Counterfeit Electronic Parts and Electronic Supply Chain Symposium - June 2013

Speaker Biographies


Dr. Diganta Das

(digudas@calce.umd.edu)

Dr. Diganta Das is a member of the research staff at the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering. His expertise is in reliability, environmental and operational ratings of electronic parts, uprating, electronic part reprocessing, counterfeit electronics, technology trends in the electronic parts and parts selection and management methodologies. He performs benchmarking processes and organizations of electronics companies for parts selection and management and reliability practices. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Maryland, College Park and his Bachelor’s from Indian Institute of Technology in Manufacturing Science and Engineering.

His current research interests include electronic parts supply chain, counterfeit electronics avoidance and detection, light emitting diode failure mechanisms, cooling systems in telecommunications infrastructure and their impact on reliability, and power electronics reliability. In addition, Dr. Das is involved in prognostics based risk mitigation of electronics. Dr. Das has published more than 75 articles on these subjects, and presented his research at international conferences and workshops. He had been the technical editor for two IEEE standards and is currently vice chair of the standards group of IEEE Reliability Society. He is a sub group leader for the SAE G-19 counterfeit detection standards group. He is an Associate Editor of the journal Microelectronics Reliability. He is a Six Sigma Black Belt and a member of IEEE, IMAPS and SMTA.


Michael G Pecht

(pecht@calce.umd.edu)

Prof. Michael Pecht is a world renowned expert in strategic planning, design, test, IP and risk assessment of electronic products and systems. In 2011, he received the University of Maryland’s Innovation Award for his new concepts in risk management. In 2010 he received the IEEE Exceptional Technical Achievement Award for his innovations in the area of prognostics and systems health management. In 2008, he was awarded the highest reliability honor, the IEEE Reliability Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Prof Pecht has an MS in Electrical Engineering and an MS and PhD in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He is a Professional Engineer, an IEEE Fellow, an ASME Fellow, an SAE Fellow and an IMAPS Fellow. He has previously received the European Micro and Nano-Reliability Award for outstanding contributions to reliability research, 3M Research Award for electronics packaging, and the IMAPS William D. Ashman Memorial Achievement Award for his contributions in electronics analysis. He is the editor-in-chief of IEEE Access, and served as chief editor of the IEEE Transactions on Reliability for nine years, chief editor for Microelectronics Reliability for sixteen years, an associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technology, and on the advisory board of IEEE Spectrum. He is the founder and Director of CALCE (Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering) at the University of Maryland, which is funded by over 150 of the world’s leading electronics companies at more than US$6M/year. The CALCE Center received the NSF Innovation Award in 2009. He is currently a Chair Professor in Mechanical Engineering and a Professor in Applied Mathematics at the University of Maryland. He was a visiting Professor in Electronics Engineering at both Hong Kong Polytechnic University and City University of Hong Kong, a visiting Professor at Beihang University in Beijing, and a visiting Professor in Physics at Shanghai-JiaoTong University. He has written more than twenty books on product reliability, development, use and supply chain management and over 600 technical articles. He has also written a series of books of the electronics industry in China, Korea, Japan and India. He consults for 22 international companies.


Kevin Sink

(kevin.sink@ttiinc.com)

Kevin Sink is the Vice President of Total Quality at TTI, Inc., the global authorized distributor of electronic components based in Fort Worth, Texas. Kevin participates in three SAE committees developing standards for counterfeit mitigation, as a member of the SAE G-19D for Independent Distribution, G-19T for terms and definitions and is the Co-Chair of SAE's G-19AD for Authorized Distribution. He has spoken at several industry and OEM symposia on the topic. Kevin holds a BBA and MBA from Texas A&M University and has served in capacities within TTI from Sales to Product Management to Sales Operations before assuming responsibility for Quality. Prior to joining TTI, Kevin worked in Purchasing with General Dynamics. Coupling his experience in the mil/aero and electronics industries since 1988 with his interests in the issue, Kevin brings the perspective of authorized distribution to bear on best practices in counterfeit risk mitigation.



