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.

Hector Perea is a special agent with the Department of Homeland Security.

Mark A. Snider is the founder and President of ERAI, Inc., a privately held global information services organization that monitors, investigates and reports issues that are affecting the global supply chain of electronics. Since 1995, ERAI has been the industry leader for in-depth information on counterfeit, substandard and high-risk parts. What started as a small group of companies sharing data to protect each other from losses resulting from fraudulent activities has since grown into the industry's most complete and comprehensive resource for industry-related market intelligence Mark has previously presented at NASA's Quality Leadership Forum (QLF), Aerospace Industry Association (AIA), The Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) and The Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE).

Robin B. Gray, Jr. is the COO and General Counsel of the Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA). ECIA was formed in January 2011 as a result of a merger between the National Electronic Distributors Association (NEDA) and the Electronic Components Association (ECA). As Executive Vice President of NEDA for 16 years, Robin was instrumental in bringing together electronic component manufacturers and their authorized distributors to create ECIA. He brings to this industry leadership position more than 17 years in the electronics industry and 25 years of association management experience. He is a frequent speaker at electronics industry and association events on topics about distribution trends and developments, IP theft 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 serving on the Industry Advisory Board at Texas A&M University and 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.

Chuck Amsden, Director of Quality at Mouser Electronics for the past 10 years, has more than a quarter century of experience in quality assurance and compliance. Amsden is responsible for Mouser.s short- and long-term goals of quality assurance and compliance all the while overseeing Mouser.s ongoing commitment to improvement of processes, services and products that exceed customer .first experience. expectations. Amsden has a crucial role at Mouser, made only more demanding by the company.s exceptional growth in recent years. Amsden works closely with Mouser.s executive team as well as with operational teams throughout the company in creating, preparing and recommending quality assurance and compliance policies and programs.

Amsden personally directs the daily operations of the quality assurance staff and also ensures that Mouser.s vast distribution operations comply with all industry and company standards. He manages Mouser.s quality management system, environmental compliance, trade compliance and serves as legal liaison with attorneys and law enforcement. Amsden has helped lead Mouser to acquiring ANS9120A/ISO9001: 2008 and ANSI/ESD S20.20-2007 certifications. Furthermore, Amsden supervises Mouser.senvironmental policies, including lead-free and RoHS, WEEE, packaging waste, and proper disposal of batteries and chemicals, plus other green distribution best practices.

Before joining Mouser in the summer of 2003, Amsden worked 15 years at Tyco Financial where he rose to become Quality Manager over the Calibration Laboratory and the Quality Management System. Amsden is a contributing member of the SAE G-19 Committee, working on standards for avoiding, detecting, mitigating and disposing of counterfeit electronic parts throughout the electronic components supply chain. Amsden currently is lending his expertise to the Electronic Components Industry Association, where he chairs a committee on developing methods of traceability within authorized distribution. He also is a member of the ECIA Certification Task Force, focused on mitigating counterfeit electronic parts, and is an active committee member addressing excess inventory within the electronics industry.

Ron is a key player in Qualcomm.s drive to implement a world-class, Brand Protection (BP) and intellectual property rights (IPR) protection program. Ron capitalizes on his experiences as a former FBI Special Agent; big-four international security consultant; security director for General Dynamics Space Systems; civic volunteer director of Dennis Conner.s successful America.s Cup campaign; global director, corporate security for Honeywell; and anti-counterfeit leader for Cisco Systems. He was recruited to establish Qualcomm.s Brand Protection Program in 2005.

In addition to managing global BP/IPR investigations, forensic examinations and international BP investigative resources for Qualcomm, Ron is uniquely involved in his industry as the only US based Vice Chairman of the 215+ corporate member.s, Quality Brands Protection Committee (QBPC), in China. Ron was also elected as QBPC.s .Goodwill Ambassador. to the United States. He travels to China and Asia, 6 or more times each year. His BP team includes Chinese citizens who serve as BP Senior Manager and BP Manager Analyst in China.

He has the valuable perspective of having lived/worked in Hong Kong/China/Asia and organized Cisco.s anti-counterfeit program to complement its ongoing IPR and gray market efforts. That unique experience, enhanced by eight+ years leading Qualcomm.s BP efforts, makes him one of the most experienced professionals in the Brand Protection space.

