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President nominees and procedure:
The position of SMTA President is being filled for the term 2008-2010. The nominees for this position are listed in this document. Please exercise your right to vote for President along with your Board of Directors preferences on the national ballot.
Board of Directors nominees and procedure:
Three positions on the SMTA Board of Directors are being filled for the term 2008-2011. The nominees for these positions are listed in this document. Please indicate your preference by checking the box in front of three names on the national ballot. If more than three selections are made for Director, your ballot will be invalid.
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This is your opportunity to determine the future direction of your organization. Please take advantage of your voting privilege by returning your electronic ballot by May 30, 2008. Ballots received after that date will not be counted.
2008-2010 CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT
CANDIDATES WERE SELECTED BY THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Dr. Daniel F. Baldwin is the president and CEO of Engent, Inc. – Enabling Next Generation Technologies, providing enabling manufacturing services and process technologies in the areas of microelectronics, flip chip, optoelectronics, and MEMS. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. He was an Associate and Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech from 1995-2005. Prior to joining the faculty, he was a Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories, Princeton, NJ, working on electronic product miniaturization. He was formerly the Vice President of Siemens’ Advanced Assembly Technology Division. He was a research manager and research assistant at MIT’s Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity from 1990-1994, a Draper Fellow at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, MA from 1988 to 1990, and an Engineering Intern for Mitsubishi Electric, Kamakura, Japan in 1987. Dr. Baldwin received his S.M. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 1990 and 1994, respectively. Dan has been an active member in the SMTA since 1997.
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Why I would like to be President of the SMTA:
I have been active in the SMTA throughout most of my electronics industry career and more recently as a Member of the Board of Directors for the past six years, serving as Treasurer for three years and as Planning Committee Chair. The SMTA means a great deal to me both personally and professionally. With a solid understanding of the SMTA’s history, I believe I have the vision of where the Association should go in the future. I have both a strong technical background and experience leading and growing a small business. This unique and balanced background will allow me to engage with the Board of Directors, the administrative staff, and association membership so as to help progress the Association and work with the Board of Directors to implement our Mission amongst the many prospects and challenges facing our rapidly evolving industry.
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The goals or areas of interest I would like to pursue as SMTA President are:
Strengthen Membership and Chapters: Foundations of the Association are our members and the local chapters. Attracting and retaining new members as well as addressing the needs of current members will be priorities. Efforts will include promoting chapter networking events, expanding training and technical programs to address emerging membership needs, and increasing corporate membership benefits
International Activities: Globalization of the electronics manufacturing industry has transformed the entire industry over the past several years, creating seemingly countless opportunities to further the SMTA’s mission and support our members. I would like to evaluate and implement key initiatives addressing international membership and technical programs in areas such as expanded regional chapters, training programs, and strategic technical programs
Alliances with Other Associations: Alliances with other associations will be sought to expand the Association’s network of professionals, extend membership benefits, promote joint technical programs, and expand the SMTA’s influence across the industry
Extend Technical Programs: A final goal is to extend the SMTA’s strong technical programs and to further promote the Association’s outstanding technical reputation in the global electronics industry.
Dr. Paul Vianco received a Ph.D. degree in materials science from the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY in 1986. After a short post-doctoral appointment, Paul joined Sandia National Laboratories in 1987 as a member of the technical staff, a position that he continues to hold today in the Materials and Process Sciences Center. Paul has been involved in all aspects of the SMT industry for the past 21 years, including both rigid and flex circuit board technologies as well as hybrid microcircuit electronics. His specific areas of responsibility are process development for high-reliability military and satellite electronics, predicting the reliability of soldered interconnections, as well as the implementation of Pb-free solder interconnections and finishes. Paul is the author of the third edition of the Soldering Handbook (American Welding Society). Paul has been an active member of SMTA since 1992.
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Why I would like to be President of the SMTA:
I would like to provide the leadership that is necessary to carry this outstanding organization through the next two years, a time period that I believe will continue to be very dynamic for our industry. Underlining those dynamics are critical topics that include: (1) the lightening-like speed of technology advancement in packaging and assembly for both consumer and high-end electronics; (2) the shift to off-shore manufacturing that is a part of the overall trend towards economic globalization; (3) environmental regulations that will continue to impact both the technical and business sides of the electronics industry; and (4) the steps that are needed to provide well trained, certified engineers for companies world-wide. I believe that the SMTA is well positioned to tackle these challenges. Our past accomplishments speak to an extraordinary organization, from the headquarters staff as well as the committees and officers of the Board of Directors to our local chapter officers and member volunteers.
