Technology >> CEO Interviews >> March 8, 1999
SHEVACH SARAF is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Solitron Devices, Inc. Mr. Saraf has 39 years of experience in
operations and engineering management with electronics and
electromechanical manufacturing companies. Before joining Solitron in
1992, he was Vice President of Operations and a member of the Board of
Directors of Image Graphics, Inc., a military and commercial electron
beam recorder manufacturer based in Shelton, CT. As head of the
company's engineering, manufacturing, materials and field service
operations, he turned around the firm's chronic cost and schedule
overruns to on-schedule and better-than-budget performance. Earlier, he
was President of Value Adding Services, a management consulting and
turnaround services to electronics and electromechanical manufacturing
companies with particular emphasis on operations. From 1982-1987, Mr.
Saraf was General Manager and Vice President of Operations for Harmer
Simmons Power Supplies, Inc., a power supplies manufacturer in Seymour,
CT. He founded the company and directed all aspects of the company's
start-up and growth, achieving $12 million in annual sales and a staff
of 180 employees after 24 months. He also held senior corporate
management positions with Photofabrication Technology, Inc. And
Measurements Group of Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. Born and raised in
Tel Aviv, Israel, he served in the Israeli Air Force from 1960-1971 as
an Electronics technical Officer. Mr. Saraf received his masters in
Business Administration from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
and his masters of science in Management from Hartford, CT Graduate
Center. He also received Associate of Science degrees from the Israeli
Institute of Productivity and the Israeli Air Force Technical Academy as
well as a Teacher Certificate from the Teachers and Instructors
Institute. He is married and has two children. Profile
products, services, customers, those kinds of things?
Mr. Saraf: Solitron Devices is a manufacturer of power
