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Kenneth Roots
Business Development - New Markets
Ken Roots has a 23-year background in business development and management, with 13 of those years cultivating a full portfolio of ‘cradle-to-grave’, international OEM/ODM solutions - including industrial design, electronic & mechanical engineering, EMS, SCM, component engineering and manufacturing, metal/plastic fabrication and cable supply.
Ken kick-started the turnkey EMS division for OCM in the late 1990s, and helped position the firm as an original member of the Sparton Alliance, a seven-member, $400-million manufacturing network with participating companies across North America and Europe.
Ken also enjoyed an important role with MEMEC International where he helped to create a paradigm shift in the global electronic component industry by being among the “first on the ground” managers to standardize the provision of innovative, industry-changing engineering and support services to Canadian OEMs and CMs.
Ken holds a Diploma in General Arts & Sciences with majors in Business Law and Psychology from Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada and is also certified by the Forum for International Trade Training (FITT) through Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
In his personal time, Ken enjoys spending time with his family, playing guitar, and lending his building skills to community projects.
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