Solutions Team

Internationally recognized expert in design, fabrication and testing of flexible and rigid flex circuits offering more than 30 years of industry expertise. Mark is Co-Chair of IPC-2223 Flexible Circuit Design committee, and is an active member on the IPC-6013, IPC-4202, IPC-4203, and IPC-4204 committees. He is a senior instructor on Flexible PCB design at IPC and PCB Design conferences. Mark is an established columnist for Printed Circuit Design and Fab magazines and a featured writer for SMT, Connector Specifier, Machine Design, and Medical Design. Mark often is cited as one of, if not the, foremost Flexible Circuit experts on the globe.

Technical expert in printed circuit board design and manufacturing, Terrill specializes in flexible circuits; offering above 25 years of experience. Offers significant expertise in design and DFM (Design for Manufacturing) with flex and rigid flex PCBs offering while incorporating best practices to accomplish optimal price and manufacturability. Terrill also holds multiple patents related to PCB design and manufacturing processing. Terrill’s deep experience allows him to provide excellent service and support to FCT customers.

Offers over 28 years of industry expertise and is a recognized expert in design, fabrication, and test of Printed Electronics, Silver Circuit Sensors, Membrane Switches, Flexible and Rigid-Flex circuits. Joe presently serves FCT customers across the globe while providing robust designs for custom applications and direct customer support. Joe resides in Shenzhen, China where he also leads continuous process and quality improvement efforts with FCT’s Asian based manufacturing facilities; while also helping to coordinate and host FCT customer visits to our facilities. Joe additionally is involved with IPC’s newly developed Printed Electronics Processes Subcommittees in support of developing standards for the Printed Electronics Industry.

offers over 23 years of contract manufacturing experience.  He is a Mechanical Engineer with experience in program managing, account management, estimating and quoting, DFM, full box assembly, and product launch. Experienced in plastic molding, metal stamping, and electronics and has supported customer in automotive, medical and industrial markets.  Tim has an excellent understanding of the manufacturing process and successful product development. Tim also has run his own business and directed sales staff for a global company.  He understands needs of customers and successful business to business relationships.

Offers over 25 years of expertise in inventory control, procurement, program management, sales, and customer care in the computing enterprise and telecommunications industries. Bob’s business skills from past endeavors coupled with over 8 years of experience as an FCT Applications Engineer in the Flexible Circuit / Rigid Flex industry allows him to provide superior customer service and support to the clients that he serves.

Is another highly skilled FCT Sr. Applications Engineer offering 35 years of expertise in flex and rigid/flex circuits. His technical expertise includes a deep understanding of the mechanical, electrical properties of flex and rigid flex while also offering significant production experience. Tony’s deep expertise allows him to provide excellent overall customer consultation and support. He additionally is a member of the IPC-2223, 6013, 4202 and 4204 committees.

offers over 20 years of diverse managerial experience including multi-project management, operational management, and personnel management and training across a variety of industries.  Lori has supported FCT customers for over 10 years and offers outstanding overall program management, customer service and support, and quoting support.   She is a results-oriented professional with excellent communication, problem solving and organizational skills and is adept at supporting customers through the development process to production.  

Mr. Burkett joined Flexible Circuit Technologies in 2014 and is responsible for FCT Business Development activities including market focus, sales, prototyping services, and marketing activities. Prior to joining FCT, he served as President for two LED Lighting companies that were under the umbrella of Revolution Lighting Technologies (RVLT). Mr. Burkett spent seven years leading Lumificient Technologies, one of the prior mentioned LED lighting companies and prior to that spent an approximate 20 years in the Management Consulting Services arena. Mr. Burkett is a former Partner for PricewaterhouseCoopers and Coopers & Lybrand where he was responsible for leading the Management Consulting Services Practice in the Minneapolis, Minnesota USA office.

Mr. Koopman is the co-founder of Flexible Circuit Technologies and has been leading FCT as its President since its inception in the year 2000. He along with another founding partner built Flexible Circuit Technologies based upon working with a high sense of urgency with focus on doing all that could be done to meet customer needs. Mr. Koopman instilled these same principles to the entire FCT team while executing business with a high degree of integrity, with staff and customers alike; resulting in the outstanding growth that Flexible Circuit Technologies has achieved. Beyond leading FCT on a daily basis, Mr. Koopman also leads FCTs Production/Blanket team including our inventory/stocking programs where FCT provides just in-time production parts or assemblies to customers that take advantage of this program. Prior to FCT, Mr. Koopman spent a number of years in KPMG’s Audit and Consulting Practices and had the opportunity to serve and support many differing business enterprises.