Bob Vermillion, CPP/Fellow, iNARTE Certified ESD & Product Safety Engineer, International Author and Speaker, is an Industry Pioneer in the identification and mitigation of suspect counterfeit materials and packaging utilized in manufacturing, long term storage and materials handling for mission critical programs. First to Present at the 2010 NASA-Quality Leadership Forum on on ESD Suspect Counterfeit Materials & Packaging in the Global Supply Chain, Bob is an Industry Leader and has developed a NASA Mars Mission Approved Material . A Subject Matter Expert in the test and evaluation of spacecraft composites, Bob developed a low cost, repeatable, cutting edge methodology to map materials for Tribocharge Generation at low RH. Bob was the receipent of the Institute of Packaging Ameristar 2002 Award in the Electronics Category which incorporated Suspect Counterfeiting mitigating design features. Founder & Chair of the ESD Task Force for the IOPP Medical Device Packaging Committee, Bob publishes technical articles and white papers for the medical device, healthcare, aerospace/defense and semiconductor/disk drive sectors. Bob is a member of the SAE G-21 Suspect Counterfeit Materials Committee, ESDA Standards Committee and co-author of numerous ANSI documents. Bob serves on the Advisory Board of NIPHLE, Controlled Environments, IOPP Golden Chapter and former BOD of iNARTE. Bob conducts professional level courses at the Space Science Lab at UC Berkeley, San Jose State, Cal Poly SLO, Loyola-Marymount, Clemson and Oxford University. Bob can be reached at bob@esdrmv.com.

Dr. Bill Cardoso is a dynamic executive and researcher with +15 years of impressive history driving revolutionary breakthroughs in high-tech industry for worldwide private, governmental, medical, aerospace, and research institutions. His recent government customers include DHS, NIH, NSF, NASA, DOE, ONR, DARPA, Navy, and prime defense and aerospace contractors. Dr. Cardoso founded Creative Electron, Inc. (CEI) in 2008. A defense contractor specializing in turnkey solutions, Creative Electron, Inc. He also serves on the G-19 government group establishing the mil spec for counterfeit detection. Prior to founding Creative Electron, Dr. Cardoso was President and Co-Owner of Aguila Technologies, a business founded in 1996, focused on defense, medical imaging, and aerospace radiation detectors. At Aquila, Dr. Cardoso created, developed, designed, marketed, and sold the first handheld Radiation Threat Detector (RTD) capable of identifying threats to our nation before they are deployed. He also invented innovative solutions to process and assemble Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) crystals for homeland security, medical imaging, and astrophysics gamma and x-ray applications. Aguila was acquired by Creative Electron, Inc. in 2008. Prior to joining Aguila Technologies in 2007, Dr. Cardoso spent 10 years at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) and was the Head of the Fermilab Electronics Systems Engineering Department, leading a group of 27 engineers with a budget of $25M. Dr. Cardoso played key role in the design and development of radiation detector systems to find the structure of matter, and ultimately the origins of the universe. He also headed development of onboard electronics for a new NASA satellite. Dr. Cardoso’s first company, Robotec Automation Systems, was founded in 1996. At Robotec, Dr. Cardoso pioneered a boutique R&D consulting business model specialized in state-of-the art electronic designs ranging from R&D to turnkey solutions. He developed emerging technologies for electronic systems in automotive, medical, and industrial markets. Robotec was sold to private equity in 1998.

Dr. Brian Cohen [B.S. EE and Mathematics from Carnegie-Mellon University (1981), MS ECE, Systems and Control Theory from University of Massachusetts (1983), Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences from Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College (1988)] is working with the Institute for Defense Analyses as a Research Staff Member. He has performed a range of studies over the last 25 years at IDA, with a focus on technology and business assessments for national security. Many of these studies have dealt with sensor, electronic and microsystem device technology issues. Recent studies have examined problems with assuring the supply.

Dr. Diganta Das (Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, B.Tech, Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology) 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. 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. Dr. Das leads the Educational Outreach of CALCE with responsibility to develop inter-organizational agreements on joint educational programs, training and internship program, and professional development. 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.