I am sensitive to both the technical and business cycles that characterize our industry and the need for our organization to address the changing landscape in order to meet the expectations of our members. I am very familiar with the functioning of the SMTAI technical conference as a member of the Technical Committee and will assist in the further development of that event. I haven taken part in numerous local chapter activities around the country so I understand the levels of technical programming that are expected by our membership. As a past Secretary and Treasurer for the SMTA, I am also well versed in the day-to-day operations of the SMTA as a business entity. I will exercise my knowledge and experience towards the objective of positioning the SMTA to address critical technical and business issues that are important to our membership. I will also assist the SMTA to overcome the challenges that it faces as a professional organization, in order to maintain the high level of regard that it enjoys from both our members and the electronics industry as a whole.
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The goals or areas of interest I would like to pursue as SMTA President are:
Balance SMTA programs between the expectations of our North American members and exploring new initiatives in off-shore markets. Because the US electronics industry will continue to globalize to remain economically viable, it is necessary that SMTA resources be correctly balanced between the needs of our North American members and the opportunities presented by the off-shore activities of our member companies
Continued emphasis on local chapters. As the local chapters are the life-blood of the SMTA, so must headquarters continue its excellent support of them with program development and logistical functions
Develop new areas for SMTA technical programs. It is vital to the growth of the SMTA that the organization continue to expand its programs into new technical areas, yet remain cognizant of the needs of our membership for information and training in the more traditional topics
Encourage event collaborations through dialogue with other professional societies in order to enhance our product offerings while, at the same time, minimizing potential programming conflicts that can cause audience fragmentation and an unnecessary cost burden to our conference attendees
SMTA BOARD OF DIRECTOR CANDIDATES
ALL CANDIDATES WERE SELECTED BY THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Dr. Kola Akinade has 25 years of experience in the chemical and electronics industry. Presently, he is a manager of Material Science and Supplier Quality at Scientific-Atlanta, A Cisco Co. In this position he is responsible for resolving corporate product and manufacturing quality issues, supplier qualification and materials related research. Prior to this assignment, he worked for Motorola and ON Semiconductor for 11 years. During this period, Kola established and served as the Manager of the Motorola Transmission Products Division’s state-of-the-art Advanced Process & Failure Analysis Laboratory. The laboratory was responsible for electronic materials, processes, and failure mode analysis supporting manufacturing plants domestically and abroad. His international experience includes establishing and managing Technical Operations groups (TOPS) in the Philippines and Guadalajara, Mexico. The TOPS group is responsible for transforming the organization to a knowledge-based organization through the application of basic knowledge for problem resolution, process improvement and new technology development at both die and packaging levels. Before joining Motorola, Kola worked as a Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratory. His group was supporting AT&T’s printed circuit board manufacturing facility in reliability and quality issues. Prior to his position at AT&T, Kola worked as a Senior Research Chemist at Dow Chemical Company in the area of Polymer Fabrication and Characterization. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. in Physical Inorganic Chemistry from Howard University, M.S. in Physical Chemistry from Marquette University and MBA from Auburn University. He is an adjunct professor of Chemistry at Georgia Perimeter College. Kola has been an active member of the SMTA since 1991.
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Why I want to be a Director of the SMTA:
There are two main reasons why I want to be a Director of the SMTA. One is to continue to give back to an organization that has helped our industry and me personally; secondly to continue my own personal growth by collaborating with the best leaders in our industry. I have been a member of SMTA since 1991 and co-founded the Huntsville Alabama Chapter. I would like to use my experience within the US and abroad to help continue the SMTA growth world-wide. This position also would allow me to continue to spread the SMTA gospel, especially to our future generation (students) through mentoring and presentation.
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The goals or areas of interest I would like to pursue as an SMTA Director are:
Participate in membership and new chapters’ establishment
Contribute to SMTA efforts in terms of mentoring young engineers
Establishment of a technical area that will be beneficial to the SMTA members but is not in the SMTA conference program presently
Continue active participation in SMTAI at different levels.
