Certified Professionals

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/c/f42614e45362424fb0b940cdb6ee10de 

Kevin Duncan is an ESD Staff Engineer at Seagate Technology, Bloomington, MN. He has been employed at Seagate since 2005 and is responsible for controlling ESD in the Slider and Head Gimbal Assembly (HGA) processes.

Kevin has been a member of the ESD Association since 2000 and is currently a member of the ESDA Standards Committee, Technical and Administration Support Committee, and Working Group 9.0, Footwear.

Kevin graduated in 1998 from the University of Wisconsin – Stout, where here received his Bachelor of Science Degree.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/5357b02324c243ada85a9ec95fd61283

Mr. Kim Lau is currently the products Manager for Winifred International Technology Ltd. located in Shanghai ,China, His office is located in Tianjin, This company is solutions provider for micro-contaminations Control at advanced manufacturing Fabs and processes.

He has over 20 years of experience in applied static discharge control，and in ESD auditing, training and providing solutions to customers, He is also responsible for Ionizer products in Company.

Kojo Appiah is a technical lead for the resolution and disposition of Electrically Induced
Physical Damage for both customer return and in-house product qualification failures. As
an ESD & EOS subject matter expert, he has also advised semiconductor chip design
teams on best practices for ESD Protection design and EOS mitigation towards successful
product releases.

Kojo has developed platforms and workstreams to support and resolve customer product
return issues. Previously, he worked on semiconductor device modeling and other
technical analyses in support of Flash Memory product design and development.
Kojo holds a Ph.D. degree in Materials Science & Engineering from the Georgia Institute of
Technology.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/c/a40915768de74ad4a70cc18c21ebbeb8

An Engineering professional with over 15 years of experience in precision engineering, Project planning and Installation and manufacturing sector, leading local teams and oversea teams to deliver the multi million dollars projects on time to the customers such as Samsung, TSMC, Micron and Intel. 

Current assignment and job roles at RF360 GmbH, Qualcomm include SAP Project Manager - Bizz, ESD Control Program Manager and Measurement System Analysis program. I am responsible for initiating and implementing the ESD control program and internal audit program at RF360 GmbH. After achieving the ESD program manager certificate, I am preparing myself to become the ESD Lead Auditor in very near future. 

Graduated from UniSA - University of South Australia (Master of Engineering) and also certified PMP, ACP, RMA and DASSM from Project Management Institute. I am also a certified Six Sigma Black Belt Quality Control Engineer. 

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/da5f83a351d94548be1621b0d6f12a6a

Luis Velazquez graduated with honors from the University of Puerto Rico in June 2004, with a major in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Process Instrumentation and Automation.

He works as a Manufacturing Engineer for Curtis Instruments at the Carolina, Puerto Rico, Manufacturing site. Working as part of one of the industry’s leaders in motor speed controllers, he was in charge of various manufacturing lines, including the 1244 Motor Controller, which is used in applications such as fork lifts, personnel carriers, and other industrial vehicles.

During March 2006, he began the preparations to complete the ESDA’s ESD Certified Professional-Program Manager certification by first attending the two tutorial courses offered at Austin, Texas: Cleanroom Considerations for the Program Manager and Air Ionization Issues and Answers. Later, taking advantage of the different scheduled tutorials given by the ESDA, he was able to take the other courses required for the certification, learning lots of information from the instructors while meeting and making some good friends along the way.

He continues to be in charge of some manufacturing lines at Curtis Instruments, while at the same time being in charge of developing and upholding their ESD Control Procedure, researching and implementing further improvements in their ESD control strategies as part of his company’s continuous improvement efforts.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/8446fd60a2d24c8f8733562b4a37972a

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/c/9b9304bc99fc44ce95c94d53703398e1

Marcus Koh, Everfeed Technology Private Limited, with territory covering South-East Asia and People’s Republic of China. He has conducted Megasonic/Ultrasonic Training, ESD/ESA Contamination & Control seminars, and ESDA assessments and consultations for multi-national companies. He has also trained various engineers internally and externally on ESD Control, ANSI/ESD S20.20 methodology, and static control as per IEC61340-5-1.

Marcus graduated with First Class Honors with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Nanyang Technological University. There he was awarded the PUB Book Prize for outstanding performance in the subject “Power Electronics and Drives.” He received a Letter of Commendation from the Dean of the School, and was ranked as among the best in his graduating class.

