Nordson Asymtek
Steven Adamson, Market Manager
Steven Adamson is Market Manager for Asymtek. He has worked for Kodak, Motorola and Plessey, ICL in the UK. He holds five US and 2 UK patents, was awarded a HNC in electrical engineering and was 2008 President of IMAPS.
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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Gregory Arslanian, Global Segment Manager
Mr. Arslanian has been involved in electronics packaging processing and equipment since 1981 including flipchip, TAB, wirebonding and die attach. Current responsiblities include R&D, applications, marketing and customer interaction.
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Dek Printing Machine
Clive Ashmore, Global Process Manager
Mr. Ashmore is responsible for the Global Applied Process Engineering group for DEK. Clive specializes in all aspects of manufacturing engineering, with special emphasis on mass imaging technologies.
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Electronic Controls Design Inc
Paul Austen, Senior Project Engineer
Paul Austen is a 30 year veteran Senior Project Engineer with ECD in Milwaukie, Oregon. Paul has seen and worked with the electronic manufacturing industry from many points of view, including: technician, designer, manufacture, and customer.
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RPS Automation
Jess Baker, President
Jess Baker has been in manufacturing management positions for over 47 years. He is the President and founder of Repco Inc., and Robotic Process Systems. He is currently President of RPS Automation a manufacturer of Selective Soldering, and Solderability Test Equipment.
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Charlie Barnhart & Associates
Charlie Barnhart, Co-founder and Principal
Charlie Barnhart's Global Pricing Methodologies and Outsourcing Navigator programs have brought discipline to the electronics manufacturing industry. The analytics are based on hundreds of case studies of actual global electronics manufacturing programs.
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Heraeus Incorporated
Brian Bauer, Business Manager
Mr. Bauer has been in the SMT industry since 1982. He has been involved with the development, manufacture and technical support for the full range of Heraeus SMT products, including adhesives, conductive adhesives, fluxes and solder paste.
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Dage Precision Industries
Dr. David Bernard, Product Manager
Mr. Bernard has been the X-ray Systems Product Manager at Dage for over 5 years and have been involved in all aspects of x-ray inspection and test for printed circuit board assembly applications. Prior to this, Dr. bernard was working with radiation measurement instrumentation.
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B.E.STAT group
Hartmut Berndt, President
Mr. Burndt has been in Electronics & Semiconductor Technology since 1980 and work in the area of Electrostatic (ESD) and electronic devices. He is President of the B.E.STAT group (Germany); expert in ESD audits, trainings, failure analysis and ESD control programs.
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Kester
Peter Biocca, Senior Market Development Engineer
Mr. Biocca is a chemist with 24 years experience in soldering technologies. He has presented around the world in matters relating to process optimization and assembly. He has been working with lead-free for over 8 years. He is the author of many technical papers delivered globally.
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Kyzen Corp.
Mike Bixenman, CTO
Mr. Bixenman is the CTO for Kyzen Corp. Kyzen Corp. is a leading provider of engineered cleaning fluids for high technology manufacturing environments.
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Juki Corporation
Bob Black, President and CEO
Mr. Black was the President and Co-Founder of Zevatech in 1977 and introduced first Pick and Place System at Nepcon West 1980. Bob is now the President, CEO and Co-Founder of Juki Automation Systems. He is also a Co-Founder of the SMEMA Council of IPC. He serves as a member of SMTA and SEMI.
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Bliss Industries, Inc.
Ken Bliss, President & CEO
Mr. Bliss has 20+ years experience creating process methods that improve profitability by maximizing hidden unused capacity and throughput. Ken has expertise in all areas of manufacturing specializing in electronics assembly.
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Technical Manufacturing Corporation
David Bonito, Sales & Marketing Manager
David has been active in all areas of the contract electronics manufacturing industry for over fifteen years. He is currently in charge of all Sales and Marketing related activities for Technical Manufacturing Corporation.
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Krayden, Inc.
Gary Bowman,
Gary Bowman has been in distribution sales for 33 years selling into Electronic, Aerospace, Medical and OEM market place. Bowman has been with Krayden for 18 years.
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Electrolube Ltd
Jade Bridges, R&D Manager
Jade Bridges is the R&D Manager for Electrolube. She is responsible for new product development and technical support within the Electrolube range. Her expertise is in conformal coatings and encapsulation resins.
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Hesse & Knipps, Inc.
Joseph S. Bubel, President
Joseph Bubel is heavily involved in the industry and has been since 1980. Mr. Bubel possesses strong technical knowledge of the complete semiconductor manufacturing process. From dicing saws to die attach, he offers special expertise in wedge and ball wire and ribbon bonding.