Hal Hendrickson is the General Manager and Sales Manager for the Americas of Dage Precision Industries located in Fremont, CA. He graduated in 1971 from Southern Utah University with a BA in Communications and Speech. He joined Tooltronics, a Manufacturer’s Representative in Southern California in 1974 upon his return from the US Army and has been actively involved in the electronics industry since that time.
Over the years, Hal has had a wide variety of experience selling and representing various production equipment manufacturers in the electronics industry. His experience includes owning and operating his own Manufacturer’s Representative organization for eight years, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Sensbey Inc. for ten years and General Manager/Sales Manager at Dage Precision for eight years, where he is involved in X-ray inspection and testing of PCB’s and Semiconductors. These experiences have allowed him to both be involved in and experience first hand the evolution of electronic production. Hal has been an active member of SMTA since 1991.
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Why I want to be a Director of the SMTA:
I have been an active member of SMTA in various capacities over many years and have watched it grow from an idea to a vibrant organization. I have encouraged each of the companies at which I have worked to both join and be actively involved. I have held various Chapter positions over the years as well as presented at different chapters around the US. I have watched as a corporate member, a Chapter officer, a Manufacturer’s Representative and as a participant in training and exhibits. I believe the combination of these perspectives can help SMTA to continue to grow and be a driving force in the electronics industry. I want to be part of that growth. I will offer support to the SMTA in identifying areas in which to improve, and work to help the association achieve its full potential and success as training and networking organization.
In addition, my present position allows me to travel around North and South America. I think SMTA should be ready to expand into new areas and I would like to assist with that expansion.
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The goals or areas of interest I would like to pursue as an SMTA Director are:
Assist the staff with building up the Chapter organizations around the US. Some Chapters are stronger than others. There are “best practices” that can be learned, taught and transferred to the struggling Chapters.
Help identify leadership that can be tapped in those areas of North and South American to establish new Chapters in those areas which SMTA is not serving now.
Bring a fresh perspective to the Board regarding the promotion and development of training techniques and innovations. This may include “podcasts”.
Network training initiative and increased quality of presentations at expositions.
Assist SMTA with the collaboration and cooperation with other organizations and institutions in the industry to see if there are common areas which might be mutually beneficial.
Matt Kehoe began his career in electronics in 1981 as one of the original employees at Proto Systems of Atlanta. In 1987 Matt Co-founded Miltec Electronics where he designed, installed and managed a pre-internet network of paperless purchasing software systems for printed circuit boards called BearWare. Numerous national and international speaking engagements and workshops with the ICDA resulted in his introduction in 1990 to the SIPAD solid solder deposit process invented by Siemens in Munich Germany. In 1996 Matt secured the sales and marketing rights for SIPAD ssd in the United States and with the help of Midwest Printed Circuit Services, successfully imported the SIPAD solid solder deposit technology from Germany, designing and managing the first solid solder deposit facility, MPCS Atlanta, from 1997 through 2001. In 2001 Matt founded SIPAD Systems Inc, the first and only dedicated solid solder deposit service bureau in the world offering SIPAD coating services to OPM’s, CEM’s and printed circuit manufacturers. Matt has been an active member of SMTA since 1997.
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Why I want to be a Director of the SMTA:
I have been a member of the SMTA since 1997 and I have seen a lot of changes over the years. I believe that organizations like the SMTA serve a purpose and one of those is to identify the changes in our industry, find out how it helps or hurts its members, and act accordingly. Many of the trade organizations started out that way but eventually followed their pocketbooks to places that were not perceived as good for their members, but the SMTA has never done that and that is why I would like to contribute some of my time to an outstanding industry association. I think that the SMTA focuses on large and small companies alike and being from a small company I appreciate that. I have served at the local level for many years and I believe that I can bring some of the experiences of working with one of the most active and successful chapters in Atlanta, to the national arena.
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The goals or areas of interest I would like to pursue as an SMTA Director are:
I would like to see the local chapters grow in strength and membership.
I believe that the smaller trade show events are getting more and more effective and their time is coming back. I would like to see more emphasis put on the local shows.
I would commit to forming user groups that have blog privileges to discuss issues of any nature, not just engineering. We would encourage welcoming sales professionals into these groups.
