Counterfeit Electronic Parts and Electronic Supply Chain Symposium - Nov/Dec 2010
Biographies

Keynote Speakers

Brian Hughitt serves as Lead Quality Engineer and Technical Fellow within NASA’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance. Brian is responsible for Agency Quality Policy and requirements; chairs NASA’s Quality Leadership Forum and Joint Audit Planning Committee; and manages the Agency’s Supplier Assessment System.

Prior to joining NASA in January 2004, Brian served over 20 years in various Government and industry Quality Assurance capacities, including: Inspection Department Supervisor for Corning Glass Works; Quality Assurance Group Leader for Newport News Shipbuilding; Quality Assurance & Submarine Safety Branch Head for Naval Sea Systems Command; and Material Control Manager for NAVSEA’s Quality Programs Office. During his time at NAVSEA, Brian co-authored the Navy’s Material Control Standard and chaired the Navy’s Supplier Audit Program.

Brian earned a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Virginia and is a graduate of George Washington University’s Executive Development Program.

Andrew Kline serves as Senior Advisor in a new office of Intellectual Property Enforcement in the White House. In that capacity, Andrew is responsible for all IPrelated issues that affect health and safety, including counterfeit pharmaceuticals, other dangerous trademark infringements, and links to organized crime, gangs, and terrorism.

Andrew previously served as crime policy advisor to Vice President Biden, as a federal prosecutor for fourteen years, and as Counsel to then-Senator Biden on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

In addition to a law degree, Andrew has a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government

 

Speakers

Pedro Almoguera is a Senior Economist in the Center for Economics at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). His duties include collection of data, conduct economic analyses, and present results to GAO staff and members of Congress in a wide variety of issues and topics. Prior to GAO, Dr. Almoguera worked as an Industry Economist for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) where he participated in merger procedures, data collection and economic reports. Dr. Almoguera has taught at Michigan State University and Central Michigan University in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Antitrust and currently teaches at the University of Maryland University College. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. both in Economics from Michigan State University and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from the Simon Bolivar University in Caracas, Venezuela

Conrad Chmara is the current CIO of e-thenticate LLC. He has brought his many years of systems integration and sensor fusion to the company. With his background he has been an integral part of the design and development of e-thenticates products. He graduated for George Mason University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.

Liz Churchill has many years experience in delivering solutions to improve visibility and security in supply chains, from production to the end user. She is heading Marketing and Business Development for Bilcare Technologies, a company that has developed nonClonableID™, a first-of-its-kind micro/nanotechnology, enabling individual products to be authenticated as they move through the supply chain to the end consumer. Prior to Joining Bilcare Technologies, Liz recently designed an innovative solution to authenticate, track and monitor environmental conditions of fine wines from producer to consumer, utilizing leading-edge technologies such as RFID and security taggants.

A well known RFID veteran, Liz spearheaded the Life Sciences efforts at Matrics (acquired by Symbol and later by Motorola), which resulted in the first integrated RFID production line installations in the pharmaceutical arena. Involved with Auto Identification technologies her entire career, Liz has held senior management positions at various companies offering solutions in RFID and bar code technologies for a broad range of industries.

A graduate of The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, Liz received a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering.

Dave Doherty, Vice President, Semiconductor Products, joined Digi-Key Corporation’s executive management team in 1998, bringing with him more than 25-plus years of electronics industry experience split between semiconductor manufacturing and distribution. Dave is responsible for driving Digi-Key’s semiconductor revenue and customer growth strategies along with the overall technical strategy through Digi-Key’s proven path of providing engineers with the best source of product selection and technical information.

Prior to joining Digi-Key, Dave began his career in engineering with Digital Equipment Corp and head sales leadership positions with Toshiba and Exar.  More recently, Dave was with Arrow Electronics for 13 years serving in multiple roles from Dir Technical Resources, Regional Sales VP and Vice President Semiconductor and Product Marketing.

Dave holds a BSEE from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass. and an MBA from Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. Dave has served on the advisory board for the School of Professional Selling at Baylor University and currently serves on the NEDA Board.

