Certified Professionals

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Robert (Hank) Mead is a Principal Manufacturing Engineer at BAE Systems in Endicott, NY. He has been working in the Electronics industry for over a decade, focusing primarily in Defense and Avionics. Hank received both his Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering and his Master’s Degree in Engineering Management from Northeastern University. On the rare occasion that he isn’t working, he enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife and their dog.

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Robert Ashton is a Senior Protection & Compliance Specialist in the Discrete Products Division at ON Semiconductor in Phoenix, Arizona. He has authored or co-authored numerous papers on ESD, test structure use in integrated circuit development, and CMOS technology. He is active in ESD and EOS standards development with ESDA, JEDEC, and IEEE SPDC. He is ON Semiconductor’s representative to the Industry Council on ESD Target Levels.

Previously, Dr. Ashton served as Director of Technology at White Mountain Labs (now a part of Evans Analytical Group), a provider of ESD and latch-up testing of integrated circuits, and he was a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Agere Systems, Bell Labs Lucent Technology, and AT&T Bell Labs, in integrated circuit technology development. He received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from the University of Rhode Island and held post doctoral positions at Rutgers University and Ohio State University.