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Executive Board (Acting)

  • Chair - Yike Hu
  • Vice Chair - Kati Wenzel
  • Secretary - Mariel Acosta-Geraldino
  • VP of Member Services - Bansi Patel
  • VP of Communications - Shaima Adin
  • VP of Technical Activities - Nate Osborne
  • Webmaster - Jim Douglas

Meet the Team!

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Yike Hu, Ph.D., CFEI

yhu@exponent.com

Yike Hu is a Sr. Scientist in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Practice from Exponent in Phoenix. Her area of expertise is product safety evaluation and failure analysis of electrical and electronic system. She has work extensively on technical investigation in automotive electronic systems, consumer products and energy storage systems. She obtained her Ph.D. in Physics from Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Mariel Acosta-Geraldino

mariel@us.ibm.com

Mariel Acosta-Geraldino is the Corporate Program Manager for Product Safety at IBM, where she has the responsibility to ensure IBM products meet with any safety regulations in the Americas. Member of US National committee TC108. She has been with IBM for 19 years. Her previous roles at IBM include safety team lead for storage, testing and ensuring products were safe and compliant and power supply qualification. Educational background includes M.S. Manufacturing Systems Engineering and B.S. Electrical Engineering. Mariel is an IEEE senior member who actively works to support the PSES society. She has acted in different capacities, member of the Board of Governors of IEEE PSES, VP of Member Services, chapter coordinator. Mariel led a core team to the launch of the virtual chapter and acted as chair 2019 and 2019. Currently serving as secretary for ISPCE 2020 technical program committee and secretary for the virtual chapter.

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Bansi Patel

bansipatel50@gmail.com

Bansi Patel is in electrical and electronic field for past 45 plus years. He got is Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering (BSEEE) from California State University at Sacramento 1971. Bansi is Senior Life Member, of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). He serves his third three-year term as a Board of Governors for Product Safety Engineering Society (PSES) of IEEE (1-2018 thru 12-2020). He is current Chair for PSES San Diego Chapter for 2019-2021 and General chair of San Diego Safety Summit 2020 (SSSD 2020) on October 10, 2020 (Tentative). He is present co-chair for IEEE Symposium Product Compliance (ISPCE) 2020 and past 2006, 2011, 2016-2019. He has been Past Chair for ISPCE 2006, 2011, 2016. He actively participates in standards development activities for on UL, CSA, IEEE, NEMA, IEC standards. He currently serves as Chair for IEEE 1184 (Batteries for Uninterruptible Power Supply) system. He has 35 plus years in certification arena for product compliances for North American, Europe and worldwide country specific standards. Currently he works as a Consultant to major manufacturers, i.e. CSii, Grid-Bridge, Zincfive, Caterpillar, Group Schneider, Eaton, Emerson Electric.

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Jim Douglas

jdouglas2@mmm.com

Jim Douglas is a Product Compliance Engineer Specialist at 3M Business Groups and Divisions, where his responsibility includes 3M electronic/electric products regulatory compliance. Primary Standards: 62368-1, 61010-1, 60601-1
Jim's Education: BSEE, SUNY at Buffalo (UB) and MBA, Cardinal Stritch University
Work experience:
• 3M Co. St Paul, MN 2yrs: Product Compliance Engineer Specialist | 3M Corporate Affairs, Environmental Health Safety and Product Stewartship
• IBM Rochester, MN 21yrs: Installation Planning, Environmental, Product Safety, & Product Compliance Engineer | System Technology Group Hardware Development | Software Group Security Hardware

Executive Board (Elect) for 2021

  • Chair - Tom Brenner
  • Vice Chair - Sherri Tishchler
  • Secretary - Lauren Foster
  • VP of Member Services - Bansi Patel
  • VP of Communications - Samir Sharma
  • VP of Technical Activities - OPEN
  • VP Member Services - V.Jayaprakasan
  • Webmaster - Jim Douglas