Bobby Holbrook

(bholbrook@siliconexpert.com)

Bobby Holbrook is Director of Enterprise Sales for SiliconExpert Technologies and is an 18 year veteran in the electronic component research and data management field. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from University of West Florida. Prior to joining SiliconExpert he held a variety of technical, sales and management positions with companies such as MTI Technology and Part Miner Inc.






Robert S. Metzger

(rmetzger@rjo.com)

Mr. Metzger is a member of the Rogers Joseph O’Donnell PC’s Government Contracts Practice Group. He advises leading US and international companies on key public contract compliance challenges and in strategic business pursuits. His transactional practice includes international projects, joint ventures, direct and FMS sales to foreign governments, advice on offset obligations and assistance with compliance regimes. In litigation, he has represented companies before administrative agencies as well as in civil matters in federal and state courts. Mr. Metzger is recognized as among the nation’s leading experts in emerging issues related to supply chain risk management and avoidance of counterfeit electronic parts. He is Co-Chair of the Supply Chain Subcommittee of TechAmerica, a leading U.S. trade association representing leading technology companies. Mr. Metzger is the author or co-author of four articles on this subject area in Federal Contracts Report, a Bloomberg BNA publication, and one in The Procurement Lawyer. Mr. Metzger is a frequent speaker on the subject and will lead delivery of a day-long course on supply chain security for Public Contracting Institute. Mr. Metzger received his B.A. from Middlebury College. He is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. He was a Research Fellow, Center for Science & International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government.



Robert Chesla

(rwchesla@ra.rockwell.com)

Robert Chesla is a Senior Project Engineer in Component Engineering and has worked for Rockwell Automation / Allen Bradley for 40 years. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BEET degree; is a Certified PMP (Project Management Professional), a Certified ISO 9000 Lead Assessor / Auditor, and a Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. His current responsibilities include supplier and component approvals, developing technology roadmaps, life cycle management, strategic sourcing initiatives, lab failure analysis, project management and developing anti-counterfeit protection methods.

Bob's career began in Design Engineering where some of the industry's first successful programmable controllers were designed. He has spent many years in both an Engineering Lab and a Chemical & Materials Lab, holding positions in Quality and Engineering Services as well. Bob also spent time as an internal quality instructor where he co-developed training material and trained internal auditors to the ISO 9000 Standard. He led many internal / peer quality audits and has audited many of the major semiconductor suppliers. Bob was also a Certified CQA (Certified Quality Auditor) with the ASQ (American Society for Quality) and owned a part-time quality consulting business providing training, auditing and consulting for companies seeking ISO 9000 Certification.


Art Figueroa

(afigueroa@nfsmith.com)

Art (Vice President, Global Operations) is responsible for managing Smith's global distribution logistics, reverse logistics, anti-counterfeiting efforts, and corporate sustainability. Previously, he served as Director of Security and Facilities, overseeing the development of Smith's quality management systems. Before joining Smith in 2004, Art was in management at Securitas Security Services and Questia. He received his BA in Political Science from the University of Houston in 1994, and is a member of TAPA AMERICAS.



Mohammad Tehranipoor

(tehrani@engr.uconn.edu)

Mohammad Tehranipoor is currently an Associate Professor in Engineering Innovation at the University of Connecticut. His current research projects include: computer-aided design and test for CMOS VLSI designs, reliable systems design at nanoscale, counterfeit electronics detection and prevention, supply chain risk management, and hardware security and trust. Dr. Tehranipoor has published over 200 journal articles and refereed conference papers, four books, and ten book chapters. He is a recipient of several best paper awards as well as the 2008 IEEE Computer Society (CS) Meritorious Service Award, the 2012 IEEE CS Outstanding Contribution, the 2009 NSF CAREER Award, the 2009 UConn ECE Research Excellence Award, and the 2012 UConn SOE Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award. He serves on the program committee of more than a dozen of leading conferences and workshops. He served as Program Chair of the 2007 IEEE Defect-Based Testing (DBT) workshop, Program Chair of the 2008 IEEE Defect and Data Driven Testing (D3T) workshop, Co-program Chair of the 2008 International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems (DFTS), General Chair for D3T-2009 and DFTS-2009, and Vice-general Chair for NATW-2011. He co-founded a new symposium called IEEE International Symposium on Hardware-Oriented Security and Trust (HOST) and served as HOST-2008 and HOST-2009 General Chair and Chair of Steering Committee. He is currently serving as an Associate EIC for IEEE Design & Test, an Associate Editor for JETTA, an Associate Editor for Journal of Low Power Electronics (JOLPE), an IEEE Distinguished Speaker, and an ACM Distinguished Speaker. Dr. Tehranipoor is a Senior Member of the IEEE and Member of ACM and ACM SIGDA.


