April-May 2009

Our Member in the Spotlight serves the Society very well in many IMAPS programs. Please read more on Gary Hemphill to catch his enthusiasm for volunteering. We appreciate Gary’s insight, time, and energy.

Mr. Gary Hemphill
General Manager – Vice President
Technic, Inc.

Since joining IMAPS in 1987, Gary has participated in many IMAPS functions.  Gary notes “attending Professional Development Courses was a great way to start a career in the microelectronics field.  The international symposium is a wonderful venue to network with your peers”.  Gary has attended all but one symposium since joining IMAPS and has also attended many New England Chapter events and regional conferences.

Gary networking and socializing with Tania Keefe and Maggie Logsdon of the New England Chapter

Gary started his microelectronics career as a Senior Project Engineer at Handy & Harman’s Chemical Products Center.  Gary’s first project was to develop a true alloy silver/palladium flake to be used in MLCC.  Gary was involved in moving the Chemical Products Center to Rhode Island after it was acquired by Technic Inc. in 1992.  After the move, Gary was promoted to Production Manager.  In 1994, Gary was promoted to General Manager – Vice President which he has held since.

Gary has been involved with the IMAPS Educational Foundation since 1999.  He has been its auction manager for the last seven years.  The auction is held every year at the Foundation’s reception at the international symposium.  The auction raises funds for IMAPS educational outreach to high school and college students to ensure the strength of the next generation industry participants.

Gary states “I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported this worthy effort with their donations over the years and I would like to encourage more participation in the years to come”.

Gary was co-chair, along with Howard Imhof, of the IMAPS Foundation’s golf tournament at the Providence 2008 symposium.  He is pleased with the successful turnout of the golfers and hole sponsors.

Gary and his four-some enjoying the Microelectronics Foundation Golf Outing

Gary will be a co-presenter, along with Guixiang Yang, for an IMAPS webinar on Precious Metal Powder/Flakes and their Application in Microelectronic Packaging.  The webinar will focus on materials characterization and uses in microelectronics.  This webinar will give the participants knowledge of powder physical characteristics and their uses in electronic and packaging applications. This two-session on-line Professional Development Course (PDC) webinar will be held: Mondays, May 11, 18, 2009.

Gary is also on the committee for an Invited Session at IMAPS 2009, San Jose on “Intelligent Uses of Precious Metals in Microelectronics”.

January-March 2009

Our Member in the Spotlight serves the Society very well in many IMAPS programs. Please read more on John Olenick to catch his enthusiasm for volunteering. We appreciate John’s insight, time, and energy.

Since John joined IMAPS in 1984 when working for Westinghouse, he has made many technical and management presentations. He notes, “Early in my career, my goal was to present a paper each year on the work that Westinghouse was doing. Of the eleven papers that I published from 1984 to 1991, four of them were presented at IMAPS.” After many years of IMAPS presentations and Symposiums, John has built a valuable network of colleagues that have helped accelerate his microelectronic packaging work and professional career.

John most recently presented “Ceramics in Clean Tech II” at the IMAPS International Convention in Providence in 2008. He will continue presenting for IMAPS events as they provide him a forum to showcase his ideas or expertise and gain great feedback.

After benefitting from his IMAPS participation, he gave back by serving on its National Technical Committee (NTC) by reviewing papers for the Symposiums. He is a recent past chair (1995-1997) of the NTC’s Advance Packaging Committee after having served eight years (1989-1997) on the full NTC.

From 1994-1998, John focused on starting a small business within Kodak called the ImageModule Business. This business was focused on image enabling devices that were not then able to take pictures–the early stages of a camera in a phone. Unfortunately for Kodak, the business was prematurely dissolved just before the camera feature in phones became a popular feature.

After spending a few years at a small ceramics company in Buffalo, New York, John and seven other co-workers decided to start ENrG Incorporated in 2003. The company’s focus was on ceramic technologies for the clean energy market segments. At that time, hydrogen fuel was just becoming an exciting new technology. His company is now completing its sixth year and is starting to sell products like kiln furniture (setters and liners) and materials (inks and electrolyte powders) along with finished cells.