Morton Greene, a holder of MSEE with advance studies at MIT, has taught the uses of Chipless Radio Identification Technology.  He has been issued about 100 patents in the fields of Electromagnetic propagation to inductive EM coupling.  He is the inventor of RF in materials for identification as used in authentication and all this without the use of RFID chips. He here today with e-thenticate to show the use of the RF to help stop the counterfeit plague. 

Keith Gregory is a partner with Greenberg & Bass, LLP, a full service law firm located in Encino, California. For the past ten years Keith has served as General Counsel for ERAI advising ERAI and its members about issues relating to trade secrets, intellectual property and Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code which governs the sales of goods by manufacturers and distributors. Also, Keith is a member of the AS6081 committee. He graduated in 1981 from UCLA with a degree in Communication Studies and graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1984.

Jim Hermann is the Product Integrity Director at Parker Aerospace’s Electronic Systems Division (ESD) in Smithtown, New York, where he oversees all product integrity activities, including hardware, software and process assurance programs. Jim chaired the committee at Parker ESD that developed an AS5553 based Counterfeit Electronic Parts Control Plan. Joining Parker in 2006, Jim brought more than 30 years of aerospace and defense experience to his role. Prior to Parker he has held leadership positions at Smiths Aerospace, Nortel Networks, Lockheed Martin, and General Electric Aerospace. Jim holds an MBA from National University in San Diego, CA and a BA from the State University of New York at Oswego. Jim is an American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE), and is active in the Long Island Chapter of ASQ as an instructor.

Mark Marshall has a degree in Electrical Engineering and has been working in the field of electronic component evaluation for over 25 years. He has expertise in the evaluation, testing and qualification of Integrated Circuits. He has extensive experience in Integrated Circuit component management and played a key role in setting supplier strategies for NCR, AT&T and Lucent. Mark currently is the Vice President of Engineering at Integra Technologies where he is responsible for the test engineering development group. Integra’s engineering staff has expertise in many fields of test including microprocessors, memories, ASIC’s, RF and mixed signal as well as expertise in qualification and environmental stressing of components.

Quincy Mattingly, currently North American regional manager at AlpVision - the digital solutions provider for product authentication, has an extensive background as the primary expert and evangelist in introducing new technologies for business opportunities worldwide. His business and speaking experience have ranged from topics in chemistry to healthcare to biotechnology and technology for industry leaders like LSU, United Healthcare and Microsoft. His more than 15 years in these fields give him a broad base of experience to diagnose and remedy a company's problems in counterfeit detection and authentication through digital solutions. His current clients at AlpVision run the gamut from pharmaceutical, tobacco and electrical parts firms in the Forbes 2000 list.

Kenya Merritt is currently assigned to the cyber division FBIHQ, specifically Intellectual Property Rights Units investigating IPR matters. From 2006 – 2010, Kenya was assigned to New Orleans Field Office where he investigated cyber, civil rights, crimes against children on the internet, and white collar investigations.

Wayne Moss has recently taken the position as the NAVSEA Procurement Fraud and Counterfeit Material Program Manager. Presently he is developing NAVSEA's policy, procedures, practices and training for Counterfeit Materials; Detection, Mitigation, Reporting, and Disposition. This has resulted in his participation in several anti- counterfeiting  task groups, such as the DON IPT and DoD Counterfeit Workshop,  including SAE G-21 development of AS XXXX, Counterfeit Materiel; Avoidance, Detection, Mitigation, and Disposition. Wayne's 25 years of Naval Nuclear experience in Quality and Production provides an excellent foundation for the execution of his Counterfeit Materials Control program.

Carol Pepin has a successful track record in business value stream improvements. She has a background of over twenty five years in military contractor Quality Assurance. Carol is a senior engineer in the Supplier Quality Group with a Masters Degree in Executive Business Administration. She is also a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. As a participant in the Lean Six Sigma Program at Electric Boat she has delivered projects that have realized and sustained improvements and savings to the Electric Boat Supply Chain. Her application of business planning; evaluation and analysis of operational affectivity using statistical methods to measure and analyze practices and development of key metrics to recommend best practices and performance margins have enabled her to receive departmental awards along with the VIRGINIA Class Distinguished Shipbuilders award. Last year, she was a recipient of the 2009 General Dynamics Supply Chain Excellence Award.

