yin, Tan Li Li, Ng Kim Yan
- Using: Board Station XE
Category: Industrial Control, Instrumentation, Security & Medical
- 1st place: Emerson Control Techniques, USA
- Design team: Michael Weinberg, Robert Cottell
- Using: Expedition Enterprise
- 2nd place: CiBoard Electronic, Germany
- Design team: Michael Schwitzer, Thomas Blasko
- Using: Expedition Enterprise
Category: Military & Aerospace
- 1st place: Aselsan, Turkey
- Design team: Sefika Ozkal Piroglu, Murat Karadeniz, Inanc Dogru, Hakan Cimen, Serkan Ozyurek, Halil Ibrahim Yaslak
- Using: Board Station XE
- 2nd place: IAI Elta, Israel
- Design team: Benny Lazar, Haouji Jean-Pierr
- Using: Board Station XE
Category: Telecom, Network Controllers, Line Cards
- 1st place: Alcatel-Lucent, USA
- Design team: Ramfis Rivera-Colon, Rick Mctee, Greg Martin, Bob Novonty, Jeff Bridgett, Conrad Herse, Ken Krueger, Joseph Gomez, Jay Kreminski, Sergio Olmos
- Using: Expedition Enterprise
- 2nd place: Tellabs, Finland
- Design team: Peter Kokko, Juha Ahvenainen, Sami Jokinen, Sauli Kunnas, Jyrki Nyyssönen, Matti Pulkkinen, Jukka Raappana, Hannu Saarikoski, Kimmo Valkonen, Päivi Vallin, Ilari Veki, Jyrki Vuorinen
- Using: Expedition Enterprise
Category: Transportation & Automotive
- 1st place: Johnson Controls, USA
- Design team: Scott Smith, Petar Slavov, Krzysztof Russa
- Using: Expedition Enterprise
- 2nd place: Huizhou Desay, China
- Designer: Tan Baichuan
- Using: Expedition Enterprise
2011 Winners
Category: Best Overall Design
Company: Wipro Technologies, India
Design team: Rakesh Raju Nadimetla, Radesh Gupta
Using: Board Station RE, XtremePCB, HyperLynx SI/PI
Category: Consumer Electronics & Handhelds
1st place: LG Electronics, South Korea
Design team: Junhyeok Lee, Inmu Kim, Kun Joo
Using: Expedition Enterprise
2nd place: Avolites, UK
Design team: Alwyn Fernandes
Using: PADS
Category: Computers, Blade & Servers, Memory Systems
1st place: GE Intelligent Platforms, UK
Design team: Mike Tapp, Rob Savage, Bryan Ledger, Stuart Connolly
Using: Expedition PCB, HyperLynx SI/PI
2nd place: PFU, Japan
Design team: Junichi Nakagawa, Yuusuke Amakata, Seiji Yoshinaga, Yasuhide Chigawa
Using: PCB, CES, XtremePCB, HyperLynx SI/PI
Category: Industrial Control, Instrumentation, Security & Medical
1st place: Verigy, Germany
Design team: Oliver Knitterscheidt
Using: Board Station, HyperLynx PI
2nd place: Agilent, China
Design team: Bo Yao
Using: Expedition PCB
Category: Military & Aerospace
1st place: GE Intelligent Platforms, UK
Design team: Jim Rose, Michael Brewin, David Hart
Using: Expedition PCB, HyperLynx SI/PI
2nd place: SELEX Galileo S.p.A., Italy
Design team: Maurizio Pagani, Matteo Seminari, Aldo Boschiroli, Gregorio Vitale
Using: Enterprise, HyperLynx
Category: Telecom, Network Controllers, Line Cards
1st place: Alcatel-Lucent, USA
Design team: Mei Wong, Carboy Zhang Li Bo, Mark Darby, Aydin Cokoyoglu
Using: Board Station RE
2nd place: F5 Networks, USA
Design team: Debra Bandimere, Jarom Daines, Eric Daines, Jerry Canterbury
Using: CES, Expedition PCB
Category: Transportation & Automotive
1st place: Johnson Controls, USA
Design team: Scott Smith, Siddesh Vishwanath, Krzysztof Russa
Using: Expedition PCB, CES
2nd place: Huizhou Desay, China
Design team: Tan Baichuan
Using: Expedition PCB
2010 Winners
Category: Best Overall Design
Winner
- GE Intelligent Platforms (UK) – Using: Expedition Enterprise
- Design team: Paul Curran, Mike Tapp, Rob Savage, John Digby
Category: Consumer Electronics & Handhelds
Winner
- Seagate (USA) – Using: Expedition Enterprise
- Design team: Diane Williams, Dave Williamson, Mark Roberts
