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Michael Mann - No Middle Name, a.k.a "Das Feurer" (born Mihai Man, January 10, 1964, in Patrauti, Romania) is an Electrical Engineer. Michael is currently the managing partner of Ai-Tek, a boutique Electrical contractor and Low-Voltage Systems integrator. Ai-Tek is a subsidiary of Auditory Instruments, Inc., a technology driven company that specializes auditory trainers are related services.

Michael's career began with the US Navy (AMID). He served with Attack Squadron 27 stationed in Lemoore, CA and USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), an Nimitz-class nuclear powered aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 based out of Alameda, CA. He earned several commendations in his distinguished career with the US Navy including Battle Efficiency, Sea Service and Meritorious Service, among others. He is also a qualified sharp shooter.

Early in his civilian career, he was sent to Milan, Italy to develop the first "All Make" service department for Starkey Labs located outside US. He also helped other established Starkey Labs subsidiaries in Europe, implementing Just-in-Time (JIT) manufacturing systems. He was later recruited by SIEMENS to lead their manufacturing facility in Cerritos, CA where he had an immediate impact by restructuring the manufacturing operations and bringing the facility into profitability. Michael was promoted in 1995 to lead an international team of engineers where he was tasked with the standardization of all manufacturing facilities worldwide. During his tenure with SIEMENS, the strategies implemented by Michael established SIEMENS as the leader in custom hearing aid manufacturing.

After a brief sting with SONUS, Michael became the Vice President of custom manufacturing for GN ReSound, based out of headquarters in Taastrup, Denamrk. He was tasked to develop and implement a plan to restructure all manufacturing facilities worldwide and bring them under one standardized manufacturing system. He was also instrumental in starting and developing the 3D shell manufacturing process, which later became the gold standard in the technology used to manufacture hearing instruments.

As of August1 2008, Michael will take over as

To be continued....