I would like to strengthen the ties to college chapters and encourage their participation in local meetings as well as trade shows.
Dr. Lee is the Vice President of Technology at Indium Corporation of America. He has been with Indium since 1986. Prior to joining Indium he was with Morton Chemical and SCM. He has more than 20 years of experience in the development of fluxes and solder pastes for SMT industries. In addition, he also has extensive experience in the development of underfills and adhesives. He received his Ph.D. in polymer science from the University of Akron in 1981, and BS in chemistry from National Taiwan University in 1973.
Ning-Cheng is the author of Reflow Soldering Processes and Troubleshooting: SMT, BGA, CSP, and Flip Chip Technologies by Newnes, and co-author of Electronics Manufacturing with Lead-Free, Halogen-Free, and Conductive-Adhesive Materials by McGraw-Hill. He is also the author of book chapters for several lead-free soldering books. He received an award in 1991 from SMT Magazine and in 1993 and 2001 awards from SMTA for best proceedings papers of SMI or SMTA international conferences, and in 2008 an award from IPC for Honorable Mention Paper – USA Award of APEX conference. He was honored as 2002 SMTA Member of Distinction, and received the 2003 Lead Free Co-Operation Award from Soldertec, and received the 2006 Exceptional Technical Achievement Award from CPMT. He served on the board of governors for CPMT, and currently serves on the SMTA Board of Directors. Among other editorial responsibilities, he serves as editorial advisory board of Soldering and Surface Mount Technology, Global SMT & Packaging and as associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing. He has numerous publications and frequently gives presentations, invited seminars, keynote speeches and short courses worldwide on those subjects at international conferences and symposiums. Ning-Cheng has been an active member of SMTA since 1994.
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Why I want to be a Director of SMTA:
I want to help the growth and evolution of the SMT industry. I consider SMT as a tenacious technology with a long life. It can sustain the growth of electronics industry for a long time, as long as it is properly tuned to adapt to the evolving and emerging technologies constantly experienced by the electronics industry. SMTA has been doing a wonderful job and has been very successful in leading and guiding the industry to cope with this constant challenge. By continuing to serve SMTA as a director, I hope I can combine my experience together with those of others to not only continue but also to enhance this exciting drive. With global manufacturing shifting quickly to Asia, particularly to China, I feel I can serve as a catalyst in providing a better understanding between SMTA and the Chinese culture and market. I believe my background will provide less misunderstandings and a quicker marriage between SMTA and the industry in China.
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The goals or areas of interest I would like to pursue as an SMTA Director are:
Emerging Technology – I would like to understand and assess the impact of emerging technologies on the electronic industry.
Integrating with SMT – I would review the direction of the SMT industry and evaluate the integration of SMT with new emerging technologies.
International Growth – Assist in expanding the influence of SMTA in to oversea regions.
China Shift – Serve as a catalyst from both cultural understanding and physical contacts to expedite the process of SMTA penetrating into China.
Roy holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electronic Engineering Technology from the Cleveland State University, and has been in the electronics industry for over 25 years. His early career at Rockwell Allen-Bradley was focused on printed circuit design and new product introduction where he worked in various engineering, product development, and management roles. He is currently employed by Libra Industries, Inc. as the Regional Sales Manager responsible for sales of Electronic Manufacturing Services. During the last eight years with Libra Industries, Inc, Roy has worked with a variety of customers implementing advanced technologies in their products. These include industrial, medical and instrumentation products using RF, flex circuits, chip on board, uBGA, and QFN technologies.
As a member of the SMTA, Roy has served as the Ohio Valley Chapter Secretary for three years. He has attended SMTA International, the SMTA Medical Electronics Symposium, West Penn and Ohio Valley Chapter meetings and the Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium. Roy also participated in the SMTA Officers Leadership FORUM in 2008 and has been an attendee at numerous National Chapter Officer Meetings. Roy has been an active member of the SMTA since 1999.
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Why I want to be a Director of the SMTA:
I have had the honor of working with the Ohio Valley SMTA Officers over the past three years. Together, with the help of our members, and SMTA Corporate, we have received the “Most Improved” chapter award, and are looking forward to an exciting 2008 with strong speakers and topics. We have energy and creativity and go the extra mile to make things happen (a new idea from Richard Torment; a Chapter Tutorial Program "Pre SMTA Certification" planned for Sept 2008). I have experienced first hand how we can all work together to risk changes in our chapter and build on our successes.
