What does “certification” mean to you? What is the value of becoming “certified”? The answer to this question has to include an answer to another question, “what is being certified?”.

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Certified Professional Exams were held on Friday, September 16th at the Annual Symposium in Anaheim CA

The following individuals earned ESD Program Manager Professional Certification in 2011:

Yong Hoon (Joshua) Yoo, Core Insight Inc.

Ghassan Al-Assali, Celestica 09
Jad Allam, Applied Medical 10
Christopher Almeras, Denso Manufacturing Tennessee 09
Matt Banning, Rockwell Automation 08
John Clack, Trek, Inc. 07
James Cramb, SIMCO Electronics 09
Vasant Dandekar, Raytheon Systems 10
Minh Do, Jet Propulsion Laboratory 08
William Foster, United Space Alliance 08
Timothy Fox, Delphi E&S 07
Dave Girard, Honeywell 08
David Hattz, B&W Pantex 08
Shane Heinle, Digi-Key Corporation 10
Humberto Hernandez, International Rectifier 10
Timothy Jackson, STMicroelectronics 08
Timothy Jeffries, Harris 09
Paul Keep, SIMCO Electronics 09
Andrew Kopanski, MIT Lincoln Laboratory 09
Michelle Lam, IBM 08
Michael Lauritzen, Research in Motion 10
Canon Laverty, Numonyx 09
Christopher Lemke, Trek, Inc. 07
Stephen Martin, United Space Alliance 10
Ronnie Millsaps, Jabil, Inc. 09
Daniel Mitchell, Trane 07
Gerald Nicoletti, Raytheon 09
Younchul Oh, Samsung Mobile Display Co, Ltd. 10
Roger Peirce, Simco 08
Tim Peterson, Cameron Health 09
Elwin Rego, Trek, Inc. 07
Bill Reynolds, IBM 07
Douglas Rogers, Harris 09
Michael Scott, DRS Optronics 08
Ron Slaby, Trek, Inc. 07
Thomas Smith, Rockwell Collins 08
Keith Sullivan, United Space Alliance 07
Patsawat Tachamaneekorn, Seagate Technology 07
Kep Pen Yan, Infineon Technologies 07
Kevin Duncan,Seagate Technology 05
Dale Fuller,Seagate Technology 06
Brad Klepsa, Advanced Telemetry Systems 06
Marcus Koh, Everfeed Technology Private Limited 06
Jim Krzmarzick, NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) 06
Keith Smith,Honeywell 06
Luis Velazquez,Curtis Instruments 06
Eric Williams, Reia Ltd. 09
Tom Larson, Trek, Inc. 05
Doug Miller, BWXT Pantex 05
Carl Newberg,MicroStat Laboratories/River's Edge Technical Service 05
Robert Perry,Seagate Technology 05
Timothy Prass,Raytheon 05
Jeff Salisbury, Flextronics 05
Michael Vickers, Sandia National Labs 08
Rich West, International Rectifier 10

The following individuals earned ESD Device Design Professional Certification in 2010:

Richard Burton, ON Semiconductor

The following individuals earned Device Design Professional Certification in previous years.

GENERAL RULES

• There are four sections
• Each section is 1 ¾ hours in length
• There will be a ½ hour break between sessions and a one-hour lunch
• Personal comfort breaks during the exam will be allowed to only one person at a time.
• Once the section is closed it cannot be reopened.
• No talking or collaboration is allowed.
• Fees must be paid before the exam can be taken.
• NARTE certified individuals must show current membership in order to gain entrance to the examination.

      ESDA does not loan reference materials for the exam