Certified Professionals

G N VIJAYAKUMAR (Freelancer in ESD Control-Electronics in the name ESD TEKNIKS)

Basic Profile

An Experienced Professional in Delhi-NCR (India) in the field of ESD control-Electronics since 1987 with experience in Manufacturing- Marketing- Testing-Training- Auditing of the ESD control products, and exclusively into ESD Product Qualification Testing & Compliance Auditing -Consultancy –Training since the year 2010.                                                            Around 100 plus (Total) ESD Compliance Verification Audit Test certification, Product Qualification Testing, Survey and Trainings conducted till date, at various customers’ sites across the country.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Total experience: 43 years* plus overall, including the initial 5-7 years exclusively related to Printed Circuit Board field. Exclusively in ESD control field since 1987.                            

Academic background and other Credentials: -                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Academics: - B.Sc.; (PM/C) in 1973 from the University of Mysore   2. B.E; (Electronics & communications) in 1980 from the University of Mysore                                                     

Membership & Associations: -

1. Member (20100115) ESD Association NY USA
2. Member -Electrostatics Society of America
3. Member -IRCA(UK) Certificated Associate Auditor (6172753) - QMS 2015

International Certifications in the ESD control related field: -

1. iNARTE (USA) ESD Control Engineer certification (ESD-49775-ER / 09-02-2023)
2. ESD Certificate of Competency from DESCO Industries Inc USA- Life time (13/09/2022)
3. ESD Control Program Auditor Certification from ESDA USA (ECPA0074 /5-13-2025)

National Certifications (Indian) in the ESD control related field: -

1. ECI Senior Professional Engineer in ESD Control certification (Sr.PE/00001/23 /27/03/2023)

       (ECI -Engineering Council of India- Under Ministry of Science & Technology Govt. Of India)                                                                                                                                                                                

Training Certificates in the ESD control related field: -

1. ESD Training Certificate on Awareness & Auditing from ESD Association -India Chapter (2009)
2. ESD Coordinator Certificate from DESCO USA (2022)
3. Training (including Compliance Verification) on IEC 61340-5-1 ESD control global standards from DESCO Europe (2022)
4. Training (including Compliance Verification) on ANSI/ESD S.20.20.2021 ESD control global standards from DESCO USA (2023)

ISO Lead Auditor Certification / Certificates in the field of Auditing, Lab Testing Requirement / Product Certification & Compliance: --

        Exemplar Global Certification – Certified QMS Lead Auditor (C-4368906 dt. 04/10/2024) (Scope – ISO 9001-2015 & Regulatory Compliance Audits)

        CQI-IRCA Certification- IRCA Certificated Associate Auditor (6172753 dt. 01/02/2024) (Scope-ISO 9001-2015)

1. Certificate of Achievement on CQI-IRCA (UK) certified ISO 9001-2015 QMS /19011-2018 Lead Auditor Program
2. Certificate of Competency on ISO / IEC 17025-2017 Requirements on Laboratory Testing & Calibration from QCI (Quality Council of India- Govt. Of India)
3. Certificate of Awareness on ISO / IEC 17065-2012 Requirements on Product Certification- & Quality Audit Process from QCI (Quality Council of India- GOI). At present a Freelancer in ESD Control in Northern India (Delhi NCR) as an ESD Control Engineer– Lead Auditor -Trainer -Consultant (For ESD Control Products Qualification  & Compliance Verification Test Audit )                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Passion: - Continuous Learning & Development on interaction with the likeminded people in the ESD Control field. (Reputed Training sources / Experts /Customers etc,)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Main Areas of expertise / Skill

1. ESD Product Qualification Testing & Certification per ESD Global standards ANSI/ESD S 20.20. & IEC 61340-5-1 & related Test methods
2. ESD Compliance Verification Auditing & Certification per ESD Global standards ANSI/ESD S 20.20. & IEC 61340-5-1 & related Test methods.
3. At user’s site ESD Basic Awareness Training for operating staff in the EPA and ESD Coordinator cum Internal Auditor Training for their key personnel of the EPA 4. Design & drawing of custom made ESD work stations and EPA Accessories per User’s need.
4. Sourcing of the right ESD control product or ESD control Testing Instruments to the users -per Global ESD standards.

My Mentors in ESD Control Field

1. Mr. P V Vidyadhara Rao- CEO of ESD Control Systems (Formerly; SD Rubber Products) Hyderabad-India A qualified Engineer & and BEST Engineer Awardee of IEI (Andra Pradesh) who initially introduced the ESD control concept in Indian Electronics sectors in 1980s
2. Mr. A Vijayendra- Founder and formerly CMD of Cir-Q-Tech Tako Technologies Pvt. Ltd., -Bangalore -India

                               - Formerly President of ESD Association- India Chapter Bangalore -India in 2009

                               - Formerly MD of IPC India Pvt. Ltd., India Chapter Bangalore -India

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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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Gianluca Boselli completed his Masters in E.E. at the University of Parma, Italy, in 1996. In 2001, he completed his Ph.D. at the University of Twente, The Netherlands. 

In 2001, he joined Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas, where he focused on ESD and Latch-up development for advanced CMOS technologies. Recently, his responsibilities extended into ESD development of Analog technologies.

He authored several papers in the area of ESD and Latch-up. He presented his work at major conferences, including EOS/ESD Symposium, IEDM, and IRPS. He also presented several invited papers and/or tutorials at the EOS/ESD Symposium, IRPS, IEDM, ESREF, and RCJ.

Dr. Boselli has been the recipient of the “Best Paper Award” on behalf of Microelectronics Reliability Journal in 2000. He received “The Best Paper Award” at the EOS/ESD Symposium in 2002. He also received the “The Best Presentation Award” at the EOS/ESD Symposium in 2002 and in 2006.

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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