Greg Kiemel earned his BS in Engineering from Weber State University. He is an iNARTE-certified EMC and ESD engineer and a Senior Member of the IEEE. He is active in the ANSI ASC C63® and TCBC committees and recently completed his tenure as a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE EMC Society. He currently works for Apple.
Michael J. Windler is the General Manager responsible for the operation of the EMC and NEBS laboratories of Underwriters Laboratories Inc. in North America. Mike has a BSEE from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and an MBA from Northwestern University. Mike is also a licensed Professional Engineer in the states of Wisconsin and Texas. He has been a member of the IEEE for 24 years and is a member of the American National Standards Institute Accredited Standards Committee C63®. In addition, Mike is the immediate past Chair of ANSI ASC C63® Sub-committee 1 on measurement techniques and methods, chairman of the Finance Committee and a member of Sub-committee 6 on laboratory accreditation. Mike is the chairman of working group 1-13.2 on requirements for sites operating above 1 GHz and has been one of the principal researchers in this area. He was also a principal researcher in developing correction factors for biconical dipole antennas. Mike has published numerous technical articles on EMC measurement issues and given presentations on EMC-related issues at the IEEE EMC Symposiums.
Zhong Chen (Member, IEEE) received the M.S.E.E. degree in electromagnetics from The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, in 1996. He is the Director of Radio Frequency (RF) Engineering at ETS-Lindgren, Cedar Park, TX, USA. He has over 25 years of experience in RF testing, anechoic chamber design, as well as antenna and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) field probe design and measurements. His research interests include measurement uncertainty, time domain measurements, and development of novel RF absorber materials.,Mr. Chen is currently serving as a Board Member for the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA). He is the Chairman of Subcommittee 1 of ANSI ASC C63 which is responsible for EMC antenna calibration and test site validation standards. He is the Chairman of the IEEE Standard 1309 committee responsible for developing calibration standards for field probes and IEEE Standard 1128 for absorber measurements. He served as a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE EMC Society.
Robert Given has over 6 years experience in the Compliance Testing Field working for Thermo Fisher Scientific as Project Manager, Engineering Manager and now Application/ Product/ Technology Manager. Prior to joining Thermo Fisher, Bob was Principal Engineer at Kokusai Semiconductor Equipment Corporation designing and managing control systems for Diffusion and Chemical Vapor Deposition semiconductor equipment for 25 years.
Lou Feudi has been a Product Safety, EMC, Telecom, and Bellcore Engineer, Engineering Manager, Salesperson, Sales Manager, and Corporate Trainer. He has worked at Underwriters Laboratories, Intertek, TUV Rheinland and U.S. Technologies. Lou has also been a Global and US Sales Channel Manager selling equipment for Keytek/Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Teseq/Ametek. He has a total of 37 years experience in the Compliance Testing Industry and has authored a number of articles for Compliance Engineering and In Compliance Magazine.
NARTE (National Association for Radio, Telecommunications, and Electromagnetics) was founded in 1982 as a non-profit membership/certification organization. NARTE initiated and developed a comprehensive certification program for telecommunications engineers and technicians. In 2007, NARTE became iNARTE (International Association for Radio, Telecommunications, and Electromagnetics) to better align with the organization’s global presence. iNARTE’s professional certifications are offered to qualified engineers and technicians in the fields of telecommunications, electromagnetic compatibility/ interference (EMC/EMI), product safety (PS), electrostatic discharge control (ESD), and wireless systems installation.
Carl Newberg is the President of MicroStat Laboratories/River’s Edge Technical Service. He has a B.S degree in Metallurgical Engineering, a M.S. Degree in Materials Science, and a professional engineer’s license (Met. Eng.). He is also a NARTE Certified ESD Engineer, and is one of the first to test and receive certification from the ESDA as a Certified ESD Program Manager. He has held positions as the ESD Program Manager for Western Digital Corporation, and has been actively involved in the corporate ESD program at Seagate Technology and IBM Corporation. He has been a member of the ESD Association since 1995. He has been a Board member since January 2005 and is an active member of the Standards and the Technical and Administration (TAS) Committee, participating in working groups on ionization, packaging, clean rooms, garments, and gloves, and on the Technical and Administration committee. Carl was the Technical Program Committee Chairman for the 2004 EOS/ESD Symposium, Vice Chairman for the 2005 Symposium, and General Chairman for the 2006 Symposium.