Greg Yotz Email Address

General Manager of Operations

Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation has been serving the automotive industry since 1953. Located in Emporia, Kan., the company manufactures towing accessory products, vehicle and trailer wiring products, such as electronic taillight converters, adapters, brake control products, and connectors and accessories. It also offers a complete range of fluid handling, auto cleaning and headlight aimers. Its storage and organization products include consoles and cup holders. The company provides various winter care products, including ice scrapers, snowbrushes, snow brooms and shovels. Its fluid handling products include funnels, spouts, wrenches, and lawn and garden and display accessories. Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation also sells the Carrand brand of cleaning products.

Manufacturing, product development and engineering experience in systems for consumer electronics, manufacturing and customized distributed computer systems. This includes aviation, military power, simulation, robotics, ATE, and automotive industry electronics. Extensive industrial test and measurement in several industries including harvesting equipment, lithium battery production, transmission testing and others. ∞ Corporate Strategy ∞ P&L Management, Budgeting & Expense Controls ∞ Performance Management ∞ Final Test Design on Hydraulic and Mechanical Systems ∞ Hydraulic Systems Testing Methodology ∞ Plastics and Product engineering, specializing in consumer electronics ∞ Wireless Product design ∞ Industrial Automation and controls ∞ C++ PC based multi threaded real time apps ∞ C and Assembly coded Embedded Systems ∞ Relational Database development ∞ GUI with real time data updates ∞ Communication applications with TCP/IP, CAN Bus, Device NET, Open NET, I2C, SPI, JTAG and USB ∞ Communicating to multiple embedded controls via CAN (J1939), Ethernet, DeviceNet and many other physical interfaces. ∞ Developing & Managing Strategic Alliances ∞ Engineering tools including Pro Engineer, Solidworks, Autocad, Mastercam, Cadkey, Protel, Altium, Orcad. Specialties: Mechanical and Plastics Design Hardware Systems and Software Systems Vision Automation and Industrial Test Systems C, C++, C#, Assembly, JAVA