Thomas Lanzisero is a Sr. Research Engineer and Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at UL LLC (Underwriters Laboratories, Melville, NY) with nearly 30 years of applied practice in safety engineering. He is a registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) and principal instructor and practitioner of Hazard Based Safety Engineering (HBSE). He has led development of Applied Safety Science and Engineering Techniques (ASSET™), including the ASSET Safety Management Process for informed decisions to achieve, maintain and continuously improve safety as a design objective. This work has recently been recognized with a 2011 IEEE Region 1 Award for Technological Innovation. This and related hazard analysis and risk assessment work has been extensively published and presented, including keynote presentation on the safety of consumer electronics into the future at the 2012 International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE) by the IEEE CES, 2012 Advanced Product Safety Management course at St. Louis University, 2010 and 2011 International Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering by the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, 2011 IEEE Chicago Argonne National Laboratories Technical Conference, International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO 2011), Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation - Joint Regulatory Advisory Council (APEC JRAC Risk Assessment Workshop), American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and NASA (2009 NASA Aerospace Battery Workshop). An IEEE Senior Member, Tom is Founding Chair of the Long Island, NY Chapter of the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society (PSES) and Vice Chair of the IEEE Risk Assessment Technical Committee (RATC). He serves as technical expert in committees for electric shock protection and risk management, including US National Committee Technical Advisory Groups (USNC TAGs), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC TC64 MT4) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 31000 / ANSI Z690).