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.
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Selected Published Articles
- All About Circuits, March 2025: What Does Security Look Like in a Post-Quantum World? ST Looks Ahead
- Design News, October 2024: Artificial Intelligence From Behind the Curtain
- Design007, September 2024: Silicon to Systems: A Wake-up Call for the Industry
- All About Circuits, August 2024: NTT-Docomo Uses Quantum Computing to Optimize Cell Networks
- Design News, August 2024: Life as a Small Robotics Manufacturer, Part 1
- Designing Electronics North America, June 2024: An ESP32-powered “Tube Radio”
- All About Circuits, January 2024: A 1939 Audio Oscillator Caught Disney’s Eye—And Helped Launch HP
- 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
Interviews and Quotes as an Industry Expert
- Design007, June 2024, Page 44 by Andy Shaughnessy. Interviewed as an expert in the electronics components supply chain: Do you collaborate with your component supplier?
- New York Times, March 6, 2020 by Patricia Cohen/Ben Casselman. Manufacturing industry expert (about paragraph 24): U.S. Added 273,000 Jobs in February Before Coronavirus Spread Widely
- MilAero007, May 21, 2019 by Nolan Johnson. Expert in the electronics manufacturing industry: Communication and Information: Two Keys to Success
- EE Web, April 4, 2017 by Rob Gunayan. Interview about my history in electronics: Interview with Duane Benson
Regular Contribution Articles
- Published in: All About Circuits
- Published in: Design News
- Published in: Designing Electronics North America (see selected above)
- Published in: EE World Online
- Published in: iConnect007
- Published in: EE Times
- Published in: EE Web
- Published in: Make Zine
Commercial Blog Articles
- Screaming Circuits: “Circuit Talk” blog
- Electronic Specifier: Technical blog articles
Podcasts and Videocasts
- Teardown Podcast: Tour of Screaming Circuits factory floor
- On Track Podcast: Manufacturing Documentation
- 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 (Keynote speaker at NEDME 2019 and 2023)
- Teardown Portland (Watch video 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
- Field 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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