Certified Professionals

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Christopher Almeras is a Principle Multi-Disciplined Engineer for Raytheon’s Space and Airborne Systems. He is currently a multi-site ESD coordinator and member of their ESD Corporate Council. Chris earned his Program Manager’s certification in 2009 while working for Denso Manufacturing Tennessee and is an active member on the standards committees. Chris is a graduate of Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology. He completed his Masters of Industrial Engineering from Oklahoma State University in 2016.  Outside of work, Chris enjoys spending his time with his wife Melanie and their three children Trace, Tristan, and Reagan. He is also an avid fan of sports and westerns, and can usually be found in his chair watching one or the other.

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Christopher Long is a senior engineer in the IBM Research Division, with over 26 years experience in semiconductor manufacturing. He currently has been involved in development of magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) products. Previous to this assignment, he had responsibility in the area of contamination and ESD control program strategy at IBM 200 & 300mm semiconductor manufacturing facilities. Mr. Long has published numerous papers on semiconductor manufacturing defect reduction and yield modeling, and has served as U.S. chair of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) Yield Enhancement technology working group, responsible for development of the Yield Enhancement chapters of the 2001 and 2003 ITRS. Mr. Long received a B.S. in Physics from Beloit College, Beloit, WI (1980), and an M.S. in Engineering from the Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College (1990), Hanover, NH. cwlong@us.ibm.com

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