Certified Professionals

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