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Datapaq
Richard Burke, National Sales Manager
Mr Burke currently has eight years of thermal profiling experience in the Electronics Assembly industry including SMT, Wave, Curing, Wafer Bumping, Ceramics and a host of other thermal processes. He is a Graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania School of Business.
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Tropical PCB Design Services Inc.
Sam Burton, President
With 28+ years of direct PCB layout and design experience and 8 years as President of Tropical Design; Mr. Burton has the breadth and depth of knowledge to assist in solving most design and manufacturing related issues.
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ACE Production Technologies
Alan Cable, President
Alan Cable, the principle owner of ACE production technologies Inc. has over 40 years experience in the electronics manufacturing arena. Alan's expertise is high production manufacturing automation, equipment design and process engineering. For the past 25 years Alan has focused specifically on soldering issues relating to component solderability, lead tinning and selective soldering, owning several companies with this focus.
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VJ Technologies, Inc.
Al Cabral, Product Development Manager
Mr. Cabral has been involved with advanced manufacturing and new product introduction, along with process and product development within the electronics industry for 25 years. He is widely recognized as a major contributor to the development and optimization of thermal systems.
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Omnify Software
Chuck Cimalore, CTO
Mr. Cimalore is chief technology officer, Omnify Software. He is an expert in business-ready PLM solutions and has helped original equipment manufacturers streamline development cycles, accelerate product innovation and improve profitability.
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Photo Stencil
Bill Coleman, Vice President Technology
For over 18 years, Dr. Coleman has been the vice president of technology for Photo Stencil, working closely with customers to understand their printing requirements. His efforts have resulted in several new stencil products.
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Metro Technologies
David Cotton, Director
David Cotton founded Metro Technologies with partner Craig Jones in 1999 as an SMT Nozzle placement design and manufacture house. Since then Metro Nozzles have become synonomous with quality and cost reduction in SMT manufacture.
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IPC
Jack Crawford, Director - Certification & Assembly Technology
Mr. Crawford is Director of Certification and Assembly Technology for IPC. He is technical liaison to the IPC committees that maintain critical industry standards and has presented numerous papers internationally.
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TransCore Amtech Technology Center
Robert Culpepper, Sr. Manufacturing Engineer
Mr. Culpepper has over 20 years in electronic manufacturing, primarily focusing on PWA assembly.
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Transition Automation, Inc.
Mark J. Curtin, President
Mr. Curtin recieved his BSME with honors from the University of Rhode Island in 1985, and subsequently worked for HP (Medical Products), before founding Transition Automation in 1989.
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KIC
Bjorn Dahle, President
Bjorn Dahle is the President of KIC. He has 20 years experience in the electronic manufacturing industry with various manufacturing equipment companies covering pick & place, screen printers and thermal process management.
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Cogiscan, Inc.
Mitch DeCaire, Sales Manager (Americas)
Mitch DeCaire, Sales Manager at Cogiscan, has served the electronics manufacturing industry since 1989. His prior experiences include process engineering, business development, and engineering management roles with Nortel Networks, Vansco Electronics, Universal Instruments and Siemens.
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Circuitnet
Steve DeCollibus, Managing Editor
Throughout his career Mr. DeCollibus has successfully implemented global marketing communications and brand development initiatives for some of the electronics industry's top companies. He is currently managing editor of Circuitnet and Semiconductor Packaging News.
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Nordson YESTech
Giancarlo De La Garza, Sales
Giancarlo De La Garza has more than 7 years of expertice as a service / applications egineer in the AOI and X ray industry.
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Fine Line Stencil, Inc.
Robert Dervaes, V.P. Technology & Engineering
Robert Dervaes has worked in the electronics industry since 1992 in both design and manufacturing. Over the past 11 years he has established the technical foundation of Fine Line Stencil, Inc. - a premier stencil supplier to the electronics industry.
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BTU International
Fred Dimock, Manager, Process Technology
Mr. Dimock is the manager of Process Technology at BTU International. His extensive experience in thermal processing includes positions at Corning, GE, and Sylvania. He has authored numerous articles on lead free processing and process control.
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Henkel Corp
Doug Dixon, Electronics Global Marketing Manager
Mr. Dixon has been in the electronics field for over twenty years and is the Marketing Manager with the electronics group of Henkel. Prior to joining Henkel, he worked for Raytheon, Camalot Systems, and Universal Instruments.
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Cencorp
Kent Dixon, VP Sales - Americas
Mr. Dixon heads sales in North and South America for Cencorp. Kent holds a BS in mechanical engineering and has been with Cencorp for 8 years. Automated solutions for depaneling, test handling and odd-form placement are Kent's area of expertise.
