Walter Jager is principal consultant at ECD Compliance where he has worked extensively with product manufacturers and suppliers on regulatory requirements and implementation of environmental compliance such as RoHS, REACH, energy efficiency and ecodesign. He also has significant experience with product verification to environmental product declarations (EPDs) such as EPEATTM. Mr. Jager has contributed to the development of International Environmental Standards and guidance documents and he administers the IEC 62474 database. He holds Master’s Degrees in Electrical Engineering and in Business Administration and has held positions in product development, quality and reliability engineering, supply chain management, and environmental compliance.