Vladimir Kraz is President and Founder of OnFILTER, a California manufacturer of high-performance U.S.-made EMI filters and instrumentation. Vladimir holds numerous U.S. patents on the subjects of EMI and ESD. He is a leader of EMC Standards Task Force at SEMI, member of ESD Standards Association and an author of many technical papers in publications and International Symposiums.
Andrew Bellamy has seven years experience in the power electronics industry, four years specifically related to electromagnetic compatibility while employed with Emerson Network Power in Delaware, Ohio. He has an Associate Degree in Electronic Engineering through North Central State College, is a graduate of Global EMC University, and is certified as an iNARTE EMC Technician.
Sam Connor is a Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM and is responsible for the development of EMC and SI analysis tools/applications. Mr. Connor’s current work activities and research interests also include electromagnetic modeling and simulation in support of power distribution and link path design for printed circuit boards. He has co-authored more than 20 papers in computational electromagnetics, mostly applied to decoupling and high-speed signaling issues in PCB designs. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and is currently the Chair for the TC-9 subcommittee of the IEEE EMC Society.
Glen Dash was the author of numerous papers on electromagnetics. He was educated at MIT and was the founder of several companies dedicated to helping companies achieve regulatory compliance. He operated the Glen Dash Foundation, which used ground-penetrating radar to map archaeological sites, principally in Egypt. He died in September of 2019.
Ted Eckert is currently a compliance engineer for Microsoft Corporation where he is responsible for products including video game systems and tablet computers and where he serves as Microsoft’s representative to the U.S. National Committee for TC108. Previously, he was a Staff Compliance Engineer at APC-MGE, a division of Schneider Electric. Over his career as a product safety engineer, Ted has tested industrial electronics, power distribution products, air conditioners, information technology equipment and toys.