Saturday, September 14
ESD Compliance Verification Technician to TR53 - Day 1
Chuck McClain
Andrew Nold
Andy Nold is a Quality Engineer and Commodity Engineer at Teradyne near Chicago, IL. He is the Factory ESD subject matter expert and performs the company’s internal ESD audits. He has worked for Teradyne since 2011.
Prior to Teradyne, Andy worked for the FAA, a small aerospace company, and the US Navy. Andy graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a bachelor’s degree in Applied Math, Engineering, and Physics and a master’s degree in Engineering Mechanics.
Outside of work, Andy likes to spend time with his wife and kids.
ESD Compliance Verification Technician to TR53 - Day 1
FC100: ESD Basics for the Program Manager
Jay Skolnik
Jay Skolnik is a licensed professional electrical engineer and is the co-founder and lead engineer/consultant of Skolnik Technical Training in Albuquerque, NM. With over thirty years of experience in the electronics industry, Jay has developed a multitude of products utilized in different industries, including military, defense, avionics, aerospace, commercial, industrial, medical, automotive, and sports entertainment.
As an ESDA certified program manager, Jay teaches ESD mitigation and control for the electronics and energetics specialties. He performs ESD audits to ensure factories and laboratories are following safe ESD control guidelines and procedures. He is also certified by iNARTE and is a certified professional instructor of national instruments (NI). He received his electrical engineering degree from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
FC100: ESD Basics for the Program Manager
FC340: ESD Program Development and Assessment (ANSI/ESD S20.20 Seminar) - Day 1
David Swenson
David E. Swenson retired in 2003 after 35 years of service from 3M. While at 3M he had responsibility for new packaging material development and application, training of 3M personnel worldwide and providing application assistance to users of static control products globally with particular emphasis on Asia Pacific and Japan. Dave and his wife Geri established a new company, Affinity Static Control Consulting, LLC. in 2003.
Dave has been a member of the ESD Association since 1984 and has served in many capacities including 1997 Symposium General Chair and president of the Association in 1998 and 1999 and again in 2008 and 2009. He was re-elected to the Board of Directors for a 5th term from 2014 to 2016 and is currently appointed to the Board to assist with technical inquiries.
Dave was presented with the highest award of the ESD Association, the “Outstanding Contributions Award” in 2002, the Standards Committee “Joel P. Weidendorf Memorial Award” in 2004, the Association “Edward G. Weggeland” Memorial Award in 2014 and the Symposium Committee’s, David Barber, Sr. Memorial award in 2018.
He is a member of the Standards Committee serving several Working Groups and the ANSI/ESD S20.20 Standard Task Team. Dave also serves as Treasurer and Information Liaison of the Texas Chapter of the ESD Association; he is a member of the Electrostatic Society of America, IMAPS, the UK Institute of Physics and is a US Expert to IEC TC101, Electrostatics.
FC340: ESD Program Development and Assessment (ANSI/ESD S20.20 Seminar) - Day 1
Sunday, September 15
ESD Compliance Verification Technician to TR53 - Day 2
Chuck McClain
Andrew Nold
Andy Nold is a Quality Engineer and Commodity Engineer at Teradyne near Chicago, IL. He is the Factory ESD subject matter expert and performs the company’s internal ESD audits. He has worked for Teradyne since 2011.
Prior to Teradyne, Andy worked for the FAA, a small aerospace company, and the US Navy. Andy graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a bachelor’s degree in Applied Math, Engineering, and Physics and a master’s degree in Engineering Mechanics.
Outside of work, Andy likes to spend time with his wife and kids.
ESD Compliance Verification Technician to TR53 - Day 2
FC340: ESD Program Development and Assessment (ANSI/ESD S20.20 Seminar) - Day 2
David Swenson
David E. Swenson retired in 2003 after 35 years of service from 3M. While at 3M he had responsibility for new packaging material development and application, training of 3M personnel worldwide and providing application assistance to users of static control products globally with particular emphasis on Asia Pacific and Japan. Dave and his wife Geri established a new company, Affinity Static Control Consulting, LLC. in 2003.
Dave has been a member of the ESD Association since 1984 and has served in many capacities including 1997 Symposium General Chair and president of the Association in 1998 and 1999 and again in 2008 and 2009. He was re-elected to the Board of Directors for a 5th term from 2014 to 2016 and is currently appointed to the Board to assist with technical inquiries.
Dave was presented with the highest award of the ESD Association, the “Outstanding Contributions Award” in 2002, the Standards Committee “Joel P. Weidendorf Memorial Award” in 2004, the Association “Edward G. Weggeland” Memorial Award in 2014 and the Symposium Committee’s, David Barber, Sr. Memorial award in 2018.
He is a member of the Standards Committee serving several Working Groups and the ANSI/ESD S20.20 Standard Task Team. Dave also serves as Treasurer and Information Liaison of the Texas Chapter of the ESD Association; he is a member of the Electrostatic Society of America, IMAPS, the UK Institute of Physics and is a US Expert to IEC TC101, Electrostatics.
FC340: ESD Program Development and Assessment (ANSI/ESD S20.20 Seminar) - Day 2
FC101: How To’s of In-Plant ESD Auditing and Evaluation Measurements
Jay Skolnik
Jay Skolnik is a licensed professional electrical engineer and is the co-founder and lead engineer/consultant of Skolnik Technical Training in Albuquerque, NM. With over thirty years of experience in the electronics industry, Jay has developed a multitude of products utilized in different industries, including military, defense, avionics, aerospace, commercial, industrial, medical, automotive, and sports entertainment.
As an ESDA certified program manager, Jay teaches ESD mitigation and control for the electronics and energetics specialties. He performs ESD audits to ensure factories and laboratories are following safe ESD control guidelines and procedures. He is also certified by iNARTE and is a certified professional instructor of national instruments (NI). He received his electrical engineering degree from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
FC101: How To’s of In-Plant ESD Auditing and Evaluation Measurements
Monday, September 16
ESD Compliance Verification Technician to TR53 - Exam
Chuck McClain
Andrew Nold
Andy Nold is a Quality Engineer and Commodity Engineer at Teradyne near Chicago, IL. He is the Factory ESD subject matter expert and performs the company’s internal ESD audits. He has worked for Teradyne since 2011.
Prior to Teradyne, Andy worked for the FAA, a small aerospace company, and the US Navy. Andy graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a bachelor’s degree in Applied Math, Engineering, and Physics and a master’s degree in Engineering Mechanics.
Outside of work, Andy likes to spend time with his wife and kids.