Runner Up
- Qualcomm Inc (USA) – Using Board Station XE
- Design team: Larry Paul, Bryan Selby, Jason Yeo, Yongsheng Peng, Christine Henry, David Bahnemann, Andres March, Yang Zhang
Category: Industrial Control, Instrumentation, Security & Medical
Winner
- NTC ELINS – JSC, Russia– Using: Expedition Enterprise
- Design team: Dmitry Belyaev, Vladimir Sikoev, Evgeniya Tevs
Runner Up
- GE Intelligent Platforms (US) – Expedition Enterprise
- Design team: Howard Donaldson, Jack Henslee, Matt Ferguson
Category: Military & Aerospace
Winner
- General Dynamics (Canada) – Using: Board Station XE
- Design team: Rene Allard, George Claridge, Kevin Fitzgerald, Cristian Filip, Luc Bouchard
Runner Up
- Astrium (UK) – Expedition Enterprise
- Design team: Mark Walker, Sean Manning, Bob Masterton, Stephen Williams, Jon Hill
Category: Computers, Blade & Servers, Memory Systems
Winner
- ZTE, China - Using: Expedition Enterprise
- Design team: Zhang Meijuan, Guo Yonggang, Peng Shuifei, Chen Huifeng
Runner Up
- Broadcom, USA - Using: Expedition Enterprise
- Designer: Rich Pitta
Category: Telecom, Network Controllers, Line Cards
Winner
- Alcatel-Lucent (Italy) – Using: Board Station XE
- Design team: Lugi Aldeghi, Fabrizio Crippa, Massimiliano Severi, Giuseppe Sorbara, Lucia Marta, Ivan Malaspina, Luigi Brambilla
Runners Up
- SIENNA ECAD Technologies Pvt Ltd (India) – Using: PADS
Design team: Srinivas R, Savita Rajesh - Alcatel-Lucent (Israel) – Using: Expedition Enterprise
Design team: Elad Noach, Rafi Zalalihin, Tamir Hazan
Category: Transportation & Automotive
Winner
- Huizhou-Desay Automotive (China) – Using: Expedition Enterprise
- Designer: Tan Baichuan
Runner Up
- Huizhou-Desay Automotive (China) – Using: Expedition Enterprise
- Designer: Huaquan Li
2009 Winners
Category: Best Overall Design
Tellabs, USA - Using Expedition® Enterprise
Design Team: Steven Everly, Stephen Mihal
Category: Consumer Electronics & Handhelds
Panasonic, Japan – Using Expedition Enterprise
Design Team: Takayuki Hinokidani, Shuhei Osako
- Runner Up: Vestel Electronic, Turkey – Using Expedition Enterprise
Designer: Aysen Sicimci Ozcan
Category: Industrial Control, Instrumentation, Security & Medical
CiBoard Electronic, Germany – Using PADS® and Expedition Enterprise
Designer: Michael Schwitzer
- Runner Up: Oregano Systems, Austria – Using Expedition Enterprise
Designer: Helmut Mayrhofer
Category: Military & Aerospace
GE Fanuc, UK – Using Expedition Enterprise
Design Team: Nigel Knighton, Dave Shield, Jim Rose, Stuart Connolly, Zeshan Hussein
- Runners Up (tied)
- General Dynamics, Canada – Using Board Station® XE
Design Team: René Allard, Cristian Filip - DRS, Canada – Using Expedition Enterprise
Design Team: Robert Turzo, Andre Demers
- General Dynamics, Canada – Using Board Station® XE
Category: Computers, Blade & Servers, Memory Systems
Kontron, Canada – Using Expedition Enterprise
Designer: Kontron Development Team
- Runner Up: SiennaECAD, India – Using PADS
Design Team: Savita Ganjigatti, Viveka MP, Dinesh GT
Category: Telecom, Network Controllers, Line cards
Alcatel-Lucent, US – Using Expedition Enterprise
Design Team: Susan Plul, Max Ko
- Runners Up (tied):
- RAD Data Comm, Israel – Using Expedition Enterprise
Design Team: Dorit Leizer, Olga Goykhberg, Svetlana Zlotnik, Sharona Manasherov, Didier Halimi - Rancore Technologies, India – Using PADS
Design team: Ruchi Johari, Anjan Roy, Ganesh Singh, Pramod Singh, Vishal Abrol
- RAD Data Comm, Israel – Using Expedition Enterprise
TLA Resources
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