Certified Professionals

Dave Girard is currently an ESD Technical Consultant and owner of Staticon Support Services, Inc., located in Tampa, Florida. 

For the past few years, he has been deeply involved in the ESD standards development process.  He has supported numerous ESD Association Working Groups in addition to the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and provided feedback to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) on specifications containing ESD requirements. 

Dave previously ran the Honeywell Aerospace corporate ESD program in addition to the site ESD program in Clearwater, Florida.  Throughout his career, Dave has held various positions in Electronics Test, Reliability Engineering, Quality Engineering, and Quality Management. 

Dave has been a member of the ESD Association since 1987.  He has been an iNARTE Certified Electrostatic Discharge Engineer since 1995.  He is a senior member of both the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and the American Society for Quality (ASQ).  He is also ASQ certified in both Quality Engineering and Quality Auditing. 

Dave has a B.S.E. degree in Engineering from the University of South Florida. 

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/32611838fb8d4a3db5f25a1de79eadc4

David Kirk is currently a Senior Manufacturing Engineer at Hologic, Inc. Newark, DE site; starting in 2008.  David holds a BSEE from Drexel University, and is currently working to establish a sound ESD program for manufacture of cutting edge mammography x-ray detectors, based on thin film transistor arrays on glass substrate.  Similar to the flat panel display industry, this process has many challenges for ESD control and mitigation.  David has recently joined WG-21 to further the science of ESD in flat panel technology.

David was formerly employed by Agilent and HP for a combined 31 years, where he was involved in new product design; test, and manufacturing engineering.

David and his wife have 3 sons, 3 daughters in law, and 5 grandchildren.  He enjoys playing several musical instruments, woodworking, and hiking-camping.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/c/0511bd7d98fd4ff88c3b9aaf33e18a29

Credential ID: 742da1e1f9d1413eb39cd7172743e27c

Credential ID: 9b38f734a2cd4f62b0ea9f3e6aa94b76

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/c/f5cb7f95e6cd4274a52755881dfeb0a7

Dennis Corpuz

Venture Corporation Limited

Certified 2019

Dennis Corpuz serves as Manager at the Advanced Manufacturing and Technology Centre (AMTC) of Venture Corporation Limited, headquartered in Singapore. He has over 25 years of engineering experience in electronics manufacturing which includes telecommunication equipment assembly and testing, hard disk drive motor assembly, and optoelectronics. His technical leadership has been instrumental in implementing ANSI/ESD S20.20 certification across Venture’s global manufacturing sites, enhancing ESD control systems and reliability standards.

Prior to joining Venture, he held engineering roles at Pacific Microwave Corporation, Philips Semiconductors, REMEC Broadband Wireless, and Nidec Corporation, contributing to advanced process development and test engineering. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering and has specialized training in Metrology, Cleanroom Management, and Equipment Engineering. He is an iNARTE Certified ESD Engineer, with a professional focus on standards compliance, process integrity, and continuous improvement in high-reliability electronics manufacturing.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/9e24a40f48384035b2456b60ec41304a