Six Sigma Microelectronics
Six Sigma Microelectronics is a division of Winslow Automation, Inc., which is an American (privately-owned) C-corporation, headquartered in Silicon Valley. The company was incorporated in California in 1986.
Six Sigma provides solutions for high-reliability integrated circuits (ICs) primarily used in military and space applications.
Our main strengths are:
Integrated circuit technical knowledge and hands-on experience
- The company’s engineers and production staff have decades of experience and have been handling mission-critical devices for many years.
Soldering technical knowledge and hands-on experience
- The company has been soldering integrated circuits (and has seen all device types) for more than three (3) decades. The company’s soldering experts have also written technical papers and are actively involved in developing industry standards.
Automation capability (which includes custom equipment design and build)
- Since solder column manufacturing equipment is not commercially-available, the company continues to design and build its own.
Management Team
Russ Winslow
Russ Winslow | President & CEO
Russ Winslow is the founder and president of Six Sigma Microelectronics. He is a semiconductor industry veteran with more than 40 years of experience (1980 – present), specializing in the areas of microelectronics packaging design and assembly, factory automation and mechanization, process engineering, and failure analysis. He is also an industry expert in electronic component lead finish and solderability.
Russ has authored and co-authored numerous technical articles and holds a patent for fixtures for wave soldering of integrated circuits.
Prior to Six Sigma, Russ was at Cypress Semiconductor where he helped design and build their US-based assembly factory. Prior to Cypress, he was in the Assembly Automation Group at Intel.
Russ earned his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.
Minerva Cruz
Minerva Cruz | Process & Reliability Engineering Manager
Minerva Cruz is the Process and Reliability Engineering Manager at Six Sigma. Since 2005, Minerva has conducted various engineering studies and authored several technical papers at Six Sigma. She headed the creation of a solderability test method for column grid arrays with DLA and JEDEC.
Prior to joining Six Sigma, Minerva was a researcher at the National Institute of Physics at the University of the Philippines. Her research was focused on the growth and characterization of single-crystal superconductors.
Minerva earned her Bachelor’s degree in Applied Physics from the University of the Philippines where she received the Best Applied Physics Thesis of the Year Award and the President’s Award for International Publication. She then earned her Master’s degree in Materials Engineering from San Jose State University and received the Best Student Research Award for her work on interfacial reactions between Pb-free solders and various surface finishes.
Tisha Wolf
Tisha Wolf | Operations Manager
Tisha Wolf is the Operations Manager at Six Sigma. She has been with the company for over 25 years. Tisha oversees various departments (50+ employees), such as Production Control, Manufacturing, IT, Document Control, and Training. Tisha was the driving force in the development and implementation of Six Sigma’s robust quality management system and has been involved in all aspects of Six Sigma’s high standard of operations.
Tisha earned her Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from San Jose State University.
Autumn Santa Ana
Autumn Santa Ana | Quality & Customer Service Manager
Autumn Santa Ana is the Quality & Customer Service Manager at Six Sigma. She has been with the company since 2022. Autumn oversees the Quality and Customer Service departments and serves as the Management Representative for the quality management system. Autumn has over 25 years of quality management experience and has held lead auditor certifications in ISO 9001, AS 9001, ISO 13485, ISO 14001, and TS 16949.
Prior to Six Sigma, Autumn worked for Vishay Technologies, GM Nameplate, and CALISO (a quality consulting firm where she was an internal auditor for Six Sigma in 2007).
Jeanne Lim
Jeanne Lim | Controller
Jeanne Lim is the Controller at Six Sigma and has been with the company since 2022. Jeanne oversees the Finance, Accounting, Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory departments. Jeanne has over 25 years of experience in Finance and Accounting management. She has also held management positions in Operations, Administration, and Human Resources.
Prior to Six Sigma, Jeanne worked for several companies including Victron, Oncore Manufacturing, Asteelflash, Hypergrid, Maxta, and Pavilion Data Systems.
Jeanne holds a Master in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco.