President

Tom Felts, President

University of Rhode Island

BSME

Tom is President and C.E.O. of TechRep. Before founding TCI, Tom accumulated his knowledge of design and motion control systems at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, Western Gear and Howard Industries.

Tom’s special skill has been to hire experienced and dedicated people to support the partnership between our principals and customers while maximizing sales. His vision for TechRep is implemented in continuous effective communication in partnership with our principals and customers.
 

Inside Sales

John A. Hay

California State University Long Beach, BSEE

Pepperdine University, MBA

John has over 25 years of career experience in Engineering, Marketing and Sales/Business Development from entry level to executive level management positions, working in both large corporations (Boeing Control Systems, Lucent Technology) and small (Antex Electronics, Electec).  His focus with TechRep is to communicate clearly between our principals and customers and outside sales people to make sure the design, implementation and sales of our products go smoothly.
 

Orange County/San Diego County

Ted Patience

De Anza College-Cupertino, California

Northern California

Ed O'Brien, Area Sales Manager

Cabrillo College

Ted has 30 years experience in high tech sales and manufacturing, holding several high level positions in both the electronic component distribution and manufacturer's representative world. He has extensive experience in both customer service and product management areas as inside as well as an outside sales representative for a national franchised distributor. Ted started his career working with an electronics import/export company.

Ted's most recent product specialty has been in selling Power and Motion Control Components throughout California, and had constructive dealings with both large and small suppliers and Principals located around the world.

Ed is a native of the San Jose area and his technical background evolved from R&D in Microwave and Laser electronics in the Silicon Valley . He has served in various positions in Industry Sales in No. CA,  for over 20 years.  Ed has earned several national top Sales awards and Customer Relations awards throughout his career.