Consulting is much more than a simple relationship. The most effective consulting work is backed by deep industry knowledge and interactivity with a broad community of experts. Duane Benson’s portfolio of 1,500+ articles published, and decades of public speaking illustrates a commitment to understanding technology, business and the people involved in the various tech industries.
Selected Published Articles
- All About Circuits, February 2024: The Internet’s “Father Time” David L. Mills Dies at 85
- All About Circuits, January 2024: A 1939 Audio Oscillator Caught Disney’s Eye—And Helped Launch HP
- Design News, November 2023: Bringing Back a Classic Tube Radio
- All About Circuits, October 2023: After 84 Years, Canada Stops Broadcasting Time From Its Atomic Clocks
- Design News, August 2023: Teardown: LED Light Bulb Theory vs. Reality
- Embedded Related, July 2023: Jumping from MCUs to FPGAs – 5 things you need to know
- All About Circuits, July 2023: The Story of the (Very Expensive) E-Newspaper Display That Updates Daily
- Designing Electronics North America (DENA), January 2023: From design to finished PCB
- Design News, December 2022: Checking in on a decade of disruption
- Designing Electronics North America (DENA), November 2022 (page 28): Continuing Supply Chain Woes
- SMT iConnect007, May 2022: Finding solutions in the quoting process
- Design News, October 2019: 5 Predictions of tech disruption in the next decade
Regular contribution articles
- Published in: EE World Online
- Published in: All About Circuits
- Published in: iConnect007
- Published in: EE Times
- Published in: EE Web
- Published in: Make Zine
Commercial blog articles
Screaming Circuits: “Circuit Talk” blog
Podcasts
- Teardown Podcast: Tour of Screaming Circuits factory floor
- Predictable Designs: PCB Assembly and Design for Manufacturing with Duane Benson
- On Track Podcast: Best DFA Tips from Duane Benson
Speaker at
- Keynote at NEDME
- Teardown Portland (Watch video, starting at 1:27:45, here)
- Embedded Online Conference
- PCB West
- NEDME technical sessions
- SMTA
- Embedded System conference (speaker and panel moderator)
- Executive Officer’s Club
Speaking engagement topics
- Keynote: The next ten years in manufacturing
- Business strategy for the engineer entrepreneur
- On demand electronics manufacturing
- Prototyping traps
- Internet marketing
- Marketing for the engineer entrepreneur
- PCB Layout and assembly challenges
- Filed Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)
- Embeded language (on a panel)
- Embedded gadgets (on a panel)
- Using high-density components
- System architecture for a telepresence robot
- Board design best practices
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In addition to business consulting services, Duane is available for speaking on a variety of electronics, manufacturing and B2B marketing topics as a keynote, panel moderator or technical session subject matter expert. Learn more about Duane Benson and his industry experience on the About page here.
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