Marcus’ interests include jogging, windsurfing, weight-lifting, tennis swimming and classical music.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/8df7a65cd3fd44b3a4800b551b46b05e

Marko Simicic received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. in electrical engineering and information technology from the University of Zagreb, Croatia, in 2010 and 2012, respectively. He obtained a PhD degree from the department of electrical engineering ESAT, KU Leuven, Belgium in 2018. In 2017 he joined the ESD team in imec, Belgium. His research in ESD includes device characterization and testing, tester development with focus on wafer-level CDM and ESD control with focus on heterogeneous integration. He has contributed to the works published by the ESDA CDM and TLP standards working groups. He has authored or co-authored more than 35 peer-reviewed papers in international journals and conferences.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/18ed4a93999f4c4987586a16b232a4cf

Matt Banning is a Senior Quality Engineer at Rockwell Automation in Mayfield Heights, OH.  As part of the corporate Quality Management Systems group, he works to consolidate best practices and drive standardization across the organization. He has developed several enterprise-wide applications to support the quality management system.  Matt has also created the corporate ESD program for Rockwell, as well as, the internal training course for facility level ESD Coordinators. He leverages his role as an ISO 9001 lead auditor and audit program coordinator to ensure that the ESD program is effectively implemented.

Matt is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI), American Society for Quality (ASQ), and ESDA.

He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Case Western Reserve University.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/51c8049432bf446497d18bddd7a5c9f8

Matt Jane is a Quality Engineer at Tesla, Inc. Initially he was working on the Model S and X Drive Unit production quality, where Inverters were a key responsibility. He was appointed ESD Program Manager for the company and is implementing the ESD control plan across the various manufacturing and service sites.

With the ESDA TR53 and Professional Program Manager certifications acquired, Matt is now looking to get more involved in the ESD community specifically the areas of manufacturing and automotive applications.

Prior to joining Tesla, Matt graduated from RMIT University with a Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Communications) (Honors) and Bachelor of Computer Science.

Outside of work Matt likes to snow ski, hang out with friends, listen to music, watch TV and travel. 

Matt is currently the ESD Program Manager for L3 Telemetry and RF Products in San Diego CA. He has been involved in the site ESD control since 2009 and in 2011 was named as the Chair for the L3 Communications Inc. ESD resource team.

Matt joined the L3 Communications team in 1997 after retiring from 20 years of Naval service. He obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Occupational Safety from Columbia Southern University in 2013.

Matt has been a member of the ESD Association since 2009 and is currently a Standards Committee Member and serves on several Standards Sub-committees.

As a certified ESD Program Manager, Matt’s goal is to be able not only to strengthen his local divisions ESD control program, but to provide guidance and assistance to other divisions within L3 Communications in the development or strengthening of individual plant ESD controls and processes.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/5f5a862a71684d8b80a25fe01034e6f8

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After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Arizona, Mike went to work in the Manufacturing Engineering Department at Hughes Aircraft Co. in Tucson, AZ where he became involved in the ESD protection business almost immediately. Over the years, and after a couple of purchases and mergers, his company is now known as Raytheon Technologies and Mike remains as the ESD site coordinator as well as the chair of Raytheon’s Corporate ESD Council. Mike has now been a participant in the progression and maturity of the ESD program both in Tucson, and at Raytheon, for several decades.

Mike believes that by becoming a Professional ESD Program Manager, it shows both a personal and Company commitment to maintaining a focus on ESD as a major concern in the defense and aerospace industry.

Outside of work, Mike spends time with his wife and their two French Bulldogs and enjoys hunting, fishing, running, weightlifting, and building/modifying high performance cars.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/1e6fff0bcede49dbbc54151d34e3e222

Michael Schumacher received his BSEE in 1986 from California State University Long Beach. He has worked in the USA for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Southern California Edison, and Purvis Systems. In Europe he has worked for ABB, Elcoteq, and Enics, all in Turgi, Switzerland. Over the years he has held positions in semiconductor research, systems engineering, test engineering, microprocessor technique instruction, technology management, life cycle project management, supply chain management, and ESD coordination. Currently, he is the strategic buyer/supply quality manager for PCBs, and ESD coordinator for Enics Switzerland.

Michael has been active with ESD topics since 1994 and a member of the ESDA since 2010. He received his iNARTE ESD Technician certification in 2012. He is active in many IEEE societies (CPMT, ED and the Reliability Society) and is one of the authors of the IEEE standard on PHM (Prognostics and Health Management). His hobbies include skiing, running and family research.