Walter Keller

(gdisimoni@nokomisinc.com)

Walter J. Keller is a founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Nokomis, Inc. Founded in 2002 Nokomis is the pre-eminent company for the detection, identification and geolocation of electronics. Under Mr. Keller’s leadership, Nokomis has developed unique ultra-sensitive RF and microwave capabilities that allow the sensing of unintended electronics emissions with substantially improved sensitivity, acuity and confidence over other available technologies.

He has been the Principal Investigator on 12 related efforts with the Navy, Air Force, Army, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Mr. Keller is listed as first inventor on 2 US Patents and has 10 patents pending related to Nokomis’ counterfeit detection and ultra-sensitive Radio-Frequency (RF) sensor systems.

Mr. Keller is the Program Manager for the Advanced Detection of Electronic Counterfeit (ADEC) Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) contract with NAVSEA. This effort is focused on automated counterfeit detection technology, which offers higher-performance and lower-costs than existing methods, for high-profile Navy programs. Even counterfeit devices that conventional test methodologies find indistinguishable from an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) device emit subtle differences in emission spectrum that the ADEC technology is able to detect, process and exploit. Walter Keller received his B.S. in Physics from Union College, Schenectady, NY in 1991 and his M.S. in Physics from University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah in 1993.


James Lewis

(james.lewis@lewisinnovative.com)

James Lewis is Principal Engineer at Lewis Innovative Technologies, Inc., and has been employed by the company for 14 years. Also serving as Chief Technical Officer of LIT, Mr. Lewis is responsible for all research and product development. He has been actively involved in the development of electronics technology for the defense industry, and currently holds 13 patents in electronic technology. Prior to joining LIT, James was employed as an Electronics Design Engineer in the commercial and defense electronics industry in Huntsville, Alabama.





Philippe Mathevon

(p.mathevon@att-fr.com)

Philippe Mathevon studied at the Paris Ecole Supérieure d'Electronique-Informatique-Automatique, where he obtained a Master's degree in Computer Science. He joined Advanced Track and Trace® in 2012 where he is in charge of the business development in North America.

Prior to this, Philippe worked for Sanmina-SCI, a $7 billion Electronic Manufacturing Services company with manufacturing facilities in more than 20 countries. He initially was Vice-President IT EMEA from 2000 to 2008, then Vice-President of IT Enterprise Services. In these positions, Philippe managed a team of international specialists in charge of global logistics, manufacturing and finance projects. He also supervised the technical aspect of several merge and acquisitions and accumulated a broad experience in the electronic sub-contracting activity.

Before joining Sanmina-SCI, Philippe held various international management responsibilities for the safety equipment manufacturer Bacou – since acquired by Honeywell – and Toys”R”Us, the world's leading toy retailer for which he was responsible for the IT operations in 10 European and the Middle-East countries. During the 8 years he spent with Toys”R”Us, Philippe supervised the opening of 240 stores.



Brent McLaws

(robert@jonathassociates.com)

Brent McLaws is the Founder of DataDot Technologies Ltd. Currently he is the president of Research and Development for DataDot Technologies Ltd. Brent holds numerous patents regarding to product authentication and product marking. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University.






James A. Hayward

(james.hayward@adnas.com)

Dr. James A. Hayward is Chairman, President, and CEO of Applied DNA Sciences. With over 20 years of experience in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, life science and consumer product industries, Dr. Hayward is actively involved in the global effort to ensure the authenticity of products and the protection of global supply chains from counterfeiting and diversion. Patented and applied in over 600 million products throughout the world, the Company’s SigNature® DNA markers are unique, botanical, “green” DNA sequences that can help preserve the quality and integrity of products from pharmaceutics to cosmetics.

