I believe that Brown and McIntyre are competent marketers, judging by the companies they represent. They provide full service to their clients and have a wealth of experience in injection molding; particularly Keith Brown. Marketing Technologies has credentials; LQMT does not. Brown and McIntyre are taking a big risk in picking up the calibre of management LQMT has to offer.
I wish them well. If anyone can develop business, it will be them.
LQMT has proven incompetent at generating sales from Bromage and Ogawa's offices.
If they are not successful, it will be because of Liquidmetal management and not themselves. They will need timely information and support from LQMT and its partners. This is something that LQMT has not proved capable of providing.
Bromage has taken more than one year and one half since (June 2011) joining and has yet to establish a national sales force, an endeavor which normally takes 3 to 9 months to build nationally and internationally. Maybe he will get lucky with this one. I do not believe he initiated this connection.
Liquidmetal Technologies announced today that it has appointed Mr. Bruce Bromage as its new SVP of business development and operations. Mr. Bromage has been with the amorphous alloys and composites developer as a strategic marketing consultant since June 2012.
Regarding his new role, Bromage commented, “The unique characteristics of Liquidmetal make it a revolutionary material that has the potential to change the way industries manufacture parts. The company is at an exciting inflection point in its development, and I look forward to helping Liquidmetal continue to commercialize its proprietary and patented technology.”
Before joining Liquidmetal, Bromage served as an executive vice president and general manager at Symmetricom for eight years. He was responsible for managing the sales, marketing, and engineering efforts of the timing, test, and measurement division, where products were sold worldwide to the telecommunications, aerospace and defense, and intelligence industries. In his tenure, Bromage’s division achieved six consecutive years of increased sales and profitability while also doubling revenue.
Prior to Symmetricom, Bromage held Vice President and Senior Vice President roles with two Silicon Valley companies. He spent seven years with Hewlett Packard, serving as Director of Strategic Business Development. He also worked at Hughes Aircraft Company for nine years as Program Manager for Advanced Naval Tactical Display Systems.
Bromage holds a B.A. and M.A. in Experimental Psychology from California State University, Fullerton and a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from UC Santa Barbara. He has also completed executive courses at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Columbia University.
“With nearly 30 years of hands-on experience managing divisions of major global companies, Bruce is the perfect fit as our new SVP of business development and operations,” said Tom Steipp, Liquidmetal’s president and CEO. “His experience in the aerospace industry makes him valuable to our team and his proven success gives us confidence help drive the adoption and application of Liquidmetal alloy.”
PS Being a program manager for Hughes does not make a person a marketing expert to aerospace. We have seen this already.
Display systems are not related to manufacturing parts made of amorphous metal alloys. PERIOD.
