NATEL Promotes Sharma To Chief Operating Officer

CHATSWORTH, Calif., March 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Kunal Sharma has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer at NATEL EMS, a leading electronics manufacturer, announced President/CEO Sudesh Arora. This important top management appointment is a key element in NATEL's current drive to achieve higher performance levels among tier-two electronics manufacturers. 

In his new position, Sharma oversees NATEL's operations groups across all North American facilities. This includes responsibilities for manufacturing, test facilities, and process engineering at NATEL sites in Carlsbad, CA; Chatsworth, CA; Mason, Ohio; and Juarez, Mexico, with the exception of supply chain processes. "In this new position, I will have the opportunity to drive our President's vision of continuous improvement throughout all divisions of NATEL, resulting in increased value to our customers," says Sharma.  

"Kunal has proven himself quickly and served NATEL well as Vice President of Operations," says Arora. "His focus has been on applying lean methodologies and eliminating waste throughout NATEL's value stream. He has led the spread of the NATEL Business System into our most recent acquisition, and this expertise is exactly what we need in a Chief Operating Officer as we look to the future." 

Sharma has more than 15 years of manufacturing and operations leadership experience in the automotive, semi-conductor, aerospace and defense industries. He earned his bachelor's degree in Industrial Technology from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Starting his career as a manufacturing engineer at Toyota (NUMMI) and Kavlico, Sharma was certified as a Six Sigma Black Belt and Shainin Apprentice. Rising to become production manager and manufacturing manager at companies such as Danaher and Rexnord, he used his lean manufacturing knowledge to successfully lead multiple manufacturing and transactional Kaizen events that resulted in improvements in on-time delivery, yields and reduction of inventory.

ABOUT NATEL

NATEL is a major independent manufacturer of a wide variety of microelectronic products, providing low to high volume production for its customers. As the largest and oldest privately held EMS company in the U.S., NATEL is known for high-reliability, high-quality manufacturing that delivers solutions to customers. NATEL is favorably positioned among mid-tier EMS manufacturers to "make amazing things happen." NATEL holds and maintains industry specific certifications that include ISO 9001:2000, ISO 13485, and AS9100. Its MIL-PRF-38534 (DSCC) Class H and K certifications certify NATEL's expertise in designing and manufacturing microelectronic assemblies for space and mission-critical defense programs placing it in an elite group of aerospace industry manufacturers. NATEL, headquartered in Chatsworth, CA, has manufacturing locations in California, Nevada, Ohio, Mexico and Colorado. To learn more, visit www.NatelEMS.com or on Twitter, @NATEL.

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