Ersson Zapata Chief Operations Officer and Board Member Ersson is an operations, manufacturing, supply chain and engineering executive with over 25 years of increasing leadership roles in international high tech and power electronics companies with demonstrated ability to manage full P & L responsibility.  He was instrumental in the global expansion of APC’s manufacturing presence.  He has shown successful experience improving Operations, supply chain and engineering activities across companies like SynQor, The Robbins Company and Acumentrics Corp.  Ersson Holds a BS in electrical and electronics engineering from University of Rhode Island and he is a certified lean six sigma black belt.  He has implemented ERP systems, ISO standards and Lean principles across multiple companies in the defense and power electronics sectors.