John was the first presenter at the first IMAPS area event designed to re-start a chapter in upstate and western New York. He spoke on the porosity of fuel cells, gas separation membranes, and insulation packaging. John notes, “I enjoy these small chapter events of industry peers. They provide a relaxed forum to meet people and test some new ideas.”

John presents on fuel cells at an upstate New York area event in early June 2008.

When John spoke to Larry Rexing, the IMAPS 2008 Symposium’s General Chair, of Heraeus in May 2007, John said that he wanted to volunteer in a higher level position. Larry invited John to serve as the Symposium’s Technical Co-Chair. Together they later managed the large collection of technical sessions at the Providence Symposia. Larry writes, “John’s working knowledge of the National Technical Committee and his vast resources were a huge benefit. His contacts and continual pursuit really helped recruit many of our speakers and kept our technical program on schedule. John has such a valuable knowledge of the ceramics portion of our industry. Our Alternative Energy panel discussion would not have been possible without him.”

John (on the left) enjoys a conversation with Ken Gilleo and Larry Rexing at the 2008 International Symposium.

In his spare time, John spends time traveling with his wife Kathy of 28 years. John has been blessed to have worked with her at many companies together. Kathy is a ceramics engineer and has worked on microelectronic packaging since the early 80’s. John enjoys biking, hiking, winning at poker, and photography.

August-December 2008

Our Member in the Spotlight serves the Society very well in many IMAPS programs. Please read more on Howard Imhof to catch his enthusiasm for volunteering. We appreciate his insight, time, and energy.

Since Howard joined IMAPS back in 1969, he has made numerous technical and management presentations at a wide variety of venues. He now chairs the Global Business Council and an iNEMI Technology Working Group Roadmap.  He has served as Vice-President of the Garden State chapter and on the steering committees for five IMAPS Symposiums.

Throughout his career, Howard has long embraced volunteering in IMAPS programs at chapter, national, and international levels.  He notes, “Through my IMAPS participation, I gain targeted customer networking opportunities and great venues to share technical & market information from multiple levels of the microelectronics supply chain.”

For example: the success of Cermalloy, an electronic materials company that Howard co-founded, was based on a paper that Hughes Aircraft presented at an IMAPS International Symposium in 1970.  This paper described adjusting resistors with a high-voltage pulsed capacitor.  Taking this technical knowledge, Howard’s company marketed Cermalloy resistors to companies/products where high-voltage stability was required. This enabled Cermalloy to supply “focustats” in televisions.  Cermalloy’s business boomed and later led to its sale to Heraeus.

Jim Wood,  a Technical Service Engineer of Heraeus writes “Howard successfully integrated three corporate product lines of thick film for Heraeus to make it the dominant supplier of high-reliability resistor materials for most of the televisions manufactured in the late 1970s and early 1980s.  The resistor material enabled TVs to tune themselves rather than viewers having to tune TVs whenever they switched a channel.”  

In 2000, both IPC & NEMI inquired into the IMAPS’ Ceramic Interconnect Initiative (CII) to help them on their own respective roadmaps.  Howard volunteered to chair this effort and increased the participation of current  IMAPS leaders in it.  Under Howard’s leadership, this initiative both greatly promotes leading-edge technology to new markets and identifies gaps in existing technology, where solutions such as design rules and new software enable current applications to work more effectively.

Howards notes the value of roadmap participation by saying, “We all have limited development & marketing collateral - is your technology roadmap aligned with your core & potential customers?”

Mike Ehlert, a Senior Director at Barry Industries and IMAPS’ Past President, relates, “Howard has been a consistent and enthusiastic supporter of ceramic technology; he can be counted on to meet leadership requirements.  Howard  ensures the success of the CII through the regular re-writes of both the iNEMI Roadmap and the LTCC Standards SIG.”

As Chair of the Global Business Council, Howard emphasizes, “I believe the GBC should be a “must participate” industry network for every sales & marketing executive.  Participants at GBC events share a tremendous amount of information on business trends and emerging markets. GBC events also provide valuable networking opportunities with global participants.”   

Gary Nicholls, an OEM Marketing Manager for Cookson Electronics and a GBC committee member praises Howard’s GBC leadership, “Howard leads with style and energy to increase its teamwork and outreach.  As a co-chair of the Spring Conference, Howard improved its speaker sessions and social programs. I look forward to working with him on the 2009 Spring Conference to fulfill the ever changing needs of IMAPS corporate members”.

