Empire (Rochester, NY)

Rochester, NY

Chapter News

EXPO 2019 Success! Thanks to you!!!

The SMTA Empire Expo and Tech forum event held at the Holiday Inn Liverpool, NY on Tuesday April 9 was a resounding success! Special guest speakers Doug Pauls and Dave Hillman drew a room capacity crowd for all 4 of their talks. People requesting copies of these presentations have already been emailed a download link to access these. If anyone else would like a copy, please request this by contacting us by email at smta.empire@gmail.com.

We would like to recognize the following individuals who won door prizes:

Prize 1: $50 Value Amazon Gift Card to Dan Seck, Lockheed Martin

Prize 2: 1 Year New or Renewed SMTA Empire Chapter Membership to Adam Schneider, EMCom Inc.

Prize 3: SMTA Logo Embroidered Columbia Black Fleece to Eric Bromley, Kyzen Corporation

Furthermore, we are so grateful to all who supported our first ever 50/50 raffle with our proceeds of $178 being donated to the Syracuse based Upstate Foundation's "Upstate Fights Student Hunger Fund". The balance of this jackpot was won by James Pinto, Harris Corporation.

Pictured from left to right are Joe Wesley (SMTA Empire Chapter Technical Advisor), Terry Shenfeld (Upstate Foundation Director), and Jeff Schake (SMTA Empire Chapter President)

And finally special thanks to all of the great exhibitors who supported us:
AIM Solder
American Standard Circuits
AT&T
AVID Associates
Bluering Stencil
CIREXX International
Creative Electron
ELANTAS PDG
Fuji
Hisco
Indium Corp.
JT Technologies
Kulicke & Soffa Industries
Kurtz ERSA
KYZEN
Nikon
Nordson ASYMTEK
NRD
Omron
Panasonic
Performance Technologies Group
PVA
REStronics
Sciencescope
SEHO North America
Seica Inc.
Universal Instruments
Vision Engineering
W.J. Murphy Associates
Waveroom Plus
Yamaha / Trans-Tec America
ZESTRON

Our Chapter Leaders

Contact the leadership team!

President : Jeff Schake (ASM Assembly Systems)
Phone : 607-222-6154

Vice President : Bob Drozdowski (Advance Circuit Technology, Inc.)
Phone : 585-738-0697

Secretary : Drew Ake (Harris Corporation)
Phone : 585-242-4469

Treasurer : Andrew C. Davis (SennTec Sales Corp.)
Phone : 585-385-9461

VP of Membership : Tom Rovere (Lockheed Martin)
Phone : 607-751-4469

Technical Advisor (Appointed) : Joseph R Wesley Jr (Promark Electronics Inc)
Phone : 585-746-2977

VP of Young Professionals (Appointed) : Meagan Sloan (Indium Corporation)
Phone : 315-853-4900

Board Liaison : Martin Anselm (Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT))
Phone Contact : 585-475-2005

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