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Job Titles:
- Sales Engineer
- Sales Engineer / United Kingdom
Job Titles:
- Director of International Business Development
- Director of International Business Development / United States
- Director, International Business Development for NSI
Bill Hawkins is Director, International Business Development for NSI-MI supporting NSI-MI's customers in United States, Israel, Russia, South Africa. Bill joined NSI-MI in March of 2009. NSI-MI was formed by the merger of NSI and MI Technologies in January of 2016.
Bill's account management and engineering career includes eighteen years of service with Hewlett Packard/Agilent Technologies in a variety of application engineering, customer training and account management roles supporting the semiconductor manufacturing industry world-wide. Prior to his time at Hewlett Packard/Agilent Technologies Bill served as a test and product engineer for Northern Telecom supporting domestic and foreign production of advanced telecommunications equipment.
Bill holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and has taken numerous graduate level engineering classes from Georgia Tech as well as graduate level business classes from Georgia State University.
Job Titles:
- Director, International Business Development / United States
- Director, International Business Development of NSI
Charles Liang is Director, International Business Development of NSI-MI. Charles has the responsibility for new business activities in China and leads our business expansion efforts in this important region. NSI-MI was formed by the merger of NSI and MI Technologies in January of 2016.
Charles started his career at NSI-MI in 2002 as a senior engineer. He later served as a program manager and then as a sales manager. In his sales position, he has been responsible for the East Asia territory and helped develop our new Chinese distributor, Coastech International, and much of the new business that we have been awarded through that channel. Charles will continue the business development in China, as well as driving expansion in other key markets in the region such as South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Earlier in his career, Charles managed engineering projects at Boeing for its 767 and 777 final assembly facilities; at Vandenberg AFB for its missile launch towers and tracking antenna system; at Chrysler for its EMC test facilities at the Chrysler Technology Center. He initiated and successfully executed product development and global engineering collaboration projects at Mettler Toledo. As a product manager at a technology startup, he developed software service products with channel partners such as Cisco Systems and Dell Computer.
In addition to management and business development experiences, Charles is also an accomplished mechanical engineer with extensive experience in machine design and structural analysis.
Charles has an MBA from Ohio University, a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from University of Washington, and a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Chongqing University in China.
Job Titles:
- Business Unit Manager
- Vice President
Charles R. Smith, III is Vice President and Business Unit Manager of NSI-MI Technologies (NSI-MI), a wholly owned subsidiary of AMETEK, Inc. AMETEK acquired NSI-MI in 2021.
Prior to the acquisition by AMETEK, Charlie was part owner of NSI-MI and held the management position of EVP & CFO. NSI-MI, itself, was the result of a merger in 2016 of NSI, Inc. and MI Technologies, LLC. In 1997, Charlie was one of the founders of MI Technologies, formed to acquire the assets of Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.'s microwave instrumentation business.
Charlie is active in a number of industry and community service organizations. Past affiliations include the Financial Executive Institute, the Atlanta Treasury Management Association, where he served as president, TechAmerica (formerly AeA) and the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG). He is also an active member of several community organizations in the Atlanta area.
Charlie holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and a Master of Business Administration from Georgia State University. He also completed the Harvard School of Business' Corporate Financial Management Program.
Job Titles:
- Chief Technology Officer
- Vice President
- Vice President, Far - Field Systems and Chief Technology Officer
Daniël Janse van Rensburg serves as Vice President, Far-Field Systems and Chief Technology Officer and is responsible for all far-field, compact range, radome, RCS, and target simulation systems.
He is a graduate of the University of Pretoria, South Africa where he earned a PhD in Computational Electromagnetics. He joined NSI in 1998 as Applications Engineer and assumed the role of Sales Manager in 2006. Upon NSI merging with MI Technologies in 2016, he was named CTO of NSI-MI Technologies.
He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario, Canada and Fellow of the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA). He was the recipient of the AMTA Distinguished Achievement Award in 2015 for his contributions to near-field technology. He remains actively involved in academia and was appointed Adjunct Professor in the School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada in 2005 and continues to provide post graduate student supervision there. He is the author of more than 80 journal and conference papers; regularly contributes to industry courses on antenna test technology; and is co-author of the IET text: Theory & Practice of Modern Antenna Range Measurements.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Precision Products
Jeffrey A. Fordham is Vice President of Precision Products where he is responsible for company product sales, production, and supply for microwave instrumentation, antennas, software, and standard mechanical positioners. He also manages the Testing Services business area.
Jeff holds master's and bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. He was awarded the Edmond S. Gillespie Fellowship by the Antenna Measurements Techniques Association (AMTA) and served on the AMTA Board of Directors as the host of the AMTA 2004 symposium. Jeff has been a member of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society and the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society since 1987. He also previously served as Chapter Chair for the Atlanta chapter of Antennas and Propagation/Microwave Theory and Techniques. Jeff is currently Chair of the IEEE 149 Standard Working Group, a committee responsible for updating the IEEE Standard Test Procedures for Antennas.
