FDI Management

FDI is based on a flat, one-level management structure that helps us react quickly to your schedules and allocate the right talent for your project.

Our core management team oversees day-to-day operations and strategic partnerships, while our core engineering and production teams manage the individual customer projects. Our management team has more than 100 collective years of design and project management experience and we have successfully launched hundreds of products for dozens of customers.

Top Management

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Kent Lowman, President

Kent Lowman has 28 years of experience in the embedded design community. He has direct technical experience in hardware and software design, project management and engineering management with one of the world’s top-five contract manufacturers, and was active in some of the first high-volume Surface Mount designs in the early ‘80s. Lowman worked for a top-10 international semiconductor company in roles ranging from Field Applications Engineer to Technical and Strategic Marketing with responsibility for key partnerships with development tool vendors and major communication customers. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering and has published Application Notes and presented embedded design workshops internationally. He also holds six U.S. patents for his design work. Lowman co-founded FDI in 1982.

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Mark Hall, Director of Engineering

Mark Hall has 29 years of technical experience in engineering and production management. He has engineering management experience at one of the largest contract manufacturing companies in the world and managed both the design and manufacturing groups at a major producer of PC motherboards and memory modules. Before cofounding FDI, he founded the PC Group at Sanmina-SCI, which eventually produced about $4 billion per year in revenue. Hall has a BS in Electrical Engineering and is an experienced ISO 9001 manager and a recognized authority on hardware and systems design.

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Tim Easterling, Senior Program Manager

Tim Easterling has 33 years of technical experience and 22 years of engineering and manufacturing management experience. He managed the CADD and PCB Layout groups at a top-five contract manufacturing company and is a member of the IPC Designers Council and the Surface Mount Technology Association. He is also an NMA certified Professional Manager. Easterling has a BS in Electrical Engineering and is a recognized authority on PCB Design and technology options.