Integra Technologies recently chose Don Warring as its Vice President of Quality. Warring has 35 years of engineering and quality management experience for companies including Motorola, ON Semiconductor and International Rectifier. His background includes manufacturing, reliability engineering, cost reduction, yield enhancement and quality improvement.
Warring graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He continued postgraduate coursework and training in Statistics, ASQ Quality Management, Semiconductor Failure Mechanisms, ISO/AS Standards.
In early February, Integra announced it would invest 1.8 billion in a large-scale facility in Wichita in exchange for $304 million in state tax incentives. This expansion will bring 2,000 jobs to Kansas and with an initial target eight volume production lines that will produce approximately 10 million units a week. Warring joins the Integra team for the upcoming volume facility in Wichita.
“I’m very excited to lead the Quality organization for America’s OSAT, and help the company ramp up to high volume production of robust packaging and test solutions,” Warring shared.
Integra Technologies President & CEO Brett Robinson told KansasBizNews.com Warring has decades in the semiconductor industry, an impeccable reputation for quality service and extensive involvement in the processing requirements for high-volume semiconductor users such as automotive and medical users.
“We are thrilled to have Don in his new role,” Robinson said. “Don’s expertise and technical depth make him the exact right choice for Integra’s anticipated growth.”
Robinson emphasized that the Vice President of Quality is a critical position at Integra and quality is key for its customers.
“Integra processes components that go into life-saving implanted medical devices, flight critical components on aircraft, and a variety of weapon systems,” Robinson said. “When lives are on the line, customer’s choose Integra.”
Integra reported Warring has a proven “track record of delivering results, successful operation performance” and “significant cost reduction through data analysis, root cause identification, and implementation of permanent action.”
Integra Technologies is the largest Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) service provider in the U.S., with experience with materials, flows, and requirements for the military, aerospace, and other high-complexity sectors. Integra’s mission is “to deliver secure, reliable state-of-the-art semiconductor and semiconductor services with unwavering integrity.”