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ATEK llc
Allen W. Duck, CEO
Allen Duck is a 20-year Electronics Industry veteran with Global experience in multiple fields of technology and management. He started A-Tek in 2006 to provide a sales and service channel for international equipment companies wishing to offer value based solutions to USA companies.
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Ultrasonic Systems, Inc.
Stuart Erickson, President
Mr. Erickson is co-founder of Ultrasonic Systems, Inc. a technology leader in ultrasonic spray technology. Hi is holder of several patents related to ultrasonic spray technology. His roles include product development, technology application, sales and marketing.
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Production Solutions, Inc.
Doug Farlow, President
Mr. Farlow is President at Production Solutions Ins. where they manufacturer the Red-E-Set family of board support systems. His expertise is board support solutions for screen printers, pick and place machines, chipshooters, dispensers and AOI machines.
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Fein-Line Associates
Daniel (Baer) Feinberg, Vice President
Mr. Feinberg is a forty-four year industry veteran and a former President of Morton Electronic Materials (Dynachem). Feinberg presently owns Fein-Line Associates, a management consulting and market research company.
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Circuit Technology Center, Inc.
Jeff Ferry, President
Mr. Ferry is President of Circuit Technology Center, a world-leading contractor for the repair and rework of assembled circuit boards founded in 1983. Jeff also serves as Publisher of Circuitnet, Circuitmart and Semiconductor Packaging News.
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Kyzen Corporation
Tom Forsythe, Vice President
Mr. Forsythe is a recognized expert in cleaning chemistries and processes. Tom has a Bachelor's in Applied Mathematics & Engineering from the US Naval Academy. He is well published in both the industry trade magazines. Tom has spent the last 14 years with Kyzen Corporation.
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Contract Manufacturing Consultants, Inc.
Robert Freid, President and Founder
Robert Fried helps leading electronics OEM's develop world-class sourcing strategies for PCBA, cables, precision metals, plastics, modules and complete end-products. Other service areas are supplier risk assessment, comprehensive outsource ...
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Essemtec AG
Marcel Freiermuth, Manager Solutions
Marcel Freiermuth has expertise in equipment for proto-typing and mid-size volume machines in the field of SMT and also in the field of solar cell metallization. He can provide know-how for Turnkey Solutions and Special Applications for SMT.
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DL Technology
Corey Fugere, Sales Manager
Mr. Fugere has six years experience in the semiconductor industry and extensive knowledge on dispensing applications.
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PDR
Roger Gibbs, Managing Director
Twenty years ago Mr. Gibbs, Managing Director of PDR, produced the first rework system based on Focused Infra-Red light energy. PDR now has a 3,500-strong global installation list with top OEMs and EMS providers.
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PROMATION, Inc.
Gary Goldberg, President and CEO
Mr Goldberg has practical experience in production line layout, process flow and cycle rate analysis. He knows how to avoid bottle necks and most related PCB or pallet handling questions.
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Pycon Inc.
Peter Greenland, VP Sales & Marketing
Mr. Greenland has 20 years electronics industry experience ranging from circuit board design to product support & repair services. Peter has spent the last 4 years at Pycon Inc. supporting customers that require high mix, low volume manufacturing solutions.
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EKRA America
Steve Hall, President
Mr. Hall has spent the last 20 years in the electronics manufacturing industry. He started at Motorola specializing in the development of screen printing and reflow soldering processes. He has became known as an expert in printing technology.
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ITM Consulting
Jim Hall,
Jim has a wealth of knowledge in soldering and thermal technology, equipment and process basics and is a pioneer in the science of reflow technology.
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Nextek, Inc.
James L. Harris, VP Programs/Sec/Treas
Mr. Harris is a Nextek founder. He is responsible for program management and electrical, mechanical and industrial design activities for the Company. Previous experience includes fifteen years in production management, manufacturing and industrial engineering, and marketing.
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Protean Marketing
Richard Heimsch, Director
Now a director at Protean Marketing, Mr. Heimsch has worked in the electronics industry 25+ years in a wide variety of international sales, marketing and operations roles. Rich spearheads Protean's international business development, specializing in Brand Management and Strategic Communications.
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Integrated Ideas & Technologies, Inc.
Stephanie Henninger, Director
Stephanie Henninger is the Director of Technical Services & Marketing for Integrated Ideas & Technologies, Inc., a premier manufacturer of SMT stencils. She has been instrumental in the stencil design and technical support.
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Innov-X Systems
Drew Hession-Kunz, Business Development
Mr. Hession-Kunz is currently VP for Business Development at Innov-X Systems, Inc., a leading industrial surface analysis tool manufacturer. He has held positions there in Finance and operations prior to heading up Business Development.
