Lessons Learned

Interviewed :Charlie SporckRelevant Date :2007-10-31

Summary : Charlie Sporck reflects back on what he learned over the years, offering his advice for succeeding.

Annexure :

Charlie Sporck reflects back on what he learned over the years, offering his advice for succeeding.

www.vlsiresearch.com
www.chiphistory.org

Charlie Sporck arrived at Fairchild Semiconductor in 1959. Between then and through the 1980's he built a strong reputation and ultimately became respected by many as America's greatest manufacturing executive ... See more

Charlie Sporck

17 Oct 2007

Going Off-Shore

Semiconductors were starting to become big business by the mid-sixties. Assembly was the bulk of the cost and the giants in Japan and the Southwest were building automated assembly lines to deal with the cost. ... See more

Charlie Sporck

24 Oct 2007

Taking on the World

Charlie was an instrumental part of beating Japan at its own game: manufacturing. ... See more

Jim Bowen

12 Jan 2006

Building Fairchild Test ...

Jim Bowen talks about how he took Fairchild Test Systems Group from a money loser to the world's largest semiconductor equipment company during the seventies and how mismanagement led to its destruction after h ... See more