Certified Professionals

Gary is a Principal Engineer at Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  He has been with Collins for 23 years in various Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing, Operations, and Quality leadership positions.   Gary created the ESD Control Program for Rockwell Collins (which was acquired by United Technologies to form Collins Aerospace and subsequently merged with Raytheon Technologies), and is currently the ESD Program Manager for North American Heritage Rockwell Collins sites.  Gary is the primary ESD Subject Matter Expert for the organization, and leads a group consisting of on-site ESD Coordinators from each location.   He is also a certified Master of Lean Electronics. 

Gary ‘s experience also includes significant work in the hard disk drive industry, where he held new product development/introduction (NPI), manufacturing engineering and leadership positions at Digital Equipment Corporation in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Gary received his Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Computer Information Systems from Regis College, and also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Nova Southeastern University.

Gary enjoys spending time with his family, boating, fishing, hunting, and classic cars.

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Gim-Wae is leading a team to manage the ESD control program across all manufacturing sites in
Malaysia and supporting plants and subcons in PRC.

He continuously broadens his knowledge and consciously reflects it on semiconductor processes, then
designs the plant-certifiable ESD control program. With that, ESD has become one of the key fields in the
company's expertise program, and Gim-Wae is leading it.

He was appointed to be specialised in ESD since he was a fresh graduate and has over 10 years of
working experience. Gim-Wae progressively acquires certification over his career journey that started as
an iNARTE associate engineer in 2009, an iNARTE Engineer in 2016, TR53 Technician in 2017, Program
Manager in 2022 and continues. He has several published presentations at the ESDA symposium and is a
member of the local organising committee (LOC).

He has a master’s degree in mechanical engineering, graduated from the Engineering Council UK and is a
tutor in material engineering.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/768cad7bfe2a4475b79221ff05cc6053

Gregory Larson is a Senior EMC Engineer on the Intel Corporate Services Technology Development Innovation team in Hillsboro, OR. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Portland, OR and then spent 11 years as a Shipboard Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineer for the U.S. Navy specializing in Satellite Communications and whole ship EMC certification. Along the way an M.S. in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA was earned along with his sea legs! Joining Intel Corporation in 2017 shifted his EMC concentration from ships to chips specifically focusing on: ESD Controls and Process Assessments, Risk Assessment of intentional radiators, and Electric and Magnetic Field emissions. He is a certified ESD Program Manager and participant in ESDA process assessment and flooring working groups, member of IEEE EMC society with research papers as well as presentations to the local EMC chapter, and a member of the SEMI EMC task force. Enabling visualization of electromagnetic phenomenon through instrumentation and enhanced analysis has been his guiding principle throughout his career.

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Greg works as a  Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at Micron Semiconductor Inc. He has worked in the Semiconductor field for 20+ years,  in a  variety of Test and QA engineering roles. For the past eight years, Greg has been specializing in ESD and Latchup memory device testing and manages a  group that focuses on packaged parts ESD testing.   He is also involved in factory ESD control at Micron, and serves on the Micron Corporate ESD Technical Council.  

Greg earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from  Seattle University. He is an iNARTE certified ESD Engineer and an ESD Association certified Program Manager. He is married and has 3 daughters, and in his spare time enjoys include sailing, hiking, visiting hot springs, fly fishing. 

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Henry has been employed by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) since 2018 working at NASA/Johnson Space Center (JSC). He is responsible for the testing and failure analysis of mechanical and electrical parts for space flight hardware. He joined ESD certifying group at JSC in 2019 and was promoted to the NASA JSC ESD Control Program Manager for the ESD Test and Verification Office in 2020. He is responsible for ESD assessment and certification of JSC and contractor facilities that handle space flight hardware and critical ground support equipment

He has achieved the following ESD certifications:  iNARTE ESD Engineer,  Space & Defense ESD Program Manager, as well as EOS/ESD Association, Inc. ESD Program Manager.

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Humberto Hernandez is the ESD/EOS Coordinator for Flex Medical Tijuana site.

