Harvey Ikeman

Harvey Ikeman The author, Harvey Ikeman, has worked in the data communications field throughout his 30-year career and held positions in engineering, operations and manufacturing management. In 1987, Harvey co-founded Telesystems SLW Inc. of Toronto, Canada - a pioneer in wireless local area networking -and was responsible for operations and manufacturing. Harvey retired shortly after Cisco Systems, San Jose, California, purchased Aironet (formerly Telesystems) in 2000.
Harvey is enjoying his retirement by doing part-time consulting for local businesses, volunteering, traveling, keeping fit, and catching up on his reading. He and his wife, Margaret, call Akron their home, but when the Midwest winters get too cold, you'll probably find them in Sarasota, Florida. Their daughter is a student at Ohio State University.

Articles:
  • Challenges of Manufacturing RF Products
    "The manufacture of RF-based products requires a focused approach, certainly a RF-specific set of tools and know-how, and perhaps a stricter discipline than for non-RF products" (My apologies article is in English only)
     
  • Getting Fit and Staying Fit With Your Contract Manufacturer
    "There are many elements of 'Fit'; few are measurable in a quantitative sense; most are subjective and depend on honest evaluation and, oftentimes, gut feel" (My apologies article is in English only)
     
  • The ABC's of Operations Management
    "Basic management responsibilities and directives we all need to review and rethink once in a while" (My apologies article is in English only)
     
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