IEEE - Product Safety Engineering Society

Mike earned his BS Engineering degree from Harvey Mudd College in 1976. Upon graduation he began working on microwave spectrum analyzers and network analyzers at Hewlett-Packard. Since 1985 he has held various positions in the field of EMC engineering. Prior to joining CCS in 2001 he was the proprietor of an independent antenna calibration and EMC consulting business.

In 2006 CCS changed from operating four Open Area Test Sites in Morgan Hill to multiple anechoic and semi-anechoic chambers in Fremont. Mike designed, and managed construction of, the Fremont EMC and Wireless Test Laboratory. CCS was acquired by Underwriters Laboratories in 2010.

He likes to tell the story of getting an Amateur Radio License as a freshman in high school, building his own equipment and causing interference on the TV next door, then paying penance ever since by working as an EMC engineer. Mike’s standards committee work has included the RESNA Standards Subcommittee on Wheelchairs (Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America), past chair of the ANSI/RESNA Powered Wheelchair EMC Working Group, and the ISO TC 173/SC1 Wheelchair Standards Committee.

He is currently active with Wireless Gigabit Association (WiGig) Standards Committees, the WirelessHD standard, The Wireless Association (CTIA) Certification Program Working Group (CWPG), ANSI C63.10 American National Standard for Testing Unlicensed Wireless Devices, ANSI C63.26 American National Standard for Testing Licensed Wireless Devices, and the ITAC-R 5 GHz Project Team (a group of FCC, NTIA, DOD, FAA and Industry representatives developing and refining DFS regulations and test methods).

Mike is a long-standing member of the IEEE, having served as Vice Chair of the 2004 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility and Member of Steering Committee for the 1996 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility. He is also a past Secretary, Treasurer, Vice Chair and Chairman of Santa Clara Valley Chapter of IEEE EMC Society.

Marta Zanchi, Ph.D. - Principal Consultant, Medinnovo & Co-chair, Connected Health Safety Initiative Dr. Marta Zanchi co-chairs the Connected Health Safety Initiative. She is Principal Consultant and owner at Medinnovo, a medical innovation consulting company with focus on developing regulatory, marketing, and business strategies for early-stage companies and medical technology innovators, especially in Mobile Health. Previously she worked with the business development team at LitePoint, a privately-held wireless technology company located in Silicon Valley. At Stanford University, where she graduated with a PhD in electrical engineering, Marta was a research assistant with the Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory, where she developed radiofrequency devices and systems for medical imaging. She was also a Medical Device Fellow at the Food and Drug Administration and Sr. Researcher with Northwestern and Stanford University on a comprehensive analysis and industry survey of the 510(k) regulatory process.

Mike contributed two chapters to the "Governance, Risk, and Compliance Handbook", published by Wiley in 2008 and is featured in the critically acclaimed book "Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power".

Prior to founding DCA Mike held Engineering and Engineering Management positions at Compaq, Tandem, Intel, and Intergraph, as well as at several start-ups in Component Engineering, Reliability, Quality Assurance, Software Development, and Product Design roles. Mike received his BSEE from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester , MA and is a member of the IEEE, ASTM F40, and the IEEE-1680.x (EPEAT) development teams. He is an advisor to the University of California Berkeley Extension's Green Chemistry program, and in 2009 was appointed to the California Department of Toxic Substance Control's Green Ribbon Science Panel. Mike is also Associate Director of the Green Science Policy Institute.

Among all his accomplishments, McEachern is proudest of the fact that companies that he has created have been responsible for over 2,400 man-years of employment. He is a reasonably inventive fellow, with 29 U.S. patents awarded so far.

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Regan's experience includes positions as an evening instructor at SAIT for Product Safety Design and Regulatory Compliance for post secondary university students, Area Manager for TUV Rheinland and a Public Speaker for the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society. He also conducts specializd training for TUV SUD employees and various technical seminars to their customers. He has written several white papers and published numerous magazine articles in the areas of Photovoltaics, Product Safety Design, Factory Inspections and NRTL compliance. regan obtained formal training for Photovoltaic Design and testing at the Beijing Chinese Academy of Sciences Renewable Energy Department.

Kevin is a member of the International Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc. (IEEE), the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). He’s also a registered Professional Engineer in California for electrical engineering and a Registered NARTE Safety Engineer. Kevin has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, Davis and has completed the Berkeley Executive Program at the University of California, Berkeley.

For the previous five years, he managed Global Care, an environmental, health and safety (EHS) initiative, in the EHS Division at SEMI, a global industry association for companies providing equipment, materials and services used to manufacture semiconductors and related technologies. He also worked with EHS professionals in the industry to guide the industry’s response to environmental regulations such as the European Union’s WEEE and RoHS directives, and China’s “China RoHS”.

Mr. Wasnik’s experience includes a broad range of industries including consumer electronics, medical devices, industrial products and solar energy systems. He has also demonstrated his skill in the practical application of the standards covering this wide range industries.

Mr. Wasnik has an MS EE from George Washington University and a B. Tech in Electronics and Communications from NITK, India.

Jon planned and executed system safety and design for environment programs for segments of the US Army’s Future Combat System (FCS). The FCS is a highly complex integration of advanced sensor technologies with a family of manned and unmanned vehicle systems. Specific concerns included an armed robotic vehicle and manned ground vehicles with a medical treatment platform planning to use remote surgery systems.

