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Contact SA Engineering

President

Lois Avery

Lois Kolbet

Lois Kolbet was a co-founder of Avery Engineering in 1976 and since then she has managed accounts, payroll, and tax compliance while also providing technical support. She continued with the company through our expansion into the partnership of Sandel-Avery Engineering in 1976 and then incorporation as SA Engineering in 1997. With SA Engineering, she has also held the positions of Chief Financial Officer and ISO9000 Compliance Officer. She does schematic capture and PCB layout in Altium.

Vice-President

Bill Avery

Dr. William Avery

  • 55years of experience with both analog and digital design, radio and antenna design
  • Registered Professional Electrical Engineer in both California and Nevada
  • BS and MSEE from University of California, Berkeley
  • Ph.D. from University of Nevada, Reno
  • Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno
  • Past President and founder of SA Engineering
  • Executive Assistant

    Sheri Avery

    Sheri Avery

    Sheri Avery develops and guards the work flow environments with quality control, production procedures, product testing, packing, and shipping

    Product Designer

    Daniel Kolbet

    Daniel Kolbet

  • Expertise setting up computer based systems including Xylinx Spartan FPGAs, avid Microsoft TechNet subscriber, expert exchange member, developed media center system with custom PCI sound card
  • Software debugging and optimization
  • 42years experience with building speakers and sound systems in homes, dance studios, and casino show rooms
  • 27years building amplifiers, including the Soaring Audio products
  • 24 years using T.E.F. analysis to modify & design sound equipment
  • Consultants with SA Engineering more than a Decade

    Eddie Rhodes

    Eddie Rhodes, MSEE

  • 28 years of engineering experience
  • MSEE from University of Nevada, Reno
  • Production engineer with circuit design experience, C and assembly language programming, and experience solving production problems and modifying existing designs for new applications.
  • Larry Gillespie

    Larry Gillespie

  • 39 years of experience with both analog and digital design, PC board layout, and programming.
  • Has designed hundreds of PC boards including PC board layout, building and testing the prototypes, writing the code for the processors, and making production modifications. Having someone who not only can do the circuit layout, but who also understands how the circuit works avoids many layout problems.
  • Programs in C, Pascal and assembly language.