Dave Loaney is the CEO and founder of Premier Semiconductor Services, LLC. He serves on the G-19 Subcommittee on Counterfeit Detection and is on the Electrical Test committee. This subcommittee is writing the AS6171 standard for test labs which will serve to standardize counterfeit related testing performed by labs. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin and his masters at Thunderbird (AGSIM). He is the President Elect for the Arizona Chapter for YEO (Young Entrepreneurs Organization). Dave has also spoken at various conferences, written papers on counterfeit related issues, and been involved in the testing of electronic components since 1996.

Erik Jordanis the National Sales Manager for Nisene Technology Group. He specializes in equipping labs with automated decapsulation equipment for Failure Analysis as well as counterfeit detection. Some of his current customers include Department of Defense, Raytheon, NASA, AMD, Freescale, and Intel. He is skilled on the applications of decapsulation for different package types. He has presented numerous times on counterfeit detection for integrated circuits. Erik Jordan is the head chair for the G19 decapsulation committee and has worked on SAE-AS6081 as well as SAE-AS6171. Education: Bachelors of Science in Business with an emphasis in Marketing.

Robin B. Gray, Jr is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) 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. He received his undergraduate degree in political science from Davidson College in North Carolina, and his law degree from the University of Georgia.

Dr. James 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 principals 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.

Ming-Hoe Kiu is presently woking as Senior Software Manager at Microsemi.

Todd Krammer is Counterfeit Avoidance Expert for Defense & Aerospace. He is also Webinar host for online webinars, as well as speaking guest for conferences and trade shows. He is working within the Defense & Aerospace industry, representing the United States National Committee in providing conformity assessment of standards to the other 17 National Committees. As the CEO of Secure Components, he is tasked with providing the solutions to the customers by maintaining and continually improving the effectiveness of quality management system to the AS9120, ISO9001, & AS6081 (Counterfeit Avoidance System)

James Lewis is a 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 ten parents 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. James has both a B.S. and M.S. degree earned from the University of Alabama at Huntsville, and is also currently a member of the IEEE, and is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Alabama.

Lori Risse is a project parts engineer at Jet Propulsion Laboratory and holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Cal State University at Northridge. At JPL, Lori manages EEE parts programs for flight projects, is the GIDEP representative for JPL, and teaches Counterfeit Parts Awareness/Avoidance courses. Previously Lori has worked as an account manager in semiconductor distribution, as well as a product manager, account manager, marketing and applications engineer for a Process Control Instrumentation Manufacturer. Awards and Associations include NASA Group Achievement Award - Grail Project and NEPAG, team bonus award for OCO2 Mission Assurance and a Ranger Bonus Award for Grail Project.

Robert Metzger is presently working with Rogers Joseph O'donnell. He is a member of the firm's Government Contracts Practice Group. He advises aerospace and defense, information technology and telecommunications firms on strategic business matters including international projects, joint ventures and direct and FMS sales to foreign governments. His litigation practice includes representation of companies before administrative agencies as well as civil matters in federal and state courts.

Louis Parks is a co-founder of SecureRF, developer of the world’s first linear-based security methods. As CEO of SecureRF, Parks has help guide the development of new cryptographic solutions and security tools for low-resource and embedded devices like radio frequency identification (RFID) and microcontrollers (MCU). He is on the Board of Advisors of the National Center for Aerospace Leadership (NCAL) founded to respond to the critical needs of the US aerospace manufacturing supply chain.

Tom peters has over 40 years of experience in instrumentation. Tom 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 and another 11 involved in R&D and quality engineering for the medical industry. Tom was part of the R&D team that developed the first patient dedicated laser based RAMAN spectroscopy gas analyzer and co-developed the first “smoke stack” emissions monitor based on RAMAN spectroscopy using a HeNe laser. A resident expert in HALT and HASS testing, Tom has been involved with HALT and HASS for over ten years and served as Denver’s Testing Services Facility Manager and as a Sales/Applications Manager prior to becoming the Director of Professional Services.