Ron served as a United States Marine Corps combat helicopter pilot. He has been designated a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). Known by many for his love of networking, he is the advisory board President for Michigan State University.s (MSU) Anti-counterfeiting and Product Protection (A-CAPP) program, the first true academic approach to the study of counterfeiting and intellectual property protection. He is also a long term member of the Board of Directors, not-for-profit, Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC).

Dustin Todd currently serves as the Director of Government Affairs at the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design. In this role, he advances the semiconductor industry.s key legislative and regulatory policies . including semiconductor security and technology policy issues, and high-skilled immigration . serving as a senior representative of the industry before Congress, the White House, and federal agencies.

Prior to his tenure at SIA, Todd built a strong political background, on Capitol Hill and in statewide Democratic politics. More recently, he served in the office of Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.), as the congressman.s chief of staff and campaign manager. In this role, Todd directed the congressman.s policy agenda and served as his chief political advisor. Todd helped guide Rep. Tonko.s transition to the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee and secure a leadership position on the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. Previously, Rep. Tonko served as Ranking Member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.s Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight.

Dustin holds a double B.A. in Political Science and History from the University of Mississippi and a Master of Arts in Government from Johns Hopkins University. He is a native Mississippian, but currently resides in Washington, DC.

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).

Jason has more than twenty years of leadership and management experience, including the past twelve years as Velocity Electronics. Director of Quality and Operations.

As a member of Velocity's senior management team, he has helped Velocity grow from a company of 25 employees based in one office and earning less than $10M to a company of more than 120 employees based in fifteen offices located around the world serving as a trusted supplier for a large number of multi-national customers and earning more than $60M. He led the development of and oversees the continual improvement of Velocity's core competencies and primary value offerings to its customers - Velocity's supplier selection and component inspection programs. He is responsible for the operation of Velocity's two Inspection and Distribution Centers, IT team, Export Compliance team, AS9120 and ISO 9001 certified quality management system, ANSI/ESD S20.20 certified ESD program, and ISO 14001 / OHSAS 18001 certified EH&S program. He has served on the IDEA board of trustees since 2009, as the co-chairman of the IDEA-QMS-9090 committee, and on the Texas ESD Association.s board of directors since 2002.

Prior to joining Velocity, Jason served for eight years in the United States Army as an Armor officer, during which he commanded two tank companies and held a number of other leadership positions.

He earned his B.S. in management from the United States Military Academy at West Point and his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business.

Scott McKee is the Director of Operations at 4 Star Electronics. He has twenty years of experience in operations management, with emphasis on quality systems, process development, technical writing, and project management. He has experience managing a wide variety of technology projects including network implementations, data center relocations, facilities relocations, and various application development projects. Specific field of knowledge is electronic component distribution, including sales management, quality management, counterfeit mitigation, semiconductor programming, and other value added services.

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.

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 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.

Debra Eggeman is the Executive Director of the Independent Distributors of Electronics Association (IDEA), a non-profit trade association. Debra earned her formal education in Quality Assurance and Reliability from Fullerton College in California and has been an active member of the electronics industry from varying perspectives for over thirty years. Her experience in the field began with Odetics, Inc., an OEM specializing in both flight data recorders for NASA and other space agencies and flight critical assemblies for U.S. military aircraft. Her tenure of twenty years with this OEM provided a solid foundation of industry knowledge that would support her entrance into the Independent Distribution business. In 2002, Debra joined Rand Technology as Vice President of Quality and Operations, and she later accepted her position with IDEA. As Executive Director, Debra chaired and managed the development of the industry's first consensus based component inspection standard, IDEA- STD-1010: Acceptability of Electronic Components Distributed in the Open Market, and the creation of the IDEA-ICE-3000, the first professional inspector certification exam available to the industry for electronic components purchased from the open market. Debra regularly appears as a guest speaker providing presentations, lectures, and workshops at industry quality and anti-counterfeit events. Debra also serves on the SAE G-19 Committee and has been a participating member since its inception in October 2007.

Joshua Bass is a Special Agent at Homeland Security Investigations.

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.

