News Release
Yauch To Present NC State Entrepreneurs' Lecture
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Keith Nichols, News Services, (919) 515-7159
Nov. 15, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Serial entrepreneur Steve Yauch will share his business acumen – built through the creation of multiple business ventures – at this year’s North Carolina State University Entrepreneurs’ Lecture Series.
Yauch will speak from 4:30-5:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 19, in Engineering Building II (EBII), Room 1025. A reception will follow at 5:30 p.m. in EBII Atrium. (EB II is located on Oval Drive on NC State’s Centennial Campus; Oval Drive is most easily accessed from Centennial Parkway and is approximately halfway between the Farmers Market and Avent Ferry Road.) The event is free and open to the public. To RSVP for the lecture, go to www.ncsu.edu/els.
Yauch, who lives in Clayton, is president and owner of Carolina Electronic Assemblers (CEA), a company he founded in 2000. Carolina Electronic Assemblers specializes in the field of electronic contract manufacturing. Their products range from simple printed circuit board assemblies to complete turn-key system production and packaging. CEA’s clientele include customers in the medical, transportation, communications and security fields. With a recent acquisition, CEA currently has more than 200 employees and occupies 100,000 square feet of manufacturing space.
Prior to CEA, Yauch founded CMC Sencon, an industrial control distribution and integration company. His most recent start-up is a 25,000-square-foot order fulfillment and service center for handling the logistics of a large medical device supplier. In addition to his operating companies, Yauch has become involved in several large commercial real estate endeavors in the Johnston County area. One of his latest projects is the renovation of a 1900s era cotton spinning mill.
Yauch received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from NC State in 1987.
The Entrepreneurs’ Lecture Series is designed to showcase outstanding innovation and entrepreneurship among NC State alumni and partners. The lecture series is co-sponsored by NC State’s Office of Public Affairs and the Engineering Entrepreneurs Program (EEP). The series was started in 1993 by Dr. Tom Miller, professor of electrical and computer engineering, to help prepare undergraduate engineering students for the world of technology entrepreneurship. EEP students work in teams organized as “virtual start-up” companies, and research, design, build, test and demonstrate to business professionals their new products and business ideas.
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