Agenda

John graduated from the University of Buffalo with a BS in Electrical Engineering and a master’s in electrical engineering from Syracuse University. John was hired by IBM, where he worked for 46 years. As part of his role, John was IBM's Subject Matter Expert in ESD control. This included developing and implementing ESD control processes at all the IBM manufacturing sites and assessing IBM’s suppliers for ESD control. The processes included wafer fab to large servers with all the processes required in between.
John has been a part of the ESD Association for over 30 years. He is currently chair of Working Group 20, which is responsible for ANSI/ESD S20.20, Development of an Electrostatic Discharge Control Program. John is also a member of various other standards working groups. He is also a founding member of the Technical Advisory Support Committee (TAS), which oversees all the standards of the ESD Association. John holds the position of Sr. Technical Director for EOS/ESD Association, Inc. John is the chair of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Technical Committee 101 on electrostatics. John is also the project leader for IEC 61340-5-1 – Electrostatic Discharge Control Program. Before becoming the chair, John was the chief delegate for the United States.
John’s accomplishments include several patents, Certified ESD Program Manager, Certified iNARTE ESD Engineer, Reliability Center of Japan – Chief ESD Coordinator, Outstanding Contribution Award (ESD Association), Outstanding Technical Achievement Award (IBM), 1906 Award (IEC), and many more.

Tom Ricciardelli received a SB and SM in Chemical Engineering from MIT in 1985 and an MBA from the Sloan School of Management in 1991.  In 1993, he founded SelecTech with the mission of creating valuable products from recycled materials.   He has over 20 years experience with developing unique polymer blends to meet demanding technical requirements and holds several patents for products and processes using recycled materials.  He was the first to conceive of and develop an adhesive-free, interlocking static-control flooring system which paved the way for the StaticStop line of industry-leading ESD flooring products.
With this product, he was flung headlong into the ESD industry and joined the ESD Association in 2013 to become more involved in the industry and better understand the full needs of his customers.  He is now the chair of WG 7 and a member of WG19, WG97, and the Marketing Communications committees.  “While I have a strong engineering background with degrees in chemical engineering, my knowledge of electronics and ESD was certainly limited.  Being involved in the ESD association, through the committees, the available training information, and generous support from other members, I’ve learned a vast amount about ESD and its control.  I particularly enjoy networking with the other members, working with them on the committees, and having a little fun during the free time.”  

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.

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, L.L.C .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. 

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, L.L.C .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. 

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, L.L.C .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.