My company and our associates have been very active in the SMTA and receive a great benefit from the knowledge and contributions of the membership. As a smaller company, we have been able to advance our technical knowledge and capability to state-of-the-art levels quickly for our customers. From uBGA to RoHs to 0201 and AOI, this would not have been possible without the SMTA. If elected to the SMTA Board of Directors I would continue our legacy of support and involvement with the SMTA. As an SMTA Director, I would like to focus my efforts on local chapter involvement, and increase the representation in the Midwest region.
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The goals or areas of interest I would like to pursue as an SMTA Director are:
- Increase chapter member networking and local collaboration
- Collaboration on Technical and Industry issues
- Meeting attendance and participation beyond “just interest in the topic”
- Increase Membership
- Corporate, engineering and management
- Academic, more student focus
- Increased communications between and with local Chapter leaders.
- Support local Chapters and increase active participation by local members.
- Increase Certification
- Promote current certifications
- Investigate new certification opportunities
Dr. Harald Wack is the CEO of ZESTRON America, global leader in precision cleaning services and products in the electronics manufacturing industry. He has been with the family held business all of his professional life. His role in the US division was to build the company to the local market leader in North America. Dr. Harald Wack received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. He has 15+ years of global experience in the electronics manufacturing industry, and five years of experience in academic research related to asymmetric catalysis. Dr. Harald Wack holds numerous patents, over ten scholarly publications as well as ten+ industry publications on topics related to precision cleaning. Harald has been an active member in SMTA since 1997.
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Why I want to be a Director of the SMTA:
I have been active in the SMTA activities ranging from hosting local SMTA chapters to presenting at technical programs. Our company has supported the SMTA since its inauguration in 1996 and encourages our employees to personally contribute. With my diverse cultural background I could be of great assistance to the SMTA to promote its goals and objectives in Europe and to grow their reach and active member count.
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The goals or areas of interest I would like to pursue as an SMTA Director are:
Analyze the current membership growth of the SMTA over the last five years and define tools and methods to reach out to potential new members.
Improve the SMTA’s image towards the globally leading technical organization by building upon the global reach of the SMTA, especially in Europe and Asia.
Promote the communication between various European and US companies and organizations (i.e. GfKorr) to further their respective collaboration.
Help increase the number of technical papers and their respective technical depth. Raise awareness with small companies to present more frequently at local SMTA chapters.
Support the marketing efforts of the SMTA and assess what specific long term objectives can and should be accomplished.
I have been involved in the electronics industry for 18 years having worked for companies in the EMS industry, Eaton, Plexus as well as smaller private companies. I have participated in the SMTA since 1990 and written or presented 50 technical publications. I have participated in significant technology developments, many times utilizing SMTA resources. Photo Stencil has held a Corporate SMTA membership since 2004.
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Why I want to be a Director of the SMTA:
My diverse background including supply chain, R&D, EMS and semiconductor has given me insight into several avenues of industry partnership. I have always leveraged my background in problem solving, taking pieces from all experiences to determine the most effective path to resolution. I believe this ability will add to the vision of the SMTA and drive for further success.
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The goals or areas of interest I would like to pursue as an SMTA Director are:
I would like to expand the reach of the SMTA into more colleges and universities and potentially high schools to draw more interest into the fields available in our industry.
I believe the SMTA needs to partner with other organizations, not necessarily technology related, to better offer the industry total solutions.
The SMTA needs to look at our industry position in the regions of the globe and strive to provide insight for technology development/deployment paths. This should include consultation and leveraging relationships developed as a part of bullet #2 .
The SMTA has an enormous warehouse of data. I would like to see how best to discern what is there, what it means and how best to use it. I believe not just relevant technical data, but membership metrics like retention and demographics. This will help us shape the future of our industry and the SMTA.
ALL CANDIDATES WERE SELECTED BY THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Remember, this is your opportunity to determine the future direction of your organization. Please take advantage of your voting privilege by submitting your ballot on-line. Ballots will be accepted until May 30th.
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