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DfR Solutions
Dr. Craig D. Hillman, CEO & Managing Partner
Dr. Hillman's specialties include best practices in Design for Reliability, strategies for transitioning to Pb-free, supplier qualification, passive component technology and printed board failure mechanisms.
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H-Technologies Group
Dr. Jennie Hwang, President
Dr. Hwang, a major contributor to SMT and an advisor to OEM/EMS and government, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering and inducted to the WIT International Hall of Fame. For last 26 years she has helped improve SMT production yields and solved reliability issues worldwide.
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VJ Electronix
Harold Hyman, Consultant
Harold Hyman has been involved in metallurgical aspects of the electronics industry since the 1950’s, and in semiconductor development and engineering for STL, Ediswan & RCA. He later joined HTC, a pioneer of vapor phase soldering and continued industry experience Dynapert, GenRad, Teradyne, SRT and VJ Electronics.
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Electronic Technology Corporation
Terry Jeglum, President/CEO
Mr. Jeglum has 35+ years experience and is the founder of Electronic Technology Corporation. He is responsible for 22 years of program management for the Company.
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Indium Corp.
Tim Jensen, Product Manager, Advanced Assembly Materials
Timothy Jensen is the Product Manager for Indium Corporation's PCB Assembly Materials and has spent over a decade troubleshooting and optimizing SMT process lines. Having worked directly on hundreds of surface mount lines, and building thousands of different products, Tim understands each customer's unique requirements, and tailors Indium's products and services to meet or exceed those needs.
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CheckSum LLC
Harry Jin, Product Manager
Harr Jin has over 35 years experience in board test as a user, designer, manager and vendor. He has worked for Teradyne and Agilent Technologies as the 3070 business development manager. He has presented papers as ITC, Nepcon and SMTA meetings.
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Micro Care
Mike Jones, Vice President
Mr. Jones is an electronics cleaning and stencil printing specialist. Averaging over one hundred days a year on the road, Mike visits SMT production sites and circuit board repair facilities in every corner of the globe, helping engineers and technicians work through the complex trade-offs today's demanding electronics require.
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X-Line Asset Management
Andrew Joos, VP of Business Development
Mr. Joos is responsible for all customer-facing activities for X-line Asset Management including sales and business development. He brings 10+ years of experience selling new, high-tech capital equipment to contract manufacturers, OEMs, and equipment dealers.
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Interconnect Systems Inc.
Prashant Joshi, Director of Engineering
Prashant has 15 years experience in design and process development. With a MS in Mechanical/ Materials Engineering his areas of interest are connectors, electronics assembly, SMT, reballing, wire bond.
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APS-Novastar, LLC
Joe Karcewski, Product Manager
Joe Karcewski has been a Process Engineer for 16 years in the industry. He is a certified IPC-A-610 trainer and is presently working at APS-Novastar as a Product Manager for Soldering Systems including Selective Soldering systems.
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APS Novastar
Tim Kardish, CEO
Tim Kardish is a technology business leader with 26+ years experience in the PCB, SMT and AOI assembly equipment industry. Tim is the CEO and a member of the Board of Directors at APS Novastar, LLC. He is a member of IPC and SMTA.
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Practical Components
Michael Kennedy, Marketing Director
For the last 9 years Mr. Kennedy has been Marketing director for Practical Components, the leading supplier of Dummy Components, Test Boards and Kits. Prior to Practical he was in Electronic imaging.
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BAE Systems
Bryan Kerr, Principal Engineer - CMA Lab
Bryan Kerr has 35 years experience in providing technical support to PEC assembly manufacturing. His experience ranges from analysis of materials and components to troubleshooting and optimising, selecting reflow, cleaning, coating and other associated processes.
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HumiSeal / Chase Electronic Coatings
Phil Kinner, Business Director
As Business Director at HumiSeal, Mr. Kinner oversees all Sales, Marketing, Technical Support and Operational functions within HumiSeal.
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Speedline Technologies
Kenneth Kirby, Applications Engineer
Mr. Kirby has been in the electronics manufacturing industry for 18 plus years. Over the years Ken has been in roles such as Equipment and Process trainer, Senior Process Engineer, R&D Application Development Engineer and currently Process Application Engineer.
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Design Chain Associates, LLC
Michael Kirschner, President
Mr. Kirschner is President of Design Chain Associates, LLC, focused on helping electronics OEMs comply with RoHS/WEEE requirements, and speeding time-to-market, reducing product cost, and increasing engineering and procurement efficiency.
