The Practical Inventor: Your Sequence for success (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781456533656)

James T. Wilkinson has over 30 years experience working in manufacturing, engineering, and product development. His experience includes development and launch of such products as dollar bill acceptors for vending machines; universal bill acceptors; first video juke box; first CD juke box; multiple automotive products; portable phone hands free interfaces for the auto industry; and Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical (NBC) decontamination systems for the US Military. He has consulted to Johnson Controls Automotive for 18 years resulting in numerous automotive patents and product in every car manufactured in the world today. His work ranges from fortune 500 companies to individual inventors across a variety of industries. In developing and launching new products, he has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to successfully develop products from a concept. Mr. Wilkinson is currently CEO of JTW, LLC, an R&D based company and parent company to several subsidiary companies including Veritek, LLC; Veritek Clean Coal, LLC; and Veritek Ore Processing, LLC. As a Certified Quality Engineer and ISO 9000 Lead Auditor he understands the value of systems and has empowered effective teams to consistently complete projects on to and on budget. He is a creative, self motivated, hands-on professional with a diverse work history that includes: mechanical and electrical engineering, quality and manufacturing engineering, technical writing, customer service and technical support, creation of call centers for tech support, ISO-9000 and business development. He is a prolific inventor with patents and products in areas such as: automotive, telecom, NBC Decontamination for the US Military, and renewable energy. A Vietnam era veteran, Mr. Wilkinson has published numerous trade publications, five books including the Veritek Generic Quality Manual and The Practical Inventor as a means of helping others. Today, his focus is on the successful launch of Veritek Ore Processing, LLC and Veritek Clean Coal, LLC both of which are based on applications of new physical theory that he has developed. With significant personal investment, these companies now have limited working prototypes and are positioned to bring expertise in-house to move the prototypes into the venue of marketable products.