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Introduction
Albert J Mastrangelo
Interconnecting Ideas
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2. Mission
m2i builds meaningfully unique,
financially viable solutions and
business strategies focused on
technology applications including,
market development, technology
commercialization and disruptive
technologies exploitation.
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3. Concentration Areas
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 Strategy development and execution.
 Acquisitions and divestitures.
 Technology start ups.
 Business turnarounds.
 Globalization.
 Alliances / partnerships

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Collaboration Range
 Business strategy - formulation and execution.
 Strategic market analysis and guidance.
 Market profiles, segment analysis, targeting.
 Market feasibility / entry point assistance.
 Market and Business Development.
 Competitive intelligence.
 Alliances and Partnering.
 Selection and qualification of materials.
 Attribute targeting and benchmarking.
 Formulation and product development assistance.
 Application of materials - tuning for performance.

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Market and Business Development
 Market Development
 For non-US based companies seeking to enter the
market or expand presence in the Americas.
 For US based companies wanting to penetrate or
optimize their business globally.
 Distribution and value-chain consulting.
 Key account / prospect profiling.
 Partner Evaluation, Selection and Acquisitions
 Identify and evaluate potential business partners
objectively in any scenario:
 M&A, joint-venture, strategic partners, agents,
distributors, licensees, and suppliers.

6. m2i Innovation Skills
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 Product conceptualization and development of IP.
 Market Development
 Synthesizing ideas through divergence and
convergence.
 Market intelligence and emerging technology
investigations.
 Technology scouting.
 New Product Blueprinting (NPB).
 Innovation Engineering.
 Product development methodology.
 Product positioning, qualification strategies, launch
and early stage business development.

7. m2i Capabilities
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 Building enterprise strategy and decision-making for
optimal market entry.
 Defining and quantifying competitively viable product
attributes.
 Translating desired attributes into product performance
characteristics.
 Competitive differentiation – creating meaningfully
uniqueness.
 Pursuing product qualifications - coordinating global
qualifications and product roll-outs.
 Assessing technology and geographic shifts in design
and manufacturing.
 Entering new markets or expanding penetration.

8. m2i Capabilities
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 Translating disruptive technologies into opportunities.
 Trend identification and technology road mapping.
 Providing primary market research and evaluation.
 Assessing market growth potential.
 Investigating unfulfilled market needs.
 Global technical marketing
 Assessing market influencers, strengths and
weaknesses.
 Competitive analysis and positioning.

9. m2i Consulting Interests
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 Semiconductor packaging
 Circuit assembly
 Thermal Management
 Power electronics
 Composites and functionalized structures.
 Additive manufacturing technology
 Energy storage – Super-capacitors / Ultracapacitors / battery.
 Alternative energy (EV, Wind, PV, CPV)
 Fuel cell technology.
 Nano materials.
 Printed electronics /display technology.
 Coatings, encapsulants and adhesives.
 Joining technologies – soldering and brazing.
 Powder metallurgy and catalysts.

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Materials Focus Areas
 Thermal management interface materials (TIM 1 and 2), plus
structures, composites and devices.
 Die attach adhesives.
 Silver sinter materials for power die attach applications
 Adhesives and sealants.
 Encapsulation materials – underfill, COB, dielectrics.
 Component assembly terminations.
 Assembly materials for electronics, microelectronics, and
semiconductor packaging.
 Composites and functional structures.
 Nanotechnology and organic electronics materials.
 Electronic component assembly materials.
 Solders for Semiconductor packaging and assembly.
 Brazing and joining materials.

11. m2i Talents
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 Interconnecting divergent ideas or elements.
 Identifying and quantifying unspoken and unmet needs.
 Uncovering unmet or unspoken market insights.
 Creating value and IP.
 Taking technology concepts and products to commercial success.
 Forging meaningfully unique and innovative solutions to create
value.
 Adapting new concepts into an existing situation framework.
 Channeling understanding local cultural and socioeconomic
nuances to build relationships globally.
 Global perspective based on > 30 years international business
experience.
 Inventive, proactive, goal oriented, persuasive and tenacious.

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Patents and Publications
 Patents:
 US Patent 4,273,593 (1981), Metal Joining Paste and Vehicle Therefor
 US Patent Application 051,816, Organosilane Catalyst Development
(Allowed 1981; maintained as trade secret)
 Publications:
 Joining of Copper and Its Alloys, Metal Handbook, 9th Edition, ASM, 1980
 Screening of Metal Powders , Metals Handbook, ASM, 1984
 Quality Management in the Powder Metallurgy Industry - A Comprehensive
Approach , Modern Developments in Powder Metallurgy, volume 17, MPIF,
1985; Presented at APMI Conference, Toronto Canada, June 1984.
 Practical Considerations in Dispensing Solder Cream, NEPCON East
Proceedings, Boston MA USA. June, 1993.
 A New Environmentally Benign Method for Lead-Free Solder Defluxing,
SMTAI Proceedings, Chicago, IL, USA. September, 2006.
 Crossing the Chasm Between PCB’s and Bus Bars in Power Electronics
Applications, Motor, Drive and Automation Systems Conference, Orlando FL,
USA. March, 2012.
 Innovation - From Random Gamble to Reliable System, MHI Conference, San
Diego CA USA. October,2014

13. How can m2i help you succeed?
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www.askm2i.com
info@askm2i.com
Office:+1.919.342.5687
Mobile:+1919.412.9573
SKYPE- almastrangelo
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