Dr. Hayward received his Bachelor's degree in Biology and Chemistry from the State University of New York at Oneonta in 1976, his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1983, and an honorary Doctor of Science from the same institution in 2000. He was one of the founding principles and research director of Europe's first liposome company, Biocompatibles Ltd. From 1984 to 1989, he was responsible for product development at Esteé Lauder Companies. In 1990, Dr. Hayward founded The Collaborative Group, a provider of products and services to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and consumer-product industries based in Stony Brook. For 14 years, he served as Chairman, President and CEO of Collaborative, spawning multiple businesses including The Collaborative BioAlliance, a contract developer and manufacturer of human gene products, that was sold to Dow Chemical in 2002, and Collaborative Labs, a service provider and manufacturer of ingredients for skincare and dermatology was sold to Engelhard (now BASF) in 2004.

Dr. Hayward has been twice named “Entrepreneur of the Year;” in 2002 by Inc. Magazine and in 2009 by the Long Island Technology Hall of Fame. Dr. Hayward has been a General Partner of Double D Venture Fund, a venture capital firm based in New York, New York. Dr. Hayward has served on the boards of many companies, the Stony Brook Foundation, the Research Foundation of the State of New York, the Long Island Association, the New York Biotechnology Association, the Long Island Life Sciences Initiative and the Ward Melville Heritage Foundation.



Chris Metz

(christine.Metz@dla.mil)

Ms. Metz is the Chief of Technical and Quality Policy for the Defense Logistics Agency at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. She is responsible for the development and implementation of DLA’s policies and procedures related to engineering, technical data, and quality assurance, to include counterfeit prevention. Ms. Metz established DLA’s Counterfeit Prevention Program in 2010.

She also provides leadership for a wide variety of technical programs at DLA: value management, sustainability, demilitarization, trade security, material standardization, diminishing manufacturing sources, and packaging. She is a graduate of VA Tech, and of Marymount University’s MBA program.




Sharon Flank

(sflank@infratrac.com)

Sharon Flank, CEO of InfraTrac, focused on providing anti-counterfeiting solutions to the pharmaceutical and medical device industry before turning her attention to electronic parts. An entrepreneur with a background in software, she founded InfraTrac in 2006, expanding on technology originally developed at the University of Maryland. InfraTrac develops product protection solutions that rely on spectroscopy. At eMotion and SRA International, Dr. Flank led technical efforts for successful commercial products, and helped create companies later sold to AOL and Kodak.

She is the author of numerous journal articles, on anti-counterfeiting, medication errors, search engines, and natural language processing. Dr. Flank holds eight patents. She received her A.B. from Cornell and her Ph.D. from Harvard University.



David Brown

(david.a.brown@intel.com)

David is a Sr. Principal Engineer at Intel Corporation developing many of the methods Intel uses to mitigate counterfeiting attacks on Intel branded products. He joined Intel in 1978 after receiving BSEE and MSEE degrees from Purdue University. David is currently the Chairman of ISO Technical Committee 247: Fraud Countermeasures and Controls that is developing international standards where the scope includes counterfeit product issues. He was involved with writing the direct component marking standard (once known as EIA-706) that established the use of 2-dimensional barcode on integrated circuits. These barcodes now typically contain the serial number used with automated track and trace systems. Dave is also known to play trombone in jazz and/or symphonic bands.




Ethan Plotkin

(eplotkin@gdca.com)

Ethan brings extensive international management consulting experience to his role as GDCA’s CEO. Prior to leading the company, Ethan held an executive position with Accenture and worked with large companies to understand their business challenges, and to translate strategy into successful execution of large-scale business improvements programs.

In addition to his business transformation acumen, Ethan brings a unique perspective to transforming the risks and issues of embedded computing obsolescence into an easily manageable business activity, with a laser focus on solving parts obsolescence situations faced by embedded OEM’s and their loyal, long-time customers.