Job Titles:
- Strategic Account Manager
- NSI - MI in 2013 As a National Strategic Account Manager
- Strategic Account Manager / United States
John Caserta joined NSI-MI in 2013 as a national Strategic Account Manager. He joins NSI-MI after serving as Director of Sales & Business Development-Americas for the Tracking & Telemetry Group of Orbit Communication Systems and 15 years as Southeast & Latin America Regional Sales Manager at the Microwave Vision Group (MVG). Prior to moving into Sales, John served as the Global Customer Service Manager for Flam & Russell, Inc. (FR), an engineering firm specializing in antenna & radar-cross-section (RCS) testing.
John brings over 30 years of experience in test & measurement sales, sales management, business development, B2B marketing communications, and customer service management serving customers on numerous projects for Antenna, Radar-Cross-Section (RCS), and Radome testing that involve compact ranges, positioning & motion control, anechoic chamber construction, and RF instrumentation as well as systems related to tracking & telemetry, tactical radar, EW, and ISR.
John is an active senior member of the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA) and the International Foundation for Telemetering (IFT).
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Near - Field Systems
John Demas is Vice President of Near-Field Systems. He is based in the Torrance, CA office and oversees the near-field antenna measurement business activities. Prior to this assignment, John was the Vice President of Operations for Nearfield Systems, Inc (NSI) located in Torrance, CA, and managed all manufacturing, development, engineering, and program related activities.
John earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with a minor in economics in 1978 from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. He has been an AMTA member since 1982 and has published numerous technical papers and served on various committees. He served on the Board of Directors as Vice President in 2015. John also is a member of the IEEE.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of System
- Vice President, System and Products Services
John Hatzis is Vice President of System and Products Services and oversees post-delivery customer needs. He previously was a service manager at Nearfield Systems, Inc. (NSI) overseeing the customer support activity and actively managed support contracts. John has more than 20 years of experience in the radar and antenna test industries. Prior to joining NSI, John was a project manager and later a sales & marketing manager at Selex ES, now Leonardo.
He holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Southern California and a Master of Science in Energy Systems from the Aachen University, Germany. John is current member on the Customer Experience Program Advisory Board at the University of California, Irvine. He is fluent in Italian, German and Greek, and is a United States Air Force veteran.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Operations
John M. Ward is the Vice President of Operations, which includes chamber construction, antenna measurement system manufacturing, manufacturing engineering, procurement, fabrication, machining, assembly and wiring of standard products, reflectors, and antennas. He has held this position since 2009. Additionally, he handles special projects and business development to enhance our product offerings. John joined the company in April 2007 as the manager of Mechanical Engineering, a position where he was responsible for all the company's mechanical product design, analysis, documentation, and testing.
John holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. John is a Georgia-certified Professional Engineer and is a Six Sigma Green Belt. He holds a patent for his work in the development of particle size measurement techniques and instrumentation.
Job Titles:
- Director, International Business Development
- Director, International Business Development / United States
Job Titles:
- Strategic Account Manager
- Strategic Account Manager / United States
Job Titles:
- Strategic Account Manager / Director, International Business Development
- Strategic Account Manager / Director, International Business Development / United States
Job Titles:
- Director, International Business Development
- Director, International Business Development / Austria
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Sales
- Vice President, Sales & Marketing
- Vice President of Sales & Marketing for NSI - MI
Michael W. Murphy is Vice President of Sales & Marketing for NSI-MI and is responsible for providing the overall leadership and management of the business unit's worldwide sales, marketing, and business development efforts. NSI-MI was acquired by AMETEK in 2021 after having been formed by the merger of NSI and MI Technologies in 2016. Prior to that merger, Mike was Vice President of Sales for MI Technologies, having been appointed to that position in 2005 after serving as Vice President and Business Manager of the Commercial and Communications business area. Mike joined NSI-MI in 1999 as Director, Customer Support.
Over his career, Mike has been active in a number of industry and professional organizations, including the National Management Association, the Air Force Association, the Army Aviation Association, the Precision Strike Association, the Navy League, and the Antenna Measurement and Techniques Association.
Mike holds a Master of Business Administration in Business and Operations management from The Ohio State University, and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management from the University of Notre Dame.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Engineering
- Vice President of Engineering at AMETEK NSI - MI
Stephen Blalock is Vice President of Engineering at AMETEK NSI-MI. In this role, he oversees all electrical, mechanical, software, chamber, and systems engineering activity for the development of sophisticated measurement systems.
Stephen has more than 20 years of experience in antenna, radar signature, and materials characterization using a variety of test systems including compact range, free space and resonant cavity materials measurement apparatus, image plane antenna range, near-field and far-field antenna ranges. In addition to system development and operation, he lectures for short courses in the area of radar cross section measurement methods.
Stephen holds a master's degree in Applied Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology as well as a master's degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from the Southern Polytechnic State University. He also is a vetted reviewer for the National Radar Cross Section Measurement Facility certification program.