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Cookson Electronics
Paul J. Koep, Global Product Manager
Paul J. Koep is currently responsible for global product management and planning for the Preform product line. Co-author of several patents in the areas of assembly, die attach and solar applications utilizing preforms. Integration of preforms in high volume manufacturing. Previous employers include Epcos-Siemens, and Advanced Micro Devices.
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Aqueous Technologies
Mike Konrad, President
Mr. Konrad has been in the electronic assembly equipment industry since 1985. He is founder and CEO of Aqueous Technologies Corporation, a manufacturer of automatic de-fluxing equipment, chemicals, and cleanliness testing systems.
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Image Processing Solutions, Inc.
Todd La Marche, Director
Todd La Marche has been active in the PCB industry since 1968. He specializes in the SMT process and has over 27 years of x-ray experience. As a process engineer and system designer, La Marche has unique perspective regarding PCB process issues.
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EPTAC Corporation
Leo Lambert, Vice President, Technical Director
At EPTAC Corporation, Mr. Lambert oversees content of course offerings, IPC Certification programs and provides customers with expert consultation in electronics manufacturing, including RoHS/WEEE and lead free issues. Leo is also the IPC General Chairman for the Assembly/Joining Process Committee.
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Innovative Drying Co.
Charles S. Leech Jr., Director of Engineering
Mr. Leech lead a successful 2 year long process development effort that identified the parameters required to rapidly dry moisture sensitive devices while they were encased in the tape and reel format. Mr. Leech has over thirty years of experience as a manufacturing engineering manager in the electronics industry.
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Caber Contacts, LLC
Glen Leinbach, President
Glen Leinbach has over 30 years experience in the electronics manufacturing industry including pioneering a large SMT manufacturing facility. He is co-inventor of Agilent Bead Probe Technology and is co-author of several A-BPT patents.
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Icon Technology
Simon Leow, General Manager
Simon has been involved with the SMT industry for over 10 years. His expertise includes stencils, fixtures, printers and has presented at Nepcon Shanghai on the subject of Pb-free print process. Simon currently works and lives with his family in Shenzhen, China.
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Circuitnet
Letters from Experts Responses,
The letter above was from a reader responding to a posting from a member of the Expert Panel.
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DEK
Richard Lieske, Product Development Engineer
Mr. Lieske has worked for DEK printing machines for the past 10 years. Last five for Applied Product Developement group and the prior 5 years prior for the Applications Engineering group. Prior to DEK, Richard worked for an EMS provider and in Hybrid electronics.
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ECD
EH Lim, Managing Director, Asia Pacific
EH Lim has been in the PCB Assy industry since 1985, starting at Thomson/Singapore for 5 years before moving to Electrovert Asia Pacifc. Lim was Sales Director for Vitronics Soltec prior to joining ECD in 2007 as Managing Director for Asia Pacific.
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Imagen & Landrex Technologies
Pamela Lipson, CEO & Board of Scientific Advisers
Pamela is CEO of Imagen, which develops automated vision technologies, and a member of Landrex Technologies' Board of Scientific Advisers. Landrex licenses Imagen's image-analysis technology for use in its AOI systems for PCB inspection.
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Quick Turn Flex Circuits LLC
James Mahoney, Applications Project Manager
James Mahoney is a Technical Operations Manager with a 20 year track record in managing new product introduction. He is a skilled leader, motivator and problem solver with a strong background in Product Knowledge and Engineering Management.
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SMT Sales Associates Inc
Ted Marek, President
Mr. Marek is the Founder and President of SMT Sales Associates Inc. SMT is a distributor and manufacturer's representative organization in the PCB assembly marketplace. He has over 11 years experience helping customers select soldering materials and capital equipment.
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STI Electronics Inc.
Mark McMeen, VP Engineering Services
Mark T. McMeen is STI Electronics Inc.ʼs Vice President of Engineering Services. He oversees the daily operations of the Engineering Services division of STI. He has over 18 years experience in the manufacturing and engineering of PCBs.
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Tri-onics Inc
Rodney Miller, VP of Manufacturing
Rodney Miller currently manages the Tri-onics production/engineering in the USA and entire operation in Shanghai China. Miller has a Certified Interconnect Designer certification and founded the IPC Designer Counsel in St. Louis MO, USA.
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Speedline Technologies
Dr. Rita Mohanty, Director Advanced Development
Dr. Mohanty, PhD in Chemical Engineering, has over fifteen years experience in both industry and academic relating to engineering and electronic polymers, electronic packaging and assembly. She has experience in SMT process optimization and Lead-free transition.
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Cogiscan
François Monette, VP Sales & Marketing
Mr. Monette is one of the co-founders of Cogiscan and leads global sales, business development and marketing. Since 1990, he has held a variety of positions in the electronics manufacturing industry, mostly focused on quality and process engineering.