About GDCA: As the pioneer in Proactive Legacy Management (PLM+) GDCA has developed tools and systems that have reduced long-term product support costs and delivered peace-of-mind to defense, medical, and industrial manufacturing customers. Headquartered in the San Francisco bay area; GDCA partners with a global network of embedded OEMs and distributors- spanning the Americas, Europe, and Asia.



Sultan Lilani

(sultan.lilani@integra-tech.com)

Sultan Ali Lilani is Manager of Technical Business Development at Integra Technologies. Prior to joining Integra Technologies, Sultan held a similar position at Hi-Reliability Microelectronics, a Division of Silicon Turnkey Solutions. Previous to Hi-Rel Microelectronics, Sultan was Director of Quality and Reliability at NEC Electronics for 18 years and also served as Director of Product and Test at Akros Silicon, an energy management IC start-up.

Sultan has in-depth knowledge of Reliability Engineering, Program Management, Testing and Qualification for Aerospace, Defense and Industrial applications for semiconductor products including Digital, Analog, Mixed Signal, ASICs, Microprocessors, Memory, Custom Semiconductors, Discretes, Linears and Passives. Sultan is the co-chair of SAE G19A Counterfeit Committee which is developing standards to detect suspect counterfeit components, promoting the maxim use of authentic parts, and helping ensure consistency of test techniques and requirements across the supply-chain.



Leonard Nelson

(lnelson@chromologic.com)

Leonard Nelson is the Co – Founder, COO at the Covisus Corporation Director at Chromologic. Mr. Nelson obtained his MBA from the University of Notre Dame and his B.S. in chemical engineering from North Carolina State University. Mr. Nelson has over ten years of experience in various technology roles, including engineering, supply chain management, project management, and business development in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and information technology sectors at IBM Corporation, Global eProcure, and Catalytica Pharmaceuticals. At ChromoLogic, Leonard is responsible for project management, technology commercialization, and contracting. He is also the Co – Founder of The Least Amongst Us, a non-profit organization.



Bill Cardoso

(bcardoso@creativeelectron.com)

Bill Cardoso, Ph.D., is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Creative Electron. A native of Brazil, Bill came to the US in 1998 as a 'guest engineer' at the US Department of Energy's renowned Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), one of the leading research institutions for high energy and nuclear physics. In a nine year career at Fermilab and starting with an associate electronics degree earned in Brazil at age 13, Bill took on significant project, personnel, and budget responsibilities while at the same time he earned MS and PhD degrees from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and an MBA from the University of Chicago. After leaving Fermilab as Department Head for Electronic Systems Engineering, Bill moved to California to become the VP of Technology at the government contracting firm he eventually acquired from the estate of the founder to create Creative Electron in 2008. An industry thought leader, Bill has been recognized as IIT's 2011 Outstanding Young Alumnus Awardee for his contributions to science and technology. He is also a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA), American Physics Society (APS), and the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE). Bill is an active member of his community and is part of the technical committee of several conferences including the SMTA/CALCE Component Counterfeit Conference, SMTA International, Components for Military and Space Electronics Conference, SPIE Photonics, and the IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium. Bill serves in the G19 committee writing the standards for counterfeit detection for the aerospace and defense markets. He is also a reviewer of academic proposals for the Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, and National Science Foundation. He is the author of over 120 technical publications and contributor to 2 books, and is a frequent speaker at technical conferences on radiography and optical inspection worldwide. Bill is a holder of several patents in the areas of radiation detection, radiography, and quality inspection.


Erik Jordan

(erik@nisene.com)

Erik Jordan is responsible for the sales of decapsulation equipment in North America. He specializes in equipping labs with automated decapsulation equipment for Failure Analysis and counterfeit detection. He has partnered with multiple organizations including SMTA, ERAI, CTI, ISTFA as well as Universities to present decapsulation as a counterfeit detection solution. He is a contributing member of SAE 6081 and is the head chair for decap on SAE 6171. Erik has published work with SMTA, ERAI and ISTFA regarding decapsulation as a method of counterfeit detection.




