Clyde F Coombs

Clyde Coombs joined Hewlett-Packard in 1959, where he developed the plated-through-hole process that became the basis for printed circuit production for the next 40+ years. He is the editor of all six previous editions of the Printed Circuits Handbook . Happy Holden is the retired director of electronics engineering and innovations at Gentex Corporation, and has worked in printed circuits in various capacities since 1970. Previously, he was the CTO for Foxconn's MIP Div (supplier of mechanical...See more

Clyde Coombs joined Hewlett-Packard in 1959, where he developed the plated-through-hole process that became the basis for printed circuit production for the next 40+ years. He is the editor of all six previous editions of the Printed Circuits Handbook . Happy Holden is the retired director of electronics engineering and innovations at Gentex Corporation, and has worked in printed circuits in various capacities since 1970. Previously, he was the CTO for Foxconn's MIP Div (supplier of mechanical components, flexible circuits and rigid PCBs), a senior PCB technologist for Mentor Graphics' System Design Division, an advanced technology manager at Westwood Association (NanYa PCB) and Merix Corp., and he worked for Hewlett-Packard for 28 years in various engineering and marketing roles. See less