Kenneth Hayden, principal of KCH LLC, is a highly experienced, versatile, and motivated
electrical engineer who has worked in the contract market for more than two
decades, after having first gained considerable industry experience as a direct
employee.
Hayden has thrived “in his
element” in contract engineering:
Maintains High Client
Satisfaction: In the last 25years, every one of Hayden’s
past clients have called him back for additional work, after completion of the
initial contract – sometimes later within the same client company; sometimes
after the hiring contact has moved on to another.
A Highly Motivated and
Stable Worker: Satisfied clients, along with a solid work
ethic, have resulted in extended contracts and steady employment. In the last 25 years, none of Hayden’s
contracts have ended in less than two years, and 25-year average “down-time” is
well below one day per year.
Constantly Changing
Industrial Contexts Promote Novel Solutions: Hayden has done engineering
work in sonar, infrared imaging, telecom/datacom, industrial automation, radar,
radio, nuclear power and other industries, and is always seeking work in new
industries. This is no accident; it’s a deliberate
strategy which provides frequent opportunities for novel cross-utilization of
design approaches, often leading to innovative solutions that would not arise
otherwise.
Proven Success in Wide Range of Task Scopes: Hayden has taken on initial contract design tasks as
small as a single FPGA or PCB assembly.
He has also served as system architect, project engineer, and principal
engineering contributor for multimillion-dollar development programs,
coordinating the efforts of other engineers both inside and outside the client
company. (More typical contract
assignments fall between these extremes.)
Management Background
Provides Solid Business Approach: Hayden is unusual among contract engineers,
in that he has significant technical lead, project management, and engineering
group management experience, with a formal business administration education to
back it up.
Specializes in Technically Difficult Projects: Hayden’s
practice has evolved over the years to concentrate almost entirely on technically challenging tasks while bringing decades of experience to bear in providing reliable solutions.