Kaye Porter is the Marketing Manager at GDCA, Inc. and has an in-depth understanding that no one in the supply chain is an island, each player is impacted by others around them. Her current focus is on bringing collaboration and cross-industry dialogue to what it takes to sustain a legacy embedded system. Current areas of research focus on the realities of long-term product support, and the impacts of obsolescence and counterfeit electronics in the embedded supply chain. Her marketing career began helping businesses and individuals align their message through branding, social media, and content development. As a consultant, she specialized in communication psychology, performance consulting, product messaging, and education. Publications include Military & Aerospace: Fighting the fakes (Embedded News, July 2012) Are you a hoarder or a house cleaner? (VITA Technologies, Aug. 2012) Obsolete Components: What is the COTS life cycle costing you? (Military Embedded Systems, to be published Nov/Dec 2012)

Rick Roelecke is the Director, Corporate Quality Management in L-3 Communications. He was previously employed by Hughes Aircraft and ITT. He is a Bachelors of Science in Electronic Engineering and a Masters in Business. Mr. Roelecke has been managing Quality/Mission Assurance activities for L-3 companies for over 22 years. He now supports L-3 Corporate Quality and leads the Counterfeit Parts Team comprised of over 57 L-3 Divisions. This team has implemented a very comprehensive counterfeit mitigation program through release of a Corporate Policy Procedure.

Rob Leibrandt is presently working with Camcode. Prior to joining Camcode, Rob was Senior Program Analyst for Traceability and Information Assurance in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. He has also been the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) procurement lead for Information Assurance, Cyber Security, Anti-Counterfeiting and UID policy since 2003. He was the lead for two Federal Anti-Counterfeiting working groups focused on risk-based identification and traceability/reporting of suspect counterfeits. Rob holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology and a Master of Business Administration from St. Ambrose University. He also graduated from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 2001. Rob is DoD certified in Program Management, Systems Engineering and Quality Assurance. In 2008, he received the Automatic Identification and Mobility (AIM) Global’s Don Percival Award and the U.S. DoD Exceptional Civilian Service award. In 2009, Rob received ID World’s Honorable Mention for the Asset Tracking track and was selected to AIDC 100 in 2010 for his contributions to the growth and advancement of the AIDC industry.

Prof. Peter Sandborn is a Professor in the CALCE Electronic Products and Systems Center at the University of Maryland. Dr. Sandborn’s group develops obsolescence forecasting algorithms, performs strategic design refresh planning, lifetime buy quantity optimization, and strategic sourcing for long life cycle products. Dr. Sandborn is the developer of the MOCA refresh planning tool. He is the author of over 150 technical publications and several books on electronic packaging and electronic systems cost analysis. Dr. Sandborn is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing and the North American editor of the International Journal of Performability Engineering. He is also a board of directors member of the PHM Society. He has a B.S. degree in engineering physics from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1982, and the M.S. degree in electrical science and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering, both from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1983 and 1987, respectively.

Tom Sharpe is Vice President of SMT Corporation, located in Sandy Hook Connecticut. Tom co-founded SMT with his wife Kirsten in 1995 and they have since built SMT into one of the leading Independent Stocking Distributor of electronic components to the US Defense and Aerospace industry. In addition to being a long-time member of ERAI, Tom is the current Vice President of IDEA where he has served continuously on the Board of Directors since the year of it’s formation in 2003. He is an associate member of Aerospace Industry Association’s Counterfeit Parts IPT, and a member of SAE International’s G-19 committee that is currently developing the new Independent Distributor AS6081 certification standard. Tom also serves on the G-19A sub-committee that is drafting the recommended test methods for the AS6171 inspection standard. He is very active on the Defense & Aerospace Industry speaking tour and has become a leading voice from the Independent sector in the fight against counterfeit components in the electronics industry. His presentations serve to educate all sectors of the electronics industry about the growing dangers of counterfeits in today’s market, and best practices to detect and mitigate those dangers.

Bhanu Sood is the Director of the Test Services and Failure Analysis (TSFA) Laboratoryat the University of Maryland's Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE).He holds Masters Degrees in Advance Materials Processing and Materials Science, and aBachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering. His research areas include root cause failure analysis techniques, materials characterization, electronic parts authentication strategies and failure mechanisms inprinted circuit board (PCB) materials. Prior to joining CALCE in 2005 Mr. Sood workedat U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in the areas of embedded electronics, micropowersources, 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.

David Steele is presently woking at SMTA. He was previously working with Da-Tech Corporation.

Steve Hirschfeld is presently woking as Quality manager at Rochester Electronics.

Sultan Lilani is presently woking with Integra Technologies. Prior to joining Integra Technologies, Mr. Lilani held a similar position at Hi-Reliability Microelectronics, a Division of Silicon Turnkey Solutions. Previous to Hi-Rel Microelectronics, Lilani 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. Lilani 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.