Jay Patel is the CEO of Amtech, and serves as the company’s visionary in all areas from sales to marketing to customer service and production. He worked inside the company throughout high school and college, learning the electronics manufacturing business from the ground up from his father. His understanding of the business helps our customers find the easiest and most cost effective ways to ensure quality products are shipped. Jay graduated with a BS in Computer Science from Wayne State University, and immediately put those talents to use at Amtech. He developed Amtech’s proprietary ERP system (AmtechOS) from scratch, helping create a path of innovation that the company follows to this day. He’s always focused on taking Amtech to the next level to help the company’s customers and partners, including championing Amtech’s efforts getting ISO 9001 Certification in 2000 while still in college. He currently sits on the IPC’s EMS Management Council Steering Committee where he helps guide the efforts of the association to support businesses like Amtech’s. Being the scion of a family-owned business, the importance of both family & education remain core pillars in Jay’s life. In fact, it’s so important to him and his family that he and his wife Rucha launched their own school based on the Acton model which is designed for education in the modern world. The two have been married since 2003, and their children Shriya and Yagna have inherited the pair’s curiosity.