Lynton Burchette has returned the industry with his “own business strategy for chip development”.
Lynton Burchette
Burchette was formerly Vice President and Director of Electronics Development at Static Control, and returns to the industry after two years due to “non-compete clauses” that were established before his departure from Static Control in 2014. He stated that he is “excited to be back in the industry that he has embraced since 1993”, and noted that since leaving Static Control, he has “remained highly active in the electronics industry and established his own company”, called RBI LLC.
The new company “manages the development of secure firmware and digital designs outside of the imaging industry”, though he “maintained a great interest in the cartridge industry and kept a watchful eye on the evolution within”. He stated that he began in the industry in 1993, and that he is the “inventor or co-inventor of 33 patents pertaining to cartridges or chips”, with his “imaging roots” beginning at Static Control in “cartridge engineering until 2000”, when chips “began to appear in laser printer cartridges”.
He noted that he next was “promoted to establish” the company’s “first-ever chip development group that grew to 45-plus personnel”, which “produced thousands of chip products based on ASIC designs and created custom automated production lines, during a barrage of OEM technical barriers”.
He stated: “During the last two years, cartridge OEMs have perpetuated the release of encrypted chip technology barriers that started in 2008 and this is aggravated by aftermarket industry consolidation. Because of this, many companies in the industry are eager for help to address key challenges of chip technology to open up market opportunities.
“This is true for aftermarket cartridge and some chip companies. We hope to make a positive impact on this. Our lean company utilises carefully-selected talent for cost-effective and timely solutions. We are capable of developing a wide range of applications such as analogue, digital, ASIC, firmware, reverse engineering and IP discovery for a diverse group of industries. Our latest endeavour being the Internet of Things.
“In today’s competitive global markets, offsite development can save businesses money and time through our focused management of engineering towards specific product needs. This avoids wasted money and time caused by daily distractions of talent that is inherit within most companies. In other words, our engineers are streamlined and engage what they do best, engineering.”
He added: “Despite the challenges[…] the chip development team always delivered [at Static Control]. We carved out a large portfolio of intellectual property that bolstered a changing business in the presence of many legal encounters through the years. Experience results in knowledge and vision. I am looking forward to new uncharted opportunities in the future and connection within the industry again.”