Jon has an MS in Computer Engineering from San Jose State University and a BS from Cal Poly. He has won several awards, including the Presidents Achievement Award from the International System Safety Society and an award from BAE Systems related to development of hazardous voltage safety policies, procedures and training. He is a member of the System Safety Society and the Society of Automotive Engineers, a PE in Safety and Certified Safety Professional.

Prior to co-founding the TCAS group within FedEx, Deep was a Manager with KPMG’s Asia Pacific Tax practice from 1997. In that capacity he has advised several Fortune 500 clients on the international trade and legal implications of their South-Asian operations. Deep also helped establish KPMG’s International Trade & Customs practice in India.

Deep obtained his Bachelors of Law in India, his Masters in Law (Taxation) from the University of Washington - School of Law and executive education on International Trade policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Deep has been appointed by the U.S Secretary of Commerce to the District Export Council of Northern California.

Mr. Kapur has worked with Seagate, AMD and AT&T, having started in product safety with Underwriters Laboratories (UL). Ken established the RoHS discussion group on Yahoo groups in 2004 and has become a leading environmental compliance expert. Ken has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of the Pacific.

Revati Pradhan-Kasmalkar has worked in the semiconductor EHS area as a technical specialist for gas abatement products with BOC Edwards. She has also worked on the design of process and safety training simulators for petroleum refineries in India.

Revati has Bachelor’s and a Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering from Mumbai University and is pursuing a second Master’s degree in Engineering at San Jose State University.

Michelle Poliskie works at a Silicon Valley start-up. There she specializes in process design and material selection of plastics and elastomers. She is a former lecturer at Johns Hopkins University where she taught polymer synthesis, commercial formulations and characterization techniques used to solve problems related to the identification of chemical compatibility and degradation pathways. Michelle holds a Ph.D. in Polymers from MIT and dual bachelors degrees in chemistry and economics from Grinnell College.

Before joining Applied Materials, Mr. Karl was at Underwriters Labs and later at Intertek Testing Services (then ETL), where he started their SEMI S2 assessment program. Perhaps less well known is that he has a parallel career as a reserve police officer with the City of Santa Clara, involved primarily with enforcement of various California codes, such as the California Health and Safety Codes. Mr. Karl is a graduate of Santa Clara University.

Dr. Mowat has reviewed products, such as personal care items, that contain mixed metal oxides. She presented a risk assessment framework for assessing exposures to nanomaterials in consumer products. Dr. Mowat also has reviewed the use of nanomaterials in environmental applications, such as groundwater clean up, and has published abstracts about environmental consequences.

He has contributed to the development of both national and international standards. He is currently a member of ECMA TC-12, the US TAG to IEC TC-108, and IEC TC-108, working on the hazard-based safety standard, IEC 62368. Mr. Nute is the co-author and an instructor of "Hazard-Based Safety Engineering," a Hewlett-Packard Company proprietary course in product safety.

Mr. Nute has conducted original research in product safety and published "Dynamic Aspects of Body Impedance," appearing in Electrical Shock Safety Criteria, Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Electrical Shock Safety Criteria, edited by J.E. Bridges, Pergamon Press. He is co-holder of a patent for a ground isolation monitor.

Other publications include "Technically Speaking", a regular column of the Product Safety Newsletter. Some of these articles have been re-published in national and international magazines and most are available online at:
http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/newsletters.html. Mr. Nute twice has been an invited speaker to UL’s annual Professional Engineers’ recognition program. He is recipient of the Michael J. DeMartini award for education in the field of product safety and is both a Senior Member and a Life Member of the IEEE.

Mr. Nute holds a Bachelor of Physical Science degree from California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo.

Before coming to SEMI, Baliga was an independent consultant providing regulatory, scientific, and technical consulting services to a wide variety of chemical industry companies, trade associations and research councils. He has more than 15 years of professional experience addressing issues at the interface of science, engineering, management and policy, using his expertise in environmental risk management and sustainability. Baliga has degrees from schools in Palo Alto, Ann Arbor and New Haven.

Mike Silverman, Managing Partner at Ops a la Carte, has over 20 years experience in reliability engineering, management, training and improvement. Mike has tested over 300 products and consulted for over 200 companies in a variety of industries, including medical, telecommunications, networking, semiconductor equipment and consumer electronics. He has a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder and is a Certified Reliability Engineer through ASQ. Mike is a member of many professional societies and currently the IEEE Reliability Society Santa Clara Valley Chapter Chair.

John's previous positions at Siemens have been as an Application Engineer, Software Specialist, and Regional Business Development Manager. Prior to Siemens John spent nearly twenty years in the Automation Industry working for various System Integrators covering a variety of industries.

Mr. Pescatore was the recipient of the Edward Lohse Information Technology Medal for his demonstrated leadership in the development and promotion of national and international standards. He has been awarded the "IEC 1906 Award" for "his major contribution in the promotion of the IECEE CB Scheme." Mr. Pescatore has a BSEE from California Polytechnic State University and an MBA from the University of Santa Clara. He is a Registered Electrical Engineer in the State of California.

In 1994 Peter joined Northern Telecom (now called Nortel Networks). He worked primarily on their flagship enterprise level PBX product and ancillary equipment, as well as voice messaging and call server equipment. Peter moved to Sanmina-SCI Corporation, a contract manufacturing company, in 2000, where he provides product safety consulting, testing and agency liaison services.

Peter is a member of the CSA/UL Bi-National Working Group for 60950-1; UL Standards Technical Panel 60950, Information Technology and Telecommunication Equipment; Telecommunication Industry Association Technical Committee on Environmental and Safety Considerations, TR41.7 and various subcommittees. He was recently elected to the BOD of the IEEE PSES.

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