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September 2014 • The PCB Magazine 17 THE FAMILy (SuN)STONE continues The Sunstone Team (Continues) • Sheri Kuretich (21 years), human resources Ed Graham (38 years), safety and environmental • Bill Moffatt (28 years), maintenance Lynda Postlethwaite (30 years), sales and customer service • Joe Phelps (16 years), automation programming/ Cam support • Wayne Austin (31 years), Cam • Tammy Russell (27 years), mechanical operations • Cheyenne Chancellor (6 years), mlb • Donna Miller and Cindy Marshall (64 years combined), line • Bill and Sue McDowell (50+ years combined), imaging and plating • Jake Taylor (11 years) and Mike Hebda (12 years) • Karen Brugger (23 years), quality • Carrie Adams (30 years), (lpi) • Albert Wolf (36 years), (lpi) • Trina Taylor (16 years), imaging • Doug Miller (7 years), shipping • Mike Connella (7 years), Jeff Loewen (7 years), Tom Hall (10 years), Carrie Ditton (8 years), and Dennis Hammer (<1 year) • Kelly Atay (10 years), administration • Teresa Burtis (17 Years), administration • Mike Butler (5 Years), it • Sal Hernandez (8 years), customer support • Matt Rhodes (4 years), customer support and then there is me, Nancy Viter. i consider myself more of a cheerleader, although i could be considered a director of a beautiful orchestra that is made up of the entire sunstone team. each in- dividual is like a finely-tuned instrument, and we make beautiful music together. everyone knows his part, plays it dependably, and the unique sun- stone symphony would be difficult, if not impos- sible, to copy. we play for a very special audi- ence: our customers and one another. Better design software, emerging tech- nologies like printed electronics and other engineering prototyping systems will con- tinue to pressure the company in the com- ing years. But that's where Heilman and Catt come in. The Future The partners are keeping their eyes open for opportunities to grow and expand their business. Landlocked in their current facil- ity, any substantial growth will require an additional facility, an idea which is on the table. Neither Heilman nor Catt are in a hurry to grow, but when they do, they will likely do it carefully and methodically—not just for the sake of growth. Heilman's exten- sive background with M&As and business management should help them avoid many of the pitfalls associated with mismatches so common in typical M&As. Expansion, acquisitions, adding value to the services they already provide to their thousands of customers in the PCB industry are all on the table. They are very profitable, debt free, growing and having fun. It would seem to me that Sunstone is ready to make a care- fully calculated next move. PCB