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X-Line Asset Management
Todd Moutafian, Partner
Mr. Moutafian has been working in the secondary market for SMT and related equipment for many years. He has wide knowledge of equipment, capabilities, easy of use and pricing.
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Foresite
Terry Munson, President/Senior Technical Consultant
Mr. Munson, President and Founder of Foresite, has extensive electronics industry experience applying Ion Chromatography analytical techniques to a wide spectrum of manufacturing applications.
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VJ Technologies, Inc.
Don Naugler, General Manager
Don is the General Manager of VJ Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of X-ray Inspection and Rework equipment for the electronics manufacturing industry. He has more than 20 years experience in development, manufacturing, and support of a wide range of capital equipment.
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EVS International
Simon G. Norman, International Director
Simon G. Norman is the international director for EVS International, the Leader in Solder Recovery.
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Vitronics Soltec
John Norton, Eastern Manager
John Norton started his soldering career in 1983 for Hollis Engineering. He has also worked with Electrovert as a technical training manager and Vitronics Soltec for the last ten years. He has held varoius technical development and sales positions.
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Finetech
Neil O'Brien, Sales Director
Neil O'Brien has worked in the field of electronic manufacturing equipment for over fifteen years and is currently Sales Director for Finetech, a manufacturer of precision rework systems and die bonders.
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Phoenix Contact
Arnold Offner, Industry Standard Manager
With over 15 years service at Phoenix Contact, Mr. Offner has worked in South Africa and Germany. He speaks both English and German, is based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and is reponsible for the RoHS/WEEE Training activities in the Americas.
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Seika Machinery Inc.
Michelle Ogihara, Sales and Marketing Manager
Michelle is the Sales and Marketing Manager of Seika Machinery, Inc. She is an active member of the SMTA taking on a past position as Chapter President and currently Secretary, Co-Chairs the MSD Council and serves on several committee positions.
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DEK
Michael O'Hanlon, Applications Supervisor
Mr. O'Hanlon serves as the DEK Applications Supervisor for the Americas region. He has over 20 years of electronics manufacturing experience and has spent the last 13 years at DEK providing equipment utilization and process solutions for SMT manufacturing.
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KIC
Brian O'Leary, Sales Manager
Brian O'Leary is responsible for all of KIC’s Sales Representatives and North American-based partners, and for the thermal management and process control portion of the electronics assembly and packaging processes.
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JUKI Automation Sys.
Todd O'Neil, Sales Manager, Soldering products
Mr. O'Neil has been part of the electronics manufacturing field for 17 years. As Sales Manager for all Soldering products at JUKI, his main objective is to continue to supply equipment providing the "Lowest Cost of Ownership."
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High-Tech Conversions Inc.
Claudio Orefice, President
Claudio Orefice is president of High-Tech Conversions. They manufacture a variety of wiping products and can supply virtually any type of consumable item used in cleanrooms, assembly lines, laboratories and manufacturing.
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Seho
Christian Ott, Sales Manager
Christian Ott knows electronic manufacturing companies around the world and their specific requirements. He has hands on experience with Selective, Reflow and Wave soldering processes.
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HumiSeal
Chris Palin, European Manager
Chris Palin is currently managing European sales and support for HumiSeal Conformal Coatings. His expertise is in test & reliability, solder technology, power die attach and conformal coating.
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STI Electronics Inc.
Mel Parrish, Director Training Materials
Mr Parrish has 30+ years electronic design, fabrication, and production experience. His positions include: Chair, Product Assurance IPC; Technical Advisory Executive Council IPC; Committee Chairman Council IPC; President, SMTA Tennessee Valley Chapter; Chair Electro Optics Technical Committee.
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Vi Technology
Jean-Marc Peallat, Products & Applications Manager
Jean-Marc Peallat is Products and Applications Manager for Vi Technology. He started the AOI branch of the company, ten years ago, and led successively support and application teams, notably in Americas.
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Technology Information Corporation
Jerry Pearl, Applcations Engineering Manager
Mr. Pearl has provided wave solder process support and training to hundreds of printed circuit board assembly facilities throughout the world. He offers unique, concrete solutions for effective wave solder process improvement and defect reduction.
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Heller Industries Inc.
Marc Peo, President
Mr. Peo has been with Heller Industries for over 20 years and has been President for the past 8 years. Marc has authored several industry articles on Soldering, Flux collection, nitrogen use and Lead Free conversion.
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EMC Global Technologies, Inc.
Christopher Perry, Worldwide Sales & Marketing Manager
Mr. Perry has been with EMC for 12 Years, working with cleaning and tooling applications used in electronic manufacturing enviroments. EMC produces all types of solvent and aqueous cleaners for stencils, misprints and fluxed boards.
