Management Profiles
Edward McMahon
President & CEO
Ed is an entrepreneurial business leader who has been involved in building privately held and public companies. As President & CEO he successfully led Epec through the strategic consolidations of two companies. Mr. McMahon has been involved in the acquisition and integration of several companies in the circuit board industry over the past 3 years both domestically and in the Far East.
He is an engineering graduate of Clarkson University and did his MBA graduate studies at Northeastern University in Boston. Prior to building Epec, Ed was Vice President of Heritage Environmental Services, LLC where he oversaw the acquisition and development of distressed and underutilized businesses throughout North America. Prior to joining Heritage, he spent 6 years with Ashland Chemical Company, a division of Marathon/Ashland Petroleum, where he focused on the turnaround of non-performing locations within the company.
John Stabers
Executive Vice President of Sales
John is a recognized leader in the PCB industry, with over twenty-five years of experience in building world class field sales and service teams.
John’s most recent position was as SVP - Business Development for Sanmina SCI’s PCB Division, one of the largest PCB Companies in the world, where he successfully reinvigorated and refocused the entire organization. Prior to Sanmina, John held Sales leadership positions at Teradyne High performance Printed Circuit Boards, Westwood Associates, and Hadco Corporation.
His proven experiences in PCB sales and customer growth initiatives ideally position him to lead Epec’s long term business development, focused on value added PCB solutions.
John earned a Bachelor of Science in Marine and Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, and was a U.S. Coast Guard License Third Assistant Engineer.
Rob Forand
IT Director
Rob has fifteen years of experience driving Information Technology initiatives in the legal, professional services, and manufacturing industries. As a software engineer, he managed the development and integration of complex B2B and content management solutions. His broad expertise in IT infrastructure and large enterprise applications lends itself to driving the global enterprise technology solutions of Epec.
Before joining Epec, Rob managed the IT operations of several large international companies including Ahead Headgear, the global leader in golf apparel and Edwards & Angell, LLP, a $500 Million, multi-office law firm headquartered in Providence, RI. In these positions he was a key leader in architecting infrastructure solutions, data center build-outs, implementing improved technology platforms and technology integrations between mergers and acquisitions. He received his B.S. Degree in Computer Science from The University of Massachusetts.
Kendall Paradise
Director of Logistics and Supply Chain
Kendall came to Epec as part of a third generation PCB family. Her grandfather founded in 1965 and operated Beaver Brook Circuits, in Bethel CT. After graduating from the University of Rhode Island in 2001, Kendall returned to the family business, and gained working experience in many different departments including manufacturing, accounting and sales.
After Beaver Brook Circuits was acquired by Epec, she was responsible for the design, implementation and performing all of the training for the ERP system, which helped transition the company to a professionally managed organization.
Over the past three years, Kendall has been the Planning & Logistics Manager, where she played a key role in orchestrating Epec’s operational strategy. Her focus on building our world class supply chain platform in the US and in Asia has created a seamless operation for our customers.
Lisa Berche
Finance Director
Lisa is responsible for analyzing and developing the financial solutions that continue to improve Epec’s long term financial strength. Lisa joined Epec in 1999, as a full-charge bookkeeper and became the Controller in 2003. As Epec’s controller, Lisa successfully led Epec through several acquisitions, developed and oversaw all financial audit procedures, and built the accounting department to support the Company’s growth plans.
Lisa is a member of Epec’s Board of Directors and has many years of experience in audit and finance, including roles at Buffets, Inc. restaurant chain and Mechanical Energy Systems.
Anton Beck
Manufacturing Manager
Anton came to Epec with over 25 years of board manufacturing experience. Prior to joining the Epec team, Anton worked with Syrtek as their production manager for several years. His background includes all manufacturing processes from design to fabrication. With the acquisition of Syrtek, Anton has been with Epec over the past 5 years focused on developing our Asian infrastructure, to continually improve our value added supply chain organization.
Anton’s responsibilities include researching, qualifying and auditing our potential new and current supply chain facilities to ensure Epec’s world class standards to our customers are maintained. He works closely with both our domestic and Asian planning/logistics departments to assess and resolve any challenges that may arise from our global business strategy.
Katy Burnham
Customer Service Manager
For the past twenty five years, Katy has learned virtually every facet of the PCB Industry, with a passion for continuous improvement, and has become one of Epec’s most effective leaders.
Katy has successfully transitioned from the factory floor, where she began at Inner Layer touch up and was promoted to Layer Line Supervisor. After learning most of the equipment, controls, and processes in the factory, Katy’s desire to make processes work better led her to become a Process Engineer at Advance Circuits, Inc., a PCB facility in Minnesota.
After mastering the Process Engineering role, Katy accepted a position with PDI, Inc as Engineering Manager, with the responsibility for improving quality, reducing scrap rates, and increasing on time delivery. Katy remained PDI’s Engineering Manager until December 2002, when Epec acquired the Company.
After Epec acquired PDI, Katy transitioned to Regional Customer Service manager. Katy’s extensive factory, engineering, and management experiences enabled her to grow into the customer service manager’s role in 2006, where she is devoted to providing customers with a world class PCB experience.
Jonpaul Hansen
Director of Technology
JP brings to Epec over seventeen years experience in the PCB Industry with a focus on Front End Engineering software platforms and processes, DFM and extensive experience working throughout Asia.
JP’s experience ranges from top tier PCB manufactures to world leading software vendors. His most recent position was as the Engineering Software Manager for Merix - Asia working in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Prior to Merix Asia he held the positions of Director - Far East Business Unit for Direct Logix, Director of Technology for Protech Inc. in Chaska Minnesota, and VP of Engineering and Customer Support for Valor Computerized Systems Asia. He has also performed consulting services to many PCB, EMS and OEM companies throughout the world.
His extensive experience will allow him to spearhead Epec PCB’s technology, DFM and Engineering software roadmaps. He earned his Associates Degree in Printed and Integrated Circuit Design at Dakota Technical College in Rosemount Minnesota.
Wellong Yu
Asian Operations Manager
Wellong has over fifteen years experience growing PCB Operations in China and is known for his open minded, collaborative, hard working, and passionate approach to business. Since joining Epec, Wellong has successfully led the growth of Epec’s Asian Operations, with a dedicated focus on enhancing quality and on-time delivery.
Before Wellong Joined Epec, he was a manager at EPC, one of China’s larger PCB manufacturers. At EPC he led the production planning, scheduling, and logistics for several manufacturing plants. Prior to being recruited by EPC, Wellong worked at Wong’s Circuit Company, where he was promoted from Production Supervision to Material Control Manager.
Wellong is a graduate of South China Science & Technology University on 1989, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Automatic Controls.
Li Ping
Asian Technical Manager
Li Ping join Epec with over ten years of PCB experience, in product engineering and in all the rigid board manufacturing processes, at several large PCB manufacturing companies in both Asia and North America. Li Ping is responsible for Epec’s technical support and quality control at each of our Asian facilities.
Li Ping’s manufacturing experience lends detailed knowledge of all manufacturing processes, from the tooling of customer parts to running every process through to Pack and Ship! This strong operational background along with her Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from Tianjin University of Tianjin, China allows Li Ping to lead continuous technology upgrade and quality improvement of our Asia factories.