About
Bill Hargin is founder of Z-zero, a manufacturer of software for PCB stackup planning and…
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Many thanks to the i-Connect007 team and Marcy LaRont for organizing the panel discussion on base materials included in this month’s edition!
Many thanks to the i-Connect007 team and Marcy LaRont for organizing the panel discussion on base materials included in this month’s edition!
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Ryann Howard and Frances Stewart take a break while setting up for PCB East. Frances still tells me what to do, even though she's not the boss…
Ryann Howard and Frances Stewart take a break while setting up for PCB East. Frances still tells me what to do, even though she's not the boss…
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Sad news for those of us that worked there for many years...
Sad news for those of us that worked there for many years...
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Experience
Education
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Washington State University
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Activities and Societies: Delta Upsilon Fraternity President
Delta Upsilon Fraternity president
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Volunteer Experience
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President, Tournament Coordinator, Manager, Coach, Umpire
Redmond West Little League
- 10 years 8 months
Children
After managing baseball and softball teams for many years, I served as the league president for three years, and recruited and directed activities for a 33 member board, overseeing a 50-team youth-baseball/softball organization, serving 750 families. In those three years, we had unprecedented volunteer support - drawing interest from Little League International - and I helped turn a $13K operating deficit into a $17K annual surplus on a $160K/year annual budget. Grew summer program from 36 to…
After managing baseball and softball teams for many years, I served as the league president for three years, and recruited and directed activities for a 33 member board, overseeing a 50-team youth-baseball/softball organization, serving 750 families. In those three years, we had unprecedented volunteer support - drawing interest from Little League International - and I helped turn a $13K operating deficit into a $17K annual surplus on a $160K/year annual budget. Grew summer program from 36 to 500 ballplayers in three years.
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President
Bellevue Blast Fastpitch
- 1 year 2 months
Children
President for a nine team girls' fast pitch softball organization.
Projects
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Webinar Series: Printed Circuitboard Material Selection
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See projectI developed an 8 week educational webinar series to drive awareness for our software and services. More than 400 engineers and printed circuitboard designers signed up, and the series was very-well received.
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Webinar: Signal-Layer Selection for High-Speed PCB Design
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See projectI developed an 8-week educational series on printed circuit-board design, driving awareness for our software and services, and attracting more than 400 webinar registrants.
Organizations
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IEEE
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