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ECD
Grant Peterson, Vice President; Marketing & Sales
Grant Peterson has 30+ years of professional experience including construction-management in the military, sales and operations management in display technologies, software and thermal process management technologies.
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Essemtec USA
Steve Pollock, Vice President
Steven Pollock has worked in the industry for OEMs, and large CMs before moving to application Sales. Pollock has been working in SMT industry for nearly 20 years.
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Henkel Corporation
Neil Poole, Senior Applications Chemist
Dr. Poole is a Senior Applications Chemist in Henkel Technologies, electronics assembly materials application engineering group. He is responsible for all of Henkel's assembly products including soldering products, underfills, PCB protection materials, and thermally conductive adhesives.
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Integrated Ideas & Technologies, Inc.
Michael Ray, President
Mike Ray is founder and president of Integrated Ideas & Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of SMT stencils. Mike Ray developed the first successful universal frame and holds patents on the AXIS laser system.
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BEST, Inc.
Kris Roberson, Senior Technical Instructor
Kris Roberson has experience as a machine operator, machine and engineering technician and process engineer for companies as Motorola, and US Robotics. Kris is certified as an Master Instructor in IPC7711 / 7721, IPC A-610D and IPC J-STD 001D.
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Smart Sonic Corporation
Bill Schreiber, President
Mr. Schreiber developed the original ultrasonic stencil cleaning process in 1989. Obtained the only EPA Verification for specific parameters of Environmental Safety, User Safety and Cleaning Efficiency for a stencil cleaning process.
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FCT Assembly
Mike Scimeca, President
Mike Scimeca created FCT Assembly after the purchase of Fine Line Stencil, Inc., and consists of two major operations: stencil manufacturing and the manufacturing of electronic assembly products such as solder paste, flux and solder bar.
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AIM
Karl Seelig, Vice President of Technology
In his 25 years of industry experience, Mr. Seelig has authored over 30 published articles on topics including lead-free assembly, no-clean technology, and process optimization. Karl holds numerous patents, including four for lead-free solder alloys, and was a key developer of no-clean technology.
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Ultrasonics Systems Inc.
Larry Sirois, Applications Engineer
Mr. Sirois has been involved in pcb assembly for more than 20 years. Held key technical positions at Camelot Systems, Speedline, DCI Automation and VI Technolgy. He is currently responsible for all technical applications for the Prism series coating machines at Ultrasonics Systems Inc.
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CeTaQ Americas
Michael Sivigny, General Manager
Mr. Sivigny has worked at TRW, Eastman Kodak and Speedline Technologies. Since joining CeTaQ Americas as General Manager, his emphasis has been to integrate a unique third party machine capability test method for benefit of the electronics manufacturing industry.
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Kester
Brian Smith, Director of Marketing and Product Technology
Mr. Smith is the Global Sales & Marketing Manager for Kester and has worked in the soldering materials industry since 1994. He has an intensive background in soldering materials technology and SMT process optimization.
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SolderStar Ltd.
Mark Stansfield, Managing Director
Mr. Stansfield is co-founder and M.D of UK based thermal profiling equipment manufacturer SolderStar Ltd. He has software and electronic design experience specifically in the development of thermal profiling solutions for the electronics industry.
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R&D Technical Services Inc.
David Suihkonen, President
David is President at R&D Technical Services, a vapor phase reflow oven manufacturer. he has 20 plus years experience in the vapor phase reflow industry.
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March Plasma Systems
Scott D. Szymanski, Global Marketing Manager
Mr. Szymanski works to expand strategic alliances, strengthen partnerships with equipment suppliers, and develop future product offerings tailored to the semiconductor market.
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Matrix Telecom Solution P Ltd
Sandip Thakor, Quality Engineer
Sandip Thakor has 9 years of experience in electronics industry specializing in soldering technology. Thakor has experience in lead free installation, process optimization and developing quality standards.
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Henkel Electronics
Michael Todd, Technical Director
Mr. Todd is a Technical Director of Research and Development at Henkel-Loctite Electronic Materials where he leads a team developing material sets for microelectronic packaging applications.
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Henkel Technologies
Dr. Brian Toleno, Application Engineering
Dr. Brian Toleno is the Application Engineering Team leader for Henkel Technologies. He is responsible for the technical service and application engineering for Henkel's electronics assembly materials, including solder paste, underfills, PCB protection materials, and underfills.
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Zestron America
Umut Tosun, Application Technology Manager
Mr. Tosun has published numerous technical articles. As an active member of the SMTA and IPC organizations, Mr. Tosun has presented a variety of papers and studies on topics such as "Lead-Free Cleaning" and "Climatic Reliability".
