Philippe Couture

RIBM and CNC Consultant, Owner, Optimisation Philippe Couture, Inc.

Speaker Biography:

I was basically born around an IBM machine as my father started his company with his first own-built IBM machine in 1985. My father has been in the plastic trade all his life, starting as the engineer/machinist of Comatic, a continuous wheel blow molding machine type company.
 
I began working for his company as a control quality/packer at the age of 12 years old. By the way, I always wanted to be a helicopter pilot, but after meeting the professional career counselor, I was very disappointed to learn there were not many jobs or demand nearby. After telling that to my father, he offered me to take over the company, which I never thought before, and he never offered me before, probably not to kill my dream... A week later, I told him that I would accept but study accounting first.
 
In 1999, I finished school and started working full-time for my father's company. Since he built his 3 IBM machines by himself and there were no schematics whatsoever, I had to learn fast how they were working because if he had fallen on his head, I would have been in big trouble. I start with hydraulics, after electrical, PLC, and so on, mostly by myself. I've made all the schematics and prints for the three machines before pursuing learning CAD design to create my first mold set. Years passed, and I learned many, many things, like CNC and CAM, as we bought CNC machines to make our own mold sets. We also bought a used Uniloy UIB 88-3 in 2005, which I learned a lot from.
 
Our product line was PS packer only, but start our HDPE line in 2012. Unfortunatly, we were not able to enter the market as it was already pretty full. We decided to end the company in 2014.
 
Subsequently, I started working as a CNC machinist on weekends for a heavy material handling equipment manufacturing company. I was quickly offered a position on their CNC programming team, and I became the technical support manager for their U.S. division in New Hampshire. I worked there for seven years. During that time, a recruiter contacted me for an IBM technician position. I also had several opportunities to repair CNC machines for different companies. After careful consideration, I decided to leave my employer and start my own consulting business specializing in IBM and CNC machines.
 
Since then, I’ve been traveling the world to assist companies, and I’ve never been busier!

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