Janice Meraglia is Vice President for Military and Government Programs at Applied DNA Sciences where her focus is to demonstrate how DNA can offer a solution to mitigate the risk of counterfeits by assuring authenticity of genuine product. Janice has been briefing Federal Agencies and thought leading industry associations about the ease, flexibility and staying power of this solution as a means by which absolute, forensic authentication of originality can be determined at any and all points in the supply chain. Her primary focus has been on the microcircuits though Applied DNA is proving successful in several other fields including, but not limited to textile authenticity, cash handling security and pharmaceutical anti-theft programs.

In addition to working with scientists and PhDs with various biological and chemical disciplines, Ms. Meraglia.s team includes seasoned professionals with electronic, logistics and government relations experience. Together her team represents a comprehensive and intelligent solution across the technical and business aspects necessary to effectively mitigate the risk of counterfeits in electronics and other industry sectors. Ms. Meraglia is a current Team Leader of two DoD Defense Logistics Agency Pilot Programs that focus specifically on using DNA to mitigate the risk of counterfeit electronics entering the DoD supply chain. Applied DNA Sciences is also a Strategic Partner at the College of NanoScale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at the State University of Albany, NY and the New York State Center of Excellence in Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging at Binghamton University (S3IP).

Janice is a member of the G-19 Sub-committee updating AS5553 for reference in AS6462. She has also served on the TechAmerica Industry/Government Committee which developed the GEIA-STD-0016 now an Industry Standard recognized by ANSI. Ms. Meraglia and her colleagues have published two white papers. One focused on DNA Marking and Authentication, the other on the how DNA Marking satisfies compliance with FY 2012.s NDAA S. 818.

Richard P. McDermott is the CEO of SignaKey with offices in Phoenix, AR - Clawson, MI - Zug, Switzerland & Stuttgart, Germany. Growth company with business in anti-counterfeiting marking, tracking & authenticating of: Electronic components, luxury watches, pharma & biopharma. Established partnerships for UHF Lasers, Digital Printing & Packaging.

He has been a Serial Entrepreneur since 1981 and has owned & operated more than 25 businesses in past 30+ years. Largest $420 Million in annual sales.

He has received the SME Donald C. Burnham Award for Exceptional Success in Manufacturing Management 2007. He is the Chairman Production Engineering, Division ASME, a Fellow SME & ASME. Also holds Numerous Board positions in US & Europe.

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.

Bob Vermillion is a Professional Development ESD Certification Lecturer for UC Berkeley (Space Sciences Laboratory), San Jose State University, California State Polytechnic University, Loyola-Marymount University and Clemson University. Bob also conducts ESD Seminars for the aerospace/defense, space technology, medical, telecom, electronics, disk media, semiconductor and automotive industries. Other engagements include ESDiscovery 2000-2003 in the USA, Malaysia and Singapore. In Mexico.s Silicon Valley, Bob conducts ESD Materials Seminars for the engineering community, procurement and management for the OEMs and CM industries. Bob is an iNARTE Certified ESD & Product Safety Engineer and Advisory Council Member of the National Institute of Packaging & Handling Logistics (NIPHLE). Bob also sits on the BOD of iNARTE, IoPP Golden Gate Chapter and the IOPP Consultants Council. RMV Technology Group, LLC is a Member of the American Council of Independent Labs (ACIL) & Union Internationale des Laboratories Independants (UILI), certified by ESD Journal as an Approved Laboratory, member of IEEE, IoPP and ASTM. An active member of the ESDA Standards Committee, Bob is also a member of the California Disabled Veterans Business Alliance. RMV Technology Group, LLC is a SDVOSB/8(a) and SDB Firm, State of California certified Small Business and DVBE #0024505. RMV is a member of GIDEP.

Skylar has multiple years of product development and commercialization experience involving optical signal acquisition and cloud-enabled technology services. As a product manager for DTEK, Skylar has lead pilot studies with both government and industry customers and is responsible for the sales, installation, training, and customer support for DTEK.

Prior to working for ChromoLogic, Skylar was a research test pilot for NASA-Ames Human Systems Integration Division where he operated Boeing 777 flight simulators and Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems for the Department of the Army. In addition, he was Chicago O.Hare based Embraer 145 commercial airline pilot for American Eagle Airlines and was also deputized as a Federal Flight Deck Officer for the Federal Air Marshall Service. Skylar is a certified flight instructor with experience in over 30 aircraft types.

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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.