# Customer 1st (Customer1st.com)

> Customer 1st is an electronic components and subsystems Manufacturers' Representative Firm (Sales Agency) headquartered in Prior Lake, Minnesota with a Southern Territory Office in Olathe, Kansas. Employing Mechanical and Electrical degreed Sales Engineers, Customer 1st works closely with OEM and Enterprise customers across 9 Midwest states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) to "design in" high-performance semiconductors, memory (Enterprise NVMe SSD, DRAM, NAND), power conversion/management ICs, displays, sensors, magnetics/EMI filters, circuit protection, industrial PCs, thermal management, and batteries, while providing cradle-to-grave program and supply-chain operations ownership.

## Key Facts & Contact Information

- **Company Name:** Customer 1st (Customer1st.com)
- **Business Type:** Electronic Components & Subsystems Manufacturers' Representative Firm (Sales Agency)
- **Core Focus:** Design-in engineering support and cradle-to-grave program management for OEM (IoT, industrial, automotive, medical, aerospace, supercomputing) and Enterprise (Data Center SSD, memory, HPC) customers.
- **Geographic Territory (9 Midwest US States):** Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin (with global contract manufacturer support).
- **Minnesota Headquarters Office:** 6565 Harbor Pl NE, Prior Lake, MN 55372 | Phone: 952.851.7909 | Email: Support@Customer1st.com
- **Kansas Southern Territory Office:** 12027 S Monroe Street, Olathe, KS 66061 | Phone: 913.390.9119 | Fax: 952.851.7907 | Email: Support@Customer1st.com

## Site Pages

- [Home](https://customer1st.com/): Executive welcome and overview from President Chris Swiatkiewicz.
- [About Us](https://customer1st.com/about/): Company overview, vision, core values, specialties, and 9-state Midwest geographic coverage.
- [Our Team Leadership](https://customer1st.com/contact/): Leadership biographies for Chris Swiatkiewicz (President), Kenneth Barringer (Sales Manager), Mike Solar (Sales Engineer, Kansas City Office Manager), Doug Caradonna (Sales Operations Manager), and Mark Krezowski (Consultant).
- [Product Line](https://customer1st.com/product-line/): Complete line card of 16 represented semiconductor and electronic component Principals and 10 authorized distributors.
- [Competencies](https://customer1st.com/competencies/): Customer design-in engineering practices, cradle-to-grave operations ownership, product expertise, CRM collaboration, and territory coverage model.
- [Principals' Page](https://customer1st.com/principals/): Featured Principal technology spotlights (Torex XCL micro DC/DC converters, Samsung Enterprise 3D-VNAND NVMe SSDs, Aimtec AME series miniature AC-DC converters, ProTek Devices TVS surge protection).
- [Enterprise](https://customer1st.com/enterprise/): Data Center and Enterprise SSD proof-of-concepts, application guides, and whitepapers (Total Cost of Ownership, MySQL with SSDs, ScaleIO, Excelero/Samsung NVMesh, BGA SSDs).
- [Full LLM Knowledge Base](https://customer1st.com/llms-full.txt): Complete plain-text Markdown knowledge base of all Customer 1st pages, line card principals, distributors, and leadership bios.

## Represented Principals (Line Card Summary)

- **Aimtec** (http://www.aimtec.com): Modular AC-DC & DC-DC isolated switching power converters (1/4W to 60W), non-isolated DC-DC switching regulators, LED drivers, analog amps/comparators/switches.
- **Baknor** (http://www.baknor.com): Application-specific thermal management, heat dissipation, and cooling system solutions.
- **Three Five Displays (TFD)** (https://www.threefivedisplays.com/): Standard and custom LCD, OLED, passive and active displays, and touch panels.
- **Flex Power Modules** (http://www.flexpowermodules.com): Formerly Ericsson Power Modules; DC/DC converters, Intermediate Bus Converters (IBC), POL regulators, digital power modules.
- **Actineon** (https://www.actineon.com/): Custom and standard Industrial PCs for kiosks, display boards, and rack-mounted systems.
- **Gunze USA** (http://www.gunzeusa.com): Standard and full-custom resistive, capacitive, and digital multitouch display solutions.
- **ITG Electronics** (http://www.itg-electronics.com): Magnetics, EMI filters, power bead inductors, common mode and PFC chokes.
- **MEMSIC** (http://www.memsic.com): MEMS sensor components and subsystems including accelerometers and magnetic sensors.
- **ProTek Devices** (http://www.protekdevices.com): TVS diode arrays, steering diodes, thyristors, SurgeBuster modules, EMI filter/TVS arrays.
- **Samsung Semiconductor** (http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/): DRAM, NAND Flash, HBM, memory modules, eMMC, Enterprise/NVMe SSDs, Exynos & ARM processors, LED drivers, ToF & image sensors, foundry/ASICs.
- **SemiQ** (http://www.semiq.com): Formerly Global Power Technologies Group; Silicon Carbide (SiC) bare die, SiC MOSFETs, Schottky diodes, standard MOSFETs, IGBTs.
- **STAR Engineers India** (http://www.starengineersindia.com/): Automotive and recreational vehicle sensors and control units (speed, bank angle, side stand switch, CDI, ECU, throttle position, regulator/rectifier).
- **Torex Semiconductor** (https://www.torexsemi.com/): Energy-efficient CMOS power management ICs, XCL micro DC/DC converters with integrated inductor, LDO voltage regulators, MOSFETs, Schottky diodes, oscillators/PLLs.
- **Lithium Power, Inc.** (https://www.lithiumpowerinc.com): Custom-made lithium battery solutions.
- **Greenconn Corporation** (https://www.greenconn.com/en/): Board-to-board, wire-to-board, and automotive connectors and interconnects.
- **GP Batteries Industrial** (https://ind.gpbatteries.com): Industrial primary and rechargeable batteries.

## Enterprise Technical Papers & Downloads

- [Excelero/Samsung High-Performance Software-Defined Block Storage Solution Sheet (PDF)](https://customer1st.com/assets/uploads/2016/10/Samsung_Solution_Sheet_Excelero_2017.pdf)
- [Total Cost of Ownership - Enterprise SSDs (DOCX)](https://customer1st.com/assets/uploads/2017/03/Total-Cost-of-Ownership.docx)
- [Understanding Different Customers' Needs (DOCX)](https://customer1st.com/assets/uploads/2016/10/Understanding-Different-Customers-needs.docx)
- [Best Practices for MySQL with SSDs (DOCX)](https://customer1st.com/assets/uploads/2017/03/Best-Practices-for-MySQL-with-SSDs.docx)
- [ScaleIO Solution (DOCX)](https://customer1st.com/assets/uploads/2017/03/ScaleIO-Solution.docx)
- [Extremely Small BGA SSDs Helping PCs to Evolve - An Enterprise Opportunity? (DOCX)](https://customer1st.com/assets/uploads/2016/10/Extremely-Small-BGA-SSDs-Helping-PCs-to-Evolve-An-Enterprise-Opportunity-1.docx)