Howard looks forward to the next GBC event at the 41st International Symposium in Providence, RI.  The  event “Alternative Energy: Options, Supply Chains, and Industry Trends” will provide valuable industry insight on the business side of microelectronics in an expanding, global market segment.

Howard enjoying an IMAPS golf outing at Coyote Creek

Howard from the garage at the Pocono International Raceway

June/July 2008

Our Member in the Spotlight serves IMAPS very well as President of IMAPS Germany, the largest international chapter. He also serves as a member of the IMAPS technical program committee for microwave and RF applications. We hope that you will enjoy reading more about Dr. Jens Mueller to catch his enthusiasm of volunteering for IMAPS. We appreciate his energy on many levels.

Throughout all of Jens' IMAPS volunteer roles, his goal is to bring people together to promote the sharing of interest, information, and solutions of microelectronics technologies. Jens had the following comments about this goal.    

“I like to invite many, diverse professionals to relaxed, collegial IMAPS events.  The direct, face-to-face communication plays an important role for my work.  The worldwide IMAPS activities also help to understand cultural differences.  I learn a lot by attending IMAPS events."

After Jens earned his PhD from the Technical University of Ilmenau in 1997, he held several positions in the substrates and assembly engineering groups at Micro Systems Engineering GmbH (BIOTRONIK Group).  There Jens managed various teams in the medical in-house and OEM market segments. 

IMAPS member Ernie Vasvary said the following about Jens’ work at Micro Systems Engineering GmbH (BIOTRONIK Group).

"Jens was always considered a 'guru' in thick-film and co-fired ceramics at MSE and was instrumental in establishing robust design guidelines and acceptance criteria.  He developed dozens of devices from design concept, through prototype to full production.  At this very moment, circuits engineered by Jens are keeping thousands of patients alive around the world."

In June 2005, Jens became the Director of the Functionalised Peripherics Research Group within the MacroNano® Centre for Innovation Competence at the Technical University of Ilmenau.  His main research focuses is ceramic packaging and interconnect technology for microwave, bio-sensing, and chemical systems.

As a balance to the daily business, Jens tries to stay fit by doing various kinds of sports. For more than 30 years, he is an active player in team handball and enjoys cross country skiing, mountain biking, and hiking. 

This picture shows Jens with his brother Uwe during a bicycle tour.

March-May 2008

Our Member in the Spotlight serves IMAPS well as the President of the New England Chapter, one of the most active and successful IMAPS chapters.  We hope that you will enjoy reading more about Dr. Mark Occhionero and catch his enthusiasm of volunteering for IMAPS.  We appreciate his energy on many levels.

Throughout all of Mark’s IMAPS chapter volunteer roles, his objective is to put together programs and events that are educational as well as enjoyable.  Mark and other New England Chapter leaders sit through rather dry meetings during the day and dread doing the same in the chapter meetings.  “If you can learn something new and network with your area colleagues all while having a little fun, it just makes it all that much better.” 

Mark joined IMAPS in 1999 after presenting and exhibiting at the IMAPS New England Symposium & Expo for his company, CPS Technologies.  He served as the chapter’s Technical Program Chair for 2003 to 2004.  In this role, Mark helped manage six chapter technical meetings and produced its Annual Symposium and Expo.  Mark served as the Vice President in 2005 and 2006 in which he took charge of the publicity roles such as hard copy and electronic mailings and the chapter’s website that he still manages today.   Under Mark’s leadership, the New England chapter increased its program participation from not only local companies, but also national and international companies. 

Mark has enjoyed helping to produce the chapter’s Annual Symposium & Expo each spring.  “The New England Team has a great time putting this together.  I know that all attendees appreciate our efforts and our nutty Symposium and Expo themes.  These themes included a Hawaiian, Cinco de Mayo, and last year’s ‘007’ Theme.”  May 6, 2008 is the date for 35th New England Symposium & Expo.  Over 500 attendees are expected to participate with an exhibit hall with booths of about 80 companies.

