1. Shmulik (Shmuel) Balmas - M.E. BSc
+972-54-5604357 Givatim - IL
shmulikbalmas@gmail.com
References will be provided upon request
Professional Experience
N-trig Ltd. Israel
2004 – 2013 Feb.
www.n-trig.com
 Product Technical &
Engineering Director
 Engineering & NPI
Team Manager
 Technology Manager -
strategic Contract
Manufactures (CMs)
 RD&E Product
Manager
 Senior Mechanical
Designer
N-trig develops & manufactures a complete Pen and Touch solutions on a single digitizer for mobile
computing devices based on multidisciplinary technology.
The technology integrated into some of the leading OEMs products, such DELL, HP, HTC, SONY, Lenovo,
ASUS, Microsoft and Fujitsu.
Member of the company since its early stages of lab prototyping phase until running Mass Production
phase, delivering large volumes to OEMs.
2012 – 2013: Product Technical & Engineering Director (reporting to VP OPS/COO)
 High level experience in mass production designing & manufacturing involved with accurate plastic
casting, elastomers, metal parts, PCB & PCBA
 Managing the NPI team, including hands-on production line ramp up support
2010 – 2011: Engineering & NPI Team Manager
2007 – 2011: Technology Manager for strategic Full Turnkey Contract Manufacturers (CMs)
 Leading mass production product design (DFX)
 Responsibilities include supporting: prototyping, assembly, calibration and testing procedures,
defining the required equipment, qualification, quality control, regulations & compliance,
environmental, production and process optimization, product introduction and demos
 Responsible for the product performance and hands-on failure analysis on samples and first lots
 Leading projects from concept through mass production: interfaces and support to all other
disciplines: customers, marketing, design, product configuration control, ECRs / ECOs, quotations and
cost estimations
 Establishing infrastructure of three CMs in Asia, supporting 100,000’s units per product,
mass production controlling procedures, optimization, process improvement, cost reduction,
yield analysis and improvement, reliability and supply chain vendors approval
 Directly managed critical supply chain vendors
2004 – 2006: RD&E Product Manager, Senior Mechanical Engineer (reporting to VP ENG)
 Leading and managing design projects from MRD stage. Responsible for prototype modeling,
performance and optimization, as well as selecting Asian mass production vendors and customized
items manufacturers
 Production yields improvements and stability
Sagitta Ltd. Israel
2000 – 2004
www.sagitta.com
 RD&E Project Manager
 Senior Mechanical
Engineer
Sagitta developed & integrated multidisciplinary capital equipment for the Fiber Optics and
Semiconductor industries. Major development includes fully automated systems for sub-micron polishing,
cleaning & microscopy inspection.
2000 – 2004: RD&E Project Manager, Senior Mechanical Engineer (reporting to VP R&D)
 Projects management from concept to delivery
 Managed engineering design sub-contractors
 Responsible for mechanical design, precise alignment fixtures and metal parts machining, precise
stages, motion control and microscopy
Electric-Fuel Ltd. Israel
1995 – 1999
www.electric-fuel.com
 R&D Mechanical
Designer
 Project Leader
Electric-fuel developed Zinc-Air batteries for consumer and safety products, offering a power solution for
electric vehicles with zero emission.
1995 – 1999: R&D Mechanical Engineer, Project Leader (reporting to VP Tech Development)
 Mechanical design including injected plastic parts, product performance on laboratory and field tests
 Providing solutions and design service for in house production line facilities
Products:
 High Power battery and High Energy battery projects for submarine applications
 WAB (Water Activated Battery), emergency light for marine and aircraft life vest

2. Shmulik (Shmuel) Balmas - M.E. BSc
+972-54-5604357 Givatim - IL
shmulikbalmas@gmail.com
References will be provided upon request
Education
1991 – 1995 B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Israel. Graduated with Honors
Courses completed
TOC – Theory of Constrains
Plastic Injection
Design of Experiments
Computer Skills MS Office, SolidWorks (CAD), Agile, Concerto, SharePoint
Languages Mother tongue Hebrew. High level spoken, reading and written English