* Lee Plowden

Dr. William Procarione (Bill) has been with The Boeing Company at several sites for over twenty-five years in various engineering management capacities. At Boeing Wichita he was the Signature Technology department head. Bill spent nine years at Boeing Helicopters in Philadelphia as the Manager of Military Technology, which included operations analysis, signature design, vulnerability, and electromagnetic compatibility.

Bill returned to St. Louis in 1998 and spent four years with Phantom Works managing several aspects of materials technology development. He has spent the last years with Environmental Assurance Engineering managing various aspects of hazardous issues related to the design, manufacturing, and support of BDS products. Bill is currently in IBDS Electronics Engineering with IDS responsibility for Lead-free electronics policy and strategy. He is also currently addressing some aspects of the counterfeit parts challenge to aerospace. His doctor of philosophy degree is in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University.

* Ed Smith

Kristal Snider has two decades of experience. During that time she has developed a keen understanding of the problems affecting the global supply chain of electronics. She is an entrepreneur who, along with her husband, established the industry’s leading source of information and risk mitigation solutions for electronics professionals worldwide. Since 1995, ERAI has become an invaluable resource for risk assessment information and insight that enables companies to reduce losses by providing the tools to mitigate risks posed by vendors, customers, high risk and counterfeit parts.

Bhanu Sood is the Director of the Test Services and Failure Analysis (TSFA) Laboratory at the University of Maryland's Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE). He holds Masters Degrees in Advance Materials Processing and Materials Science, and a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

His research areas include root cause failure analysis techniques, materials characterization, electronic parts authentication strategies and failure mechanisms in printed circuit board (PCB) materials. Prior to joining CALCE in 2005 Mr. Sood worked at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in the areas of embedded electronics, micropower sources, Laser assisted micro-fabrication and, characterization of electrically conductive polymeric formulations. His technical publications include papers on failure site isolation techniques, PCB materials, embedded electronics, energy storage systems and instrumentation for mechanical studies. Mr. Sood has taught numerous industry courses in the areas of electronics reliability, root cause failure analysis techniques and materials characterization tools.

Marten van Hulst completed his Masters Degree in Computer Science at the Radboud University of Nijmegen and his Ph.D. on Formal Methods at Utrecht University. After completing his degrees, he held various positions at Lucent Technologies, Intel and Philips in the field of formal verification, hardware development and asynchronous - clockless- hardware. Since Joining Intrinsic-ID in 2009, he is responsible for both coordinating hardware development activities as well as hands-on design, prototyping and verification.

Gregory Zawitoski is a Senior Manager with National Semiconductor’s Trusted Solutions Business Unit located in Annapolis Junction, MD and is focused on new business development. Mr. Zawitoski has 20 years experience in the semiconductor industry as a process engineer, quality engineer, product engineer and engineering manager. He holds a BS degree from the Univ. of MD and an MBA from George Washington University.


Panelists

Robin Gray joined the National Electronic Distributors Association (NEDA) in September 1994 as Executive Vice President and CEO. He brings to this industry leadership position more than 15 years in electronic distribution and 30 years of association management experience. He is a frequent speaker at electronics industry and association events on topics about distribution trends and developments, ecommerce, IP piracy and counterfeiting, technology trends and legal issues.

Prior to joining NEDA, Robin worked for the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) in Washington, D.C. Starting as ASTA’s Associate General Counsel in 1983, he served in a number of positions within ASTA, including General Counsel and Acting President.

Robin’s extensive association experience includes employment as General Counsel and Legislative Analyst in Washington, D.C., for two other associations. He currently is serving, or has served, in numerous capacities in various professional, civic and sports organizations, including past president of the Georgia Society of Association Executives.

Robin received his undergraduate degree in political science from Davidson College in North Carolina, and his law degree from the University of Georgia.

