Robert Hocher

Experience

1. Product Application Specialist

   Allied High Tech Products, Inc.

   Aug 2001 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   With over 12K LinkedIn connections and supporting/servicing this industry for over 44 years, I still love my job in helping solve sample preparation issues. With over 24 years with Allied High Tech, I love working for this very supportive manufacturer. The best in the industry in manufacturing sample prep equipment. Pleasure to work for as they support me in the field. Sectioning, mounting, grinding, polishing, microscopy inspection, and hardness Testing. I am currently the Product Application Specialist for Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. Allied has three locations now. Newest location in Oklahoma City area. Allied is over 40 years in this industry providing a full 2 Year warranty on Allied equipment. We stock parts in the US. Founded in 1983, Allied High Tech has been a USA manufacture and has direct product application specialists for the United States and authorized distribution and support worldwide. Allied manufactures sample preparation equipment for companies like Space-X, FireFly AeroSpace, Texas Instruments, NXP, NASA, and many other industries using sample prep equipment. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SAMPLE PREP.Manual/Automatic sectioning saws, Both Hot and Cold Mounting, Manual /Automatic Grinder/Polishers and stocks consumables for immediate shipment. Also Allied is a national distributor for Carl Zeiss Microscopes/digital cameras/image analysis and Mitutoyo hardness testers. Local support for customers on helping with sample preparation procedures and servicing the equipment. Responsible for direct sales development and technical support of Sectioning, Grinding, Polishing equipment and supplies for OPTICAL SEM, TEM microscopy preparation, too. Allied offers online video conferencing demonstrations, on-site demonstration and application development at no additional charge. Help with hands on instruction of students in education, too. Provide suggestions/guidance in setting up new labs or modifying existing labs to latest in technology.

Education

• Milby High School

  Photography

  1978 — 1980

• Alvin College

  Photography

  1980 — 1982

Skills

• R&D
• Materials
• Six Sigma
• Research and Development (R&D)
• Failure Analysis
• Continuous Improvement
• Metrology
• Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Image Analysis
• Manufacturing
• Semiconductors
• Lean Manufacturing
• Photography
• Optical Microscopy
• Materials Science
• Heat Treatment
• Design of Experiments
• Engineering
• Product Development
• Sample Preparation
• Metallography
• Tem
• Optics
• Microscopy
• Characterization