Consultants

Mr. Choo has nearly 30 years of experience in global sales, finance and executive management in the electronic component, information technology, and electronic interconnection industries. Mr. Choo’s career has been defined by his successes with industry leaders such as FCI Electronics, Molex and Tyco International.  While serving as head of Asia Pacific FCI Electronics with $600M sales and with 5000 employees, annual sales growth was the best in the industry for more than 4 years in Asia Pacific region.   Mr. Choo has turned around many companies especially at FCI with improving EBITDA and cashflow more than 2X during his first year and has achieved the same results at Tyco International.  Mr. Choo has raised $50 million for infrastructure projects, was responsible for all financial and IT activities for six joint venture manufacturing companies with approximately $300 million in collective assets and 3,500 employees in China.  Mr. Choo studied his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and earned his MBA in Finance/International Business from the  University of Hartford. He has  Bachelor’s of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering and in Management and Industrial Engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Mr. Kho is a seasoned electronic interconnection industry executive with 30 years of experience.  Mr. Kho has held a number of General Manager and Senior Director positions for industry leaders such as TE Connectivity Singapore and Tyco Electronics Singapore .  During the last 13 years , his chief responsibilities included the sales and manufacturing operations in Singapore and South Asia. Mr. Kho has had P/L responsibility for nearly half of his career, driving sales growth in multiple countries while managing the manufacturing facilities in Singapore with over 700 staff members. Mr. Kho’s international sales and operation experience includes Singapore, South Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and China. He also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business from Charles Stuart University, Australia.

Mr. Um has 25+ years of international experience in both the B2B and B2C industries in Sales, Product Management, Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain and Six Sigma amongst the electronics, nuclear technology, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and CPG. His major successes include but are not limited to developing a business model to expand and drive $1B+ revenue with a diversified portfolio, executing major complex legal contract negotiations to secure short-term targets and financial benefits, and leading digital transformation in securing electronic components during the complex shortage at the height of COVID (e.g., total financial benefit impact of $6B+). He has served as a member of Board of Directors for the Institute of Supply Management, an Advisory Board Member for ProcureCon Asia, and won numerous accolades from APAC Procurement Leaders^TM , Korea ISM & KAPSM, and ISM’s Gene R. Richter Award. Mr. Um earned his International MBA from Baldwin Wallace College and has a BS degree in General Engineering & Foreign Areas Studies from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Mr. Lee is a senior executive in the electronic interconnection industry. He has held various senior management positions for industry leaders such as FCI Korea, FCI Connectors Korea and BERG Electronics Korea, Ltd.  Mr. Lee has acquired over two decades of experience in production and sales management in the electronics interconnectivity industry.  In 2000, he was awarded the Gold Medal for Best Sales in Asia by FCI Korea, Ltd. and, in 1996 and 1997 respectively, both the Asia Gold and Silver Sales Awards by BERG Electronics.  Mr. Lee earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from Dongguk University in Seoul, South Korea.

Mr. Nakai  has over 30 years of experience in the electronic interconnection industry and has held numerous senior managerial positions for industry leading companies such as FCI/Burndy Japan.  Early in his career, as product design engineer, Mr. Nakai designed a number of connectors, including DIN-type and board-to-board connectors.  Later, as an engineering manager, Mr. Kakai supervised the development of FFC/FPC connectors, board-to-board connectors for mobile phone, DVC, car audio, and ODD applications. For the past decade, Mr. Nakai has supervised and directed business development in the Japanese market and, most recently, held the position of Marketing Director for FCI/Burndy Japan.  Mr. Nakai earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Mechanics from Waseda University in 1978.