Rob Leibrandt’s primary duties include gaining support in both the International Standards and Industrial partner communities for Unique Item Identification (UID). He leads policy formulation for Program Management, Engineering and Logistics Implementation of UID and is the procurement lead for Information Assurance.

Mr. Leibrandt has been the champion for the adoption and implementation of International standards to uniquely identify, mark and register individual assets for use through life within the Department of Defense and supplier communities. He is the chair of Allied Committee 327, Working Group 5 which will propose lifecycle management guidance for NATO implementation of UID of Items, consistent with NATO Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 2290 titled "Unique Identification (UID) of Items".

He is the 2008 recipient of Automatic Identification and Mobility (AIM) Global's Don Percival Award and was awarded the US DoD Exceptional Civilian Service award for his success in gaining US implementation, International recognition and broad acceptance of US DoD required UID of Items. In 2009, Mr. Leibrandt received the Honorable Mention Award in the Asset Tracking category during the ID World People Award Ceremony.

Mr. Leibrandt is a 1986 graduate of the University of Missouri-Rolla where he earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering and holds a Masters in Business Administration. He also graduated from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 2001.

Melanie M. Pizzey, C.P.M. is Vice President, Global Product Operations for TTI, Inc. Melanie has a BBA in Administrative Management from the University of North Texas. She joined TTI in 1986 and has held various positions including Buyer, Product Manager, Director of Product Marketing, and Vice President of Product Marketing. In her current position, she has responsibility for asset management, supplier systems & reporting, supplier quality & on-time delivery, supplier logistics, purchasing procedures, training and inventory systems. She is a member of NEDA and the Chair-Elect for the NEDA Components Council. Melanie also serves as the Chair of the Department of Management, College of Business Advisory Board for the University of North Texas.

Sydney Pope joined the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense in 2005 as a technical and business expert in industrial affairs. He is principal industry analyst for all military land systems, including soldier body armor and ground vehicles. He is the policy lead for the Department’s implementation of the Defense Production Act and is the DoD program manager for the Defense Priorities and Allocation System. He also industrial policy lead for preserving access to trusted, reliable and sustainable electronic hardware and systems. Prior to his current assignment, Mr. Pope was with the Defense Contract Management Agency where he held several leadership positions over fourteen-years including as that Agency’s Director of Contract Technical Operations and as the Deputy Commander for the largest contract management field office.

Fred Schipp is an electrical engineer within the Missile Defense Agency Quality and Safety Organization’s Parts and Materials Advisory Group. Fred has worked as a component engineer within the US Government for 15 years and with an automotive contract manufacturer for 12 years. He has focused much of his efforts the past three years in developing robust anti-counterfeit procedures within MDA. This effort has taken Fred to over 40 independent distributors and several MDA contractors, and has resulted in his participation in several anti-counterfeiting task groups, including SAE G- 19 development of AS5553 and AS6081.

Charlie Whitmeyer is Vice President of Safety & Mission Assurance for the Launch Systems Group of Orbital Sciences Corporation in Chandler, Arizona, where he has been employed for 22 years. In this position, Mr. Whitmeyer is responsible for overall enterprise Quality Management System, Mission Assurance Policies and Procedures, Chairing Mission Readiness Reviews and overseeing related functional departments, including: Quality, Safety and Configuration Management.

Mr. Whitmeyer’s distinguished career at Orbital includes past positions as Director of Manufacturing & Testing, responsible for overseeing launch vehicle production, system integration and testing activities; Deputy Director of the Pegasus Launch Vehicle Program where he was in charge of the operations at the Chandler facility, including manufacturing engineering, production, system integration and test activities; and Director of Flight Assurance, responsible for the development and implementation of Orbital’s launch vehicle safety and product assurance standards and procedures. Prior to joining Orbital, Mr. Whitmeyer was employed at McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Corp., where he held several staff management and engineering positions in the Engineering Department, supporting Delta and Space Shuttle Payload Assist Module (PAM) programs.

Mr. Whitmeyer received a B. S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University in 1983.

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