BOSTON — Cimtek named Alex Bonham director of professional services, responsible for helping manufacturers leverage rich and relevant information gathered at product and functional test to make decisions throughout the product lifecycle.

He has 15 years' experience in designing hardware and software for product and functional test. Prior to joining Cimtek, Bonham was with Andigilog, where he spearheaded vertical market expansion and the development of the company’s thermal management test product line. He has also held test development and engineering positions at Myriad Systems Group, Cottonwood Technology Group and National Instruments.

“All too often, by the time the reality of product failure meets the warranty requirements, manufacturers have to take the loss and move on, pinning hope on the next new product and its ability to deliver enough revenue to lessen the pain,” said Stan Smith, Cimtek's CEO. “With Alex on board, we have the resources our customers need to put an end to that vicious cycle by ensuring that quality flaws have been completely analyzed and designed out.”

Bonham and his team will work with customers in automotive, avionics, medical and consumer electronics to analyze those vulnerabilities – and identify areas for immediate, and continual, quality improvements.

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