our members of the PSMA Board of Directors are elected at the Annual Meeting held every year during the APEC conference. Each Director serves a three year term and is eligible to be reelected for one additional term.

In this issue we would like you to meet Jim Marinos, who was elected to his first term at APEC 2010.

Jim Marinos, executive VP Marketing and Engineering for Payton Planar Magnetics, has been involved in the design and development of switch mode power systems for military applications and magnetic designs since 1982.

Jim, in his present position, is managing all aspects of business activities to facilitate sales, marketing and engineering, hiring of technical representatives in North and South America, technical training of technical representatives, developing new major accounts and negotiating sales contracts.

Prior to his current position, Jim was the Director of Engineering for Lambda Novatronics (GE Aerospace now) and held design positions with Ceag, Bell Labs and Superior Manufacturing.

Jim is serving on the Executive Board of Directors of the PSMA, Power Sources Manufacturers Association, as the President.

Jim is a Senior Member of IEEE and a reviewer for Senior Member Applications and has served as Session Chair in many APEC lectures and has written numerous technical papers on switch mode power supplies and planar magnetics.

He holds a BSEE from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn NY.

Provided by Jim Marinos, Executive VP
Marketing and Engineering for
Payton Planar Magnetics
 

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