Entrepreneur Association of Tokyo
Speaker - Rick Dyck

"EA-Tokyo 3 Year Anniversary Panel Discussion - Doing Business in China"

Richard E. Dyck
President, TCS-Japan and East Asia Connector Services, Ltd. (Shanghai)

Company Profile
TCS-Japan was founded in 1999 when we (Rick Dyck and Mike Strack) acquired the Japanese operations of a backplane connection system business from Teradyne, a US manufacturer of automatic test equipment systems and high speed connectors.

Since 1999 we have expanded our product line to include a wide variety of connectors and backplanes. Our engineering group works with our customers on the design and simulation of their backplanes and enclosures, which enables us to choose the most economical connectors and material for the application. Our procurement network spans the globe. We assemble in state-of-the art factories in Yokohama, Japan and Shanghai, China.

We started our operation in China in 2001, where we not only build backplanes and enclosures but also provide general sourcing and procurement services for several companies in the area of electro-mechanical sub-assembly.

Our customers include Toshiba, NEC, Hitachi, Matsushita, Yokogawa Denki, Teradyne, Shibasoku, Mitsubishi Electric, and Fujitsu. Applications include telecommunications equipment, data communications equipment, medical equipment, industrial controllers and automatic test equipment.


Profile
Rick Dyck is the president of TCS-Japan and East Asia Connector Services, Ltd. (Shanghai), firms which design and manufacture high speed connection systems for the electronics industry. His experience in the electronics industry in Japan spans several decades, and currently he divides his time between Japan and China.

Prior to founding TCS-Japan, Rick was a vice president of Teradyne, Inc. and managed Teradyne’s semiconductor test business in Asia.

Rick received his Ph.D. and Master degree from Harvard University and has taught at Harvard and the Ohio State University. He wrote his thesis on the development of the Japanese semiconductor industry.

Prior to Teradyne, Rick was the general manager for Asia for the Specialty Materials Division of General Electric.

Rick serves on several corporate and non-profit boards, including Laser Front Technologies, KK, Starbridge, KK, The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), The Tokyo Philharmonic, The Sasagawa Peace Foundation, Ｎishimachi International School and the Japan US Friendship Commission.

In addition to growing his companies, Rick travels frequently to Cambodia where he helps support orphanages, schools and other projects.