Mark and his chapter colleagues enjoying the 007 themed New England Symposium (2007)

Doug Bokil, IMAPS President-Elect adds, “As the President of the Chapter, Mark provided great leadership to make the 34th Symposium very successful.  He implemented the theme “007 – Technology Shaken Not Stirred” with infectious enthusiasm.  Mark is fun to be around & conducts himself with professionalism and sincerity.”

Mark has the alter ego ‘JazzUkes’ and can be found playing jazz ukulele in Boston area clubs with a troop of musicians called ‘Ukulele Noir’. 

For his day job, Mark is the Vice President of Marketing & Technical Sales and the Senior Research Scientist for CPS Technologies Corp.  He is one of the key material scientists that developed the CPS fabrication process capability for AlSiC metal matrix composite material used for thermal management packaging solutions.  Mark has been instrumental in working with customers to develop cost effective thermal management packaging solutions.  He has also improved the CPS AlSiC fabrication process to help grow the business to where his company shipped nearly 1.2 million AlSiC parts in 2007. 

Grant Bennett, President of CPS Technologies Corp. notes, “Mark is truly a renaissance man – whether it is material science, music, manufacturing or photography; he does it all and he does it extremely well.   It is simply delightful to be able to work with Mark on a daily basis”.

Friend and fellow chapter member John Redman adds, "Dr Occhionero is a driven and creative scientist with that rare combination of talent, brains, people skills, and sarcastic whit. I have known Mark for almost two decades and while we occasionally agree,...we have never stopped enjoying each others company!"

January/February 2008

Our Member in the Spotlight has served the Society well to increase student participation in IMAPS programs. John Pan’s work has provided many academic and professional development opportunities for IMAPS student members at both the chapter and national levels. We appreciate his energy to help shape future IMAPS leaders.

John’s personal reward for his efforts comes from his belief that “the future of the microelectronics industry is based on the caliber of today’s students.  I have gained professionally from IMAPS student programs in many ways and strongly encourage students to join and participate.”

We hope that you will enjoy reading more about John and catch his enthusiasm of volunteering for IMAPS.

Dr. Jianbiao (John) Pan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, CA.

Prior to joining Cal Poly, he worked at the Optoelectronics Center at Lucent Technologies/Agere Systems as a Member of Technical Staff.  Dr. Pan received the B.E. degree in Mechatronics from Xidian University, Xian, China, in 1990, the M.E degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1996, and the Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, in 2000.

Dr. Pan’s research interests are in microelectronics packaging, lead-free soldering, design of experiments, and reliability.  He has authored and co-authored over 20 technical papers.  He is a Highly Commended Winner of the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2007.  

A member and volunteer of IMAPS since 1997, Dr. Pan initiated and formed IMAPS student chapter at Cal Poly in 2004 and has been the faculty advisor of the chapter since then. He served as co-chair of student activities for the 39th and the 40th International Symposium on Microelectronics in 2006 and 2007, respectively. He was vice-President of IMAPS Keystone Chapter in 2002-2003 and has served as a member of IMAPS National Technical Committee since 2003.

Other IMAPS leaders see his success in volunteering.  Tom Green, a former IMAPS Regional Director reports, “John was an active member in the Keystone Chapter as a student and has grown to be a strong technical leader in both Industry and academia.  John’s outstanding work with the IMAPS student chapter at Cal Poly is exemplary.”  

Greg Caswell, the General Chair of the 2007 Symposium, adds, “John's efforts as the Student Program Chair for the 40th Anniversary Symposium assured that the student participation was maximized, with booths, a panel discussion and a tour of Flextronics.”

Nicholas Vickers, one of John’s Cal Poly students notes his appreciation by writing, “Dr. Pan's attention to detail and enthusiasm for microelectronic packaging and reliability inspires his student.  They learn from his expertise in design of experiment and data analysis. He is a professor we all look up to.”

Dr. John Pan leading the students at IMAPS 2007, San Jose, on a tour at Flextronics

November-December 2007

Our Member in the Spotlight should be a very familiar face to those of you who attend our events with exhibits.  Hesse & Knipps attends just about all of them and Joe Bubel is manning the booth at almost every one. 

Hesse & Knipps has also been the Silver Sponsor of our annual Symposium for the past two years.

Joe is a very interesting person with some great hobbies and interests outside of his position at Hesse & Knipps.

We hope you enjoy reading about him.

