Efforts of 50 Recognized by IPC
BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC presented a slew of awards this week to members who made significant contributions to a standard or the organization.
For heading the D-13 Flexible Circuits Base Materials Subcommittee that developed IPC-4204A, Flexible Metal-Clad Dielectrics for Use in Fabrication of Flexible Printed Circuitry, Clark Webster, ALL Flex, and Michael Beauchesne, Amphenol Printed Circuits, were presented with Committee Leadership awards.
Honored with Distinguished Committee Service awards for work on IPC-4204A were G. Sidney Cox, DuPont; Mark Finstad, Flexible Circuit Technologies; Thomas Gardeski, Gemini Sciences; Russell Griffith, Flexible Circuits; Nick Koop, Minco Products; Karin LaBerge, Microtek Laboratories; John Leschisin, Minco Products; Duane Mahnke, DBMahnke Consulting; Eric Matuska, ALL Flex; Steve Musante, Raytheon Missile Systems; Steven Nolan, Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors; Rolland Savage, High Performance Copper Foil; Robert Sheldon, Pioneer Circuits; Terry Shepler, Electro-Materials; and Brent Sweitzer, Multek Flexible Circuits.
For developing IPC-CH-65B, Guidelines for Cleaning of Printed Boards and Assemblies, Mike Bixenman, Kyzen Corp., received a Committee Leadership award.
For contributions to IPC-CH-65B, Douglas Pauls, Rockwell Collins, and William Kenyon, Global Centre Consulting, earned Distinguished Committee Service awards.
Special Recognition Awards were given to David Adams, Rockwell Collins; Jeff Kennedy, Celestica; Michael Savidakis, Petroferm; Douglas Schueller, AbelConn; Carlyn Smith, Harris Corp.; Steve Stach, Austin American Technology; Bill Vuono, Raytheon Company; Harald Wack, Zestron America, and Lee Wilmot, TTM Technologies, for contributions to IPC-CH-65B.
For leadership of the 2-30 Terms and Definitions Committee that developed IPC-T-50J, Terms and Definitions for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits, Michael Green, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, and Vicka White, Honeywell Air Transport Systems, earned Committee Leadership awards.
For contributions to IPC-T-50J, Alan Exley, Raytheon Company; Mahendra Gandhi, Northrup Grumman Aerospace Systems; Alisha Groop, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company; Thomas Kemp, Rockwell Collins; J. Lee Parker, JLP; Paul Reid, PWB Interconnect Solutions, and Gordon Sullivan, Royal Adhesives & Sealants, were honored with Distinguished Committee Service Awards.
For leadership of the 7-11 Test Methods Subcommittee that updated and reorganized IPC-TM-650, Test Methods Manual, Graham Naisbitt, Gen3 Systems Ltd. and Joseph Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratory, received Committee Leadership awards.
