Certified Professionals

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

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.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/f7cb863669de4e4185e8e16b02659956

Michelle Lam is an advisory engineer at IBM Tape Storage Characterization in San Jose, California. She has performed failure analysis on tape products with MR / GMR heads since 2000. She also has ESD control responsibility in the world wide tape head and drive manufacturing.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering at University of Toronto, Ontario, and her master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University, California. She has been a member of ESDA since 2005.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/52556384fe57408fb1950eaa8946aa4e

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/960eb0d3f99749049a17c2742c91054a

Minh Do is currently the NASA/JPL Level A Instructor, Master IPC Trainer, and ESD Coordinator at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.  He has an MBA in Project Management from Keller Graduate School of Management. He also has a Bachelor of Science degree in Technical Management.  Minh is an iNARTE Certified ESD Engineer.  He is a senior member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and received multiple ASQ Certifications:  Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence, Quality Engineer, Quality Auditor, Quality Improvement Associate, Quality Process Analyst, and Quality Inspection.

Minh is an active member of both NASA and IPC Workmanship Technical Committees. He is a Certified Master IPC Trainer for various workmanship standards: IPC-A-600, IPC-A-610, and IPC-J-STD-001. He accomplished the translation work with IPC for the IPC-A-610 VN, a Vietnamese version of IPC-A-610 Standard.

Minh is living with his wife Huong and daughter Dorothy.  His hobbies include dining out, reading, exploring new technologies, and spending time with his big family.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/3ca543ca6f104a66b7322e50739823ab

MSIE, Myrna Garcia

Myrna Garcia received her Master of Science in Industrial Engineering Degree from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2008. Myrna is Six Sigma Green Belt certified and holds a certification as lead audition for AS9100. Myrna received her ESD Program Manager Certification in 2023.

Myrna started her career managing US Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations in the transportation industry in El Paso, Texas. In 2021, Myrna joined the quality, regulatory and ESD department in Flex at the Austin, Texas site.

Myrna has developed and implemented ESD and Agency compliance processes across the entire Austin site, along with corporate initiatives that have benefit the Flex worldwide organization.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/9dfa2d07d66b420a9184df3ff68d89b3

Nelson Nunez is a Process Engineer and the ESD Coordinator for Luminar Technologies, based out of Orlando, Florida. He is a graduate from the University of Central Florida and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. Most of his career has been involved with the LASER industry, working with optics and electronics.

Outside of work, Nelson is a gearhead through and through, loving all things with wheels. He enjoys autocross racing, off-roading, motorcycle riding, and bicycling.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/91e72d3b34fb4bd19d2b5656dd7f5c88

Patsawat Tachamaneekorn is an ESD Program Manager at Seagate Technology, Teparuk, Thailand. He has been employed at Seagate since 1995 as an ESD & Contamination Control Engineer. Patsawat has been a member of the ESD Association since 1999 and has worked on translating ESD Association's standard documents into Thai. Most recently ANSI/ESD S20.20 - 2007.  As well as being the first Thai who got an ESD Certified Professional Program Manager, Patsawat is also the first Thai who got NARTE Certified ESD Engineer.

Patsawat earned his Master's Degree in Business Administration from Ramkhamhaeng University, Thailand, and his Bachelor Degree in Electronics Engineering from Assumption University, Thailand.

Ray Nicanor M. Tag-at has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Silliman University, Dumaguete City, Philippines, and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Ateneo Graduate School of Business.  He is a Certified ESD Engineer of the International Association of Radio, Telecommunications and Electromagnetics (iNARTE).  He is currently working in Western Digital Phil. Corp., as the ESD Control Program Manager in Manufacturing Engineering spearheading the ESD Control of the company for more than 20 years and leading the WD Philippine site in its ANSI/ESD S20.20 certification. He was a former officer and chairman for the ASEMEP ESD Council (AEC) and has also contributed to the learning sessions during the past Philippines ESD Forums, AEC RMM, and ASEMEP national symposiums.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/c/a5df27fc8c6c44c69d90082966ce4d2f