Award Year
2001
Graduation Year
1987
Department
Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering
Award Category
Council of Outstanding Early Career Engineers
Biography
BSChE 1987 - CBEE
Richard Latta is Vice President of Technology at MCMS, Inc. in Nampa, Idaho. He was Director of Engineering before his promotion to Vice President earlier this year. MCMS (Micron Custom Manufacturing Services) provides advanced electronics engineering services to other equipment manufacturers, primarily in the data communications, telecommunications, and computer memory module industries. MCMS has plants in Belgium, Malaysia, Mexico, and the United States; its major clients include Cisco Systems, Extreme Networks, and Nokia. Latta has been with the company since graduating from OSU and has been a significant contributor to MCMS' position as a technological leader in the contract manufacturing industry.