PRODUCT SAFETY ENGINEERING SOCIETY
ORANGE COUNTY, CA. CHAPTER


OFFICERS

Chapter Chairman

Thomas Ha
G&M Compliance
(714) 628-1020
tom@gmcompliance.com

Thomas Ha has 12 years of product safety and regulatory compliance experience and is a partner with G&M Compliance, Inc., located in the city of Orange , CA. G&M Compliance laboratory provides Product Safety, EMC, EMI, NEBS testing and consulting. We assist clients with the certification of UL, CSA, CE, EN, IEC, FCC, Belcore, European, China , South Korea , Russia and various International Standards. G&M Compliance is part of the Underwriters Laboratories Certificated Agency (CAP) program under the category of ITE – Information Technology Equipment.

Thomas is currently responsible for sales, marketing and business development for G&M Compliance, Inc. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and a MBA in Business Administration. He is a member of the IEEE – Product Safety society, Society of Business Incubators and IAEI - International Association of Electrical Inspectors

 

Chapter Vice-Chairman

Homi Ahmadi, Extron Corp.
hahmadi@extron.com

Homi Ahmadi has been in the field of regulatory compliance for 18 years and has worked for some of the international corporation both here in the US and in Europe . He has published a number of technical articles as well as given speeches in a variety of organization.

He is currently the Regulatory Compliance Manager at Extron Electronics based in Anaheim , CA. Mr. Ahmadi is a iNARTE product safety engineer and also a  S enior IEEE member. Homi holds a Bachelor degree in Engineering.

 

Chapter Secretary

Ercell Bryant
Product Safety Manager
Compatible Electronics, Inc.
ercell@celectronics.com

Ercell Bryant has over 25 years of experience as a Product Safety Consultant. Mr.
Bryant has published several articles related to Global Product Safety Requirements. He holds a BS in Business Management.
 

Chapter Treasurer

Paul Herrick,
Consultant
jpherrick@yahoo.com

 

 

 

Chapter
Program Chair

Bansi Patel
Product Testing and Certification Engineer
Sharp Electronics Corp.
Bansi.Patel@sharpusa.com


Bansi Patel has over 25 years Product Certification experience, active in standard writing for NEMA, IEEE, IEC, UL, & CSA for UPS, ITE standards development for over 20 years. He has spent past 11 years with Eaton-Powerware Safety Management Team. Past Board of Directors-at-large for Product Safety Engineering Society of IEEE and has been senior member of IEEE for over 20 years. Also active in code compliance issues for national and local codes,   He was responsible for HALT and HASS validation team as well as RoHS and WEEE directive implementation for Eaton, Powerware division. Bansi is currently compliance Engineer for SHARP Electronics Corporation (Solar Energy Solutions Group