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A.T.E. Solutions, Inc.
Louis Y. Ungar, President
Mr. Ungar is a consultant and educator specializing in automatic testing of electronics, including Design for Testability, Automatic Test Equipment, and Built-In Self Test.
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Circuit Technolgy Center, Inc.
Peter Vigneau, General Manager
Mr. Vigneau is the General Manager of Circuit Technology Center, a world-leader in the repair and rework of populated and non-populated circuit boards. Peter has over 30 years of experience in the electronics industry.
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Indium Corp.
Karthik Vijayamadhavan, Area Manager - West Coast
Karthik Vijayamadhavan is an Area Manager based in San Jose, CA. He has over 7 years of experience in the electronics assembly industry and is responsible for application support throughout the West Coast.
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Nordson EFD
John Vivari, Application Engineering Supervisor
Mr. Vivari has more than ten years of electronic engineering design and assembly experience. His expertise in fluid dispensing and solder paste technology assists others in identifying the most cost effective method for assembling products.
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Zestron America
Dr. Harald Wack, Executive Vice President and CEO
Harald Wack hsa a doctoral degree in organic chemistry, an author of 10+ published scientific articles in organic chemistry as well as numerous publications within the electronics industry. He is currently the Executive Vice President and CEO of Zestron America.
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Krayden Inc.
Wayne Wagner, President
Wayne Wagner has over 25 years in the conformal coating industry and is the president of Krayden Inc., a leading distributor of engineered materials.
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APS Novastar LLC
John S. Wasyliw, VP of Engineering
John Wasyliw is VP of Engineering with over 20 years of experience in complex mechanical and motion design including control and software development. He is currently responsible for all product engineering, new product development and commercialization for APS Novastar LLC.
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Electronic Controls Design, Inc. (ECD)
Mark Waterman, Engineer / Trainer
Trainer and field engineer with 17 years experience in service and applications specialties. Intimate knowledge of soldering processes and measurement systems. Six sigma and statistical process control generalist.
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ASYS Inc.
Markus Wilkens, President
Mr. Wilkens has been working in the SMD industry for over 10 years. He came to the USA in 1999 to start up the operations for ASYS, a global company with a product portfolio including Handling Systems, Marking Systems, Depaneling Systems, Screen Printers and end of line Automation.
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Polyonics, Inc.
Jim Williams, VP, CTO
Jim Williams is the Founder and Chairman of Polyonics, Inc. He previously founded Imtec, Inc. where he was CEO. His primary focus has been on product identification technologies for the electronics/SMT industries.
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Fuji America Corporation
Scott Wischoffer, Marketing Manager
Scott Wischoffer has been in the SMT industry since 1986 with experience in service, training, sales & applications and management experience in service, training, engineering, applications engineering and marketing.
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Kyzen Corporation
Ram Wissel, Engineering Services Manager
Mr Wissel works with Kyzen's Engineering Services Team specializing in developing unique process control solutions that are aimed at optimizing chemistry usage.
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BLT Circuit Services Ltd
Greg York, Technical Sales Manager
Greg York has twenty two years of service in Electronics industry. York has installed over 350 Lead Free Lines in Europe with Solder and flux systems as well as Technical Support on SMT lines and trouble shooting.
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OK International Inc.
Edward Zamborsky, Regional Sales Manager
Mr. Zamborsky serves as one of OK's technology advisors to the Product Development group. Ed has authored articles and papers on topics such as; Low Volume SMT Assembly, Solder Fume Extraction, SMT Rework, BGA Rework, Lead Free Hand Soldering, Lead Free Visual Inspection and Lead Free Array Rework.
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ITM Consulting
Phil Zarrow, Principal Consultant
Mr. Zarrow has been involved with PCB assembly for more than thirty years. He is recognized for his expertise in troubleshooting SMT manufacturing and lead-free implementation. He has extensive hands-on experience with set-up and troubleshooting through-hole and SMT processes throughout the world.
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Cookson Electronics, Enthone
Yun Zhang, R&D Director
Ms. Zhang has a PhD in chemistry/electrochemistry. Experiences include AT&T/Lucent Bell Labs, Technic, Cookson Electronics/Enthone. Areas of expertise include: electroplating; Sn whiskers, wafer bumping, Cu post/pillar, Cu redistribution lines and Sn and SnAg bumps.
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Glenbrook Technologies
Steven Zweig, Vice President, Sales USA
For over 18 years, Steve Zweig has focused on real-time x-ray inspection for the electronics industry. As vice president of sales for Glenbrook USA and president of Glenbrook Hong Kong, he has traveled 1.5 million miles in the US and worldwide.
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