Dan Reddy

(dan.reddy@emc.com)

Dan Reddy is a Senior Consulting Product Manager in the Product Security Office at EMC where he leads Supply Chain Assurance and is a subject matter expert in FIPS 140-2 validation and other Federal product requirements. He has held a variety of roles in his 17 years at EMC. He was a co-chair for SAFECode’s whitepaper on supply chain integrity controls and has been involved from its inception in the Open Group’s Trusted Technology Forum’s initiative to build a measurable standard for mitigating tainted and counterfeit products. Prior to joining EMC, he spent 15 years at NE Electric, a major utility with nationally critical infrastructure. He teaches Computer Information Systems at Quinsigamond Community College in MA where has taught for over 35 years. He is a member of the faculty in the Smith School of Business Cybersecurity Leadership program at the University of Maryland. He has his CISSP and CSSLP certifications.



Tom Peters

(nstillwell@qualmark.com)

Tom Peters, Qualmark’s Director of Professional Services and Senior Applications Engineer, has over 40 years of experience in instrumentation. Tom’s background is in electrical engineering and he spent 15 years with Tektronix in test, service, program management and applications engineering, primarily involving electronic instrumentation. For 9 years Tom gained experience in industrial controls instrumentation, sales and application engineering.

Prior to joining Qualmark Tom spent over 13 years in various aspects of R&D engineering and quality engineering. Tom was a key member of the R&D team to design the first patient dedicated RAMAN spectroscopy respiratory anesthesia monitor. He also was New Product Development Quality Engineer managing the quality aspects of new product introductions. Tom over saw the quality assurance activities in manufacturing and test and was also responsible as a supplier quality engineer to manage the quality activities of the corporate supply chain.

A resident expert in HALT and HASS testing, Tom has been involved with HALT and HASS equipment and processes for over 12 years and served as Denver’s Accelerated Reliability Testing Center Managing Engineer prior to moving into sales and applications. He is currently the Director of the Qualmark Center of Excellence, an organization dedicated to advancing the state of the art in HALT and HASS process and providing close technical collaborative support with customers assisting them in implementing the optimum and most effective HALT/HASS processes. Tom provides seminars, applications training and HALT/HASS/HASA consultation worldwide to companies that are adopting advanced accelerated reliability processes to reduce warranty costs, improve their product robustness and shorten time to market.



Bhanu Sood

(bpsood@calce.umd.edu)

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. He holds Masters Degrees in Advance Materials Processing and Materials Science, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

His research areas include electronic materials characterization, failure analysis of electronic components and assemblies, printed circuit board materials and conductive filament formation. Prior to joining CALCE in 2005 he worked at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in the areas of embedded electronics, micro-power sources, Laser assisted micro-fabrication, characterization of electrically conductive polymeric formulations and advanced materials. His technical publications include papers on embedded electronics, energy storage systems and instrumentation for fatigue studies.



David Loaney

(dloaney@premiers2.com)

David Loaney is the CEO of Premier Semiconductor Services, LLC. After completing his undergraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and his Master’s Degree at the American Graduate School of International Management, he went on to hold various positions at Arthur Andersen, Pillsbury, and Apple Computer. David currently serves on the G-19 Subcommittee and sits on the Electrical Test subcommittee. Dave and his company are actively involved in G-12 Corporate representation, are SMTA and IPC Corporate Members, as well as ERAI members. Dave is also currently President Elect for the Arizona Chapter of EO (formerly YEO - Young Entrepreneurs Organization).




John Radman

(jradman@tracelabs.com)

John Radman is currently the Senior Technical Director of Trace Laboratories. John has a BS in Physics from University of Maryland and has worked for Trace Labs for the past 24 years. John heads a group of engineers and scientists who specialize in the areas of contamination and root cause failure analysis. Our primary focus is electronics and materials testing which includes new product development and material properties comparison. Recent work has focused on counterfeit electronic components. John is the author of many articles and technical presentations on topics which include failure analysis, test techniques, and counterfeit component analysis. John is the Co-Chair of SAE-G19A-MISC (Advanced Methods for Counterfeit Component Detection) and Chair of the IPC Ion Chromatography / Ionic Conductivity Task Group, past treasurer of the SMTA Rocky Mountain Chapter, and an active member of SMTA, IPC, ASTM, American National Standards Institute (ANSI), ASM International, and Electronic Device Failure Analysis Society (EDFAS).







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