Inderjit Singh is the Director / Co-Owner of S’pore based Cesstech (S) Pte Ltd which deals with the supply of Microcontamination & ESD products & services for Ultra clean environments & processes . 

He has more than 20 years of experience in the field of contamination control and  Static charge control in Cleanrooms . His expertise and experience lie in the field of cleanroom performance testing & certification, performance of ESDC testing & audits and the sales, service and selection of ESD products .

He has been actively involved in presenting papers & conducting training on Critical Environment(s) testing, ESD Controls and ESD Program Management to end users in a myriad of industries .Additionally he has contributed and published several technical articles on ESD and Cleanroom Testing .     

Academically, he has a Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a MBA . Professionally he is a NEBB (National Environmental Balancing Bureau) Certified Cleanroom Performance Testing Professional (#3180) & iNARTE Certified ESD engineer (#328) .

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/51332cadbc244a17a6f12fd8b33e08c4

Istvan Kovalik started his work in the field of ESD control in 2003. He has fallen in love with this topic and started to go deeper into it. He's been working as an ESD Coordinator at Harman since 2015, and is responsible for all aspects of ESD control in 3 facilities in his country.  He performs some volunteer work for ESDA and started to join to standardization works through IEC TC101 committee.

In his free time, Istvan likes pairing tasting notes and pairing cigars with whiskey or cognac.

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Jay Skolnik, PE, CPI, CPM, is the co-founder and Lead Engineer / Consultant of Skolnik Technical Training in Albuquerque, NM. With over thirty years of experience in the electronics industry, Jay has developed a multitude of products utilized in the different industries, including military, defense, avionics, aerospace, commercial, industrial, medical, automotive, and sports entertainment. 

In addition to performing electronic designs and ESD audits, Jay teaches electronics and ESD control classes.  He is also certified by iNARTE (The International Association of Radio, Telecommunications and Electromagnetics) and is a Certified Professional Instructor of National Instruments (NI).  He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla.

Electronics, for all time, has been Jay's passion and forte, starting when he was a little child.  He enthusiastically reaches out to the community, promoting, and explaining the importance and significance of math, science, and engineering to students of all ages.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/c911bf69ac6a4e0dbb07a3fec60b7972

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Jayant Pandey has been working in the field of Electrostatics for more than 15 years. He is currently serving the role of a Technical Director at Propack Electronics Pvt Ltd. where he is using his expertise in steering the vision and initiatives of the organization towards excellence and innovation.

Jayant holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication. He is also a certified Program Manager from ESD Association demonstrating his expertise in ESD control principles and practices.                  

With several years of work experience in the ESD control industry, Jayant has a track record of designing and implementing ESD control programs across manufacturing and electronics sector. His role at Propack also involves assessing risk, developing training programs and conducting audits to ensure compliance with industry standards. His innovative approach to ESD risk assessment mitigation has established him as a trusted expert in the field.

When not working, Jayant enjoys singing and playing Guitar & Harmonium.   

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/6eef0d06320b47fb8c6546dfbe8ea6cf

Jearell Kelley, P.E., ESD Certified Professional Program Manager, has over thirty years experience in the electronic industry.  His duties have ranged from being the primary analog/digital designer of an Electromagnetic Pulse Assembly tester - a microprocessor-based instrument used by the U.S. Air Force, to being a Senior Electrical Systems Engineer on the Titan IV rocket at Vandenberg AFB.  Currently, during the day-time, he is an Electromagnetic Environmental Effects Specialty Engineer with Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc. - A division of Honeywell Aerospace.  At night, he is a math, physics, and electrical engineering instructor at Colorado Technical University. 

He received a M.S. in Scientific Instrumentation from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.  He is a registered professional electrical engineer recognized by California and Colorado and a member of the Electrostatic Discharge Association. 

He enjoys hiking, documentaries, being with his family, working with young people, restoring old houses, and building his library in subjects such as electronics, history of science, and Christian apologetics - inclusive of multiple and diverse expert analyses.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/765ef402c4a64f9695ec1379224e4e6e

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