Joseph S. Bubel
President, Hesse & Knipps, Inc.

Joseph S. Bubel began his career in the semiconductor industry nearly 28 years ago with Kulicke & Soffa Industries (K&S). From 1980 until 2002, he held various customer support positions at K&S, progressing from entry level field service engineer to technical support specialist, ultimately advancing to North American customer support manager. While at K&S, he spent several months in Japan, providing in-depth technical training and certification for a growing service team. He spent an additional year abroad in Western Europe, tasked with improving the company’s ability to meet fast-growing industry needs and to support its equipment base there. He also spent three months on site at a major computer equipment manufacturer to manage support for one of the industry’s first 200 mm dicing systems. His level of dedication became the standard for Kulicke & Soffa’s “24/7 Commitment to Excellence.”

With his experience and a strong technical knowledge of the semiconductor manufacturing process, Mr. Bubel has been thoroughly involved with this industry’s products from dicing saws to die attach and with special expertise in wedge and ball wire bonding.

In 2003, Mr. Bubel joined Hesse & Knipps, Inc. as VP of sales and marketing. He was quickly promoted to president, taking on responsibility for sales and marketing, customer support and all aspects of operations for the company throughout the Americas. Since this time, he has grown the sales volume of Hesse & Knipps wire bonders in the Americas 20-fold. When asked how he has achieved this level of growth in the niche bonder market Hesse & Knipps serves, he replies, “It is personally rewarding to represent equipment that is so technically advanced in the marketplace. I truly believe in the company and the equipment we sell. I also think my career focus on customer support – which I have applied to Hesse & Knipps’ sales and support efforts here in the Americas – is a strong component of our success.”

When Mr. Bubel is not supporting Hesse & Knipps’ customers, you will find him on the closest hiking trail or perhaps in the Grand Canyon, where he has logged nearly 50 days of hiking. For the other avid backpackers out there, his credits include four “14ers.”

For additional information on Hesse & Knipps and its products, visit www.hesse-knipps.com.

We are highlighting and saluting the very active and involved IMAPS 2007 Symposium Steering Committee.  These dedicated members have just about given up any and all leisure time for the past year to help ensure that IMAPS 2007, November 11-15, 2007, in San Jose, CA, is the best it can be.  Their creativity and ingenuity in organizing and planning their specific areas of responsibility will be in evidence in San Jose. So, please give these members a big “thank you” when you see them in San Jose.

July-August 2007

Anwar Mohammed joined IMAPS in 1979 and has been a strong member since then.  He has been active in the Northern California chapter of IMAPS.  Anwar served on the IMAPS Executive Council as Northwest Regional Director for four years. Anwar is a member of the IMAPS 2007 Committee, where he is lending his expertise and knowledge of the Bay Area to the Committee’s efforts. 

Anwar Mohammed is an industry veteran who has been serving the Microelectronics Industry for over 25 years. He joined IMAPS in 1978, when it was known as ISHM, and has been very actively involved with IMAPS, especially in the last five years. He was Co-Chair of the 25th Anniversary IMAPS Symposium held in San Francisco in 1992. Anwar is presently President of the IMAPS Norcal Chapter based in Silicon Valley.

Anwar obtained his BS in Chemical Engineering from Indiana Institute of Technology in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and his MBA from Saint Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. He earned his MS in Engineering with a focus on Microelectronic Packaging from San Jose State University, where he is presently pursuing his Ph.D. He has had the good fortune of working with some stellar companies like CTS, National Semiconductor, Fairchild Semiconductor, Cree and Infineon. He is presently a Senior Staff Scientist at Infineon in Morgan Hill, California. He is the author of numerous papers, presentations and patents and recently authored the book, “Borrowed Wisdom,” which was released in multiple countries.

With this year being the 40th Anniversary of IMAPS, it was critical to have a team of local liaison volunteers to support the National Symposium Committee.  Anwar stepped up and has been the leader of the local team.  Through his organizing this group we are in a position to better market the symposium and have individual champions in place for student support and the golf outing.  Most recently, Anwar connected us with a local high school in the San Jose area whereby we will have students from this school come through the exhibits area and interact with our exhibitors.  This is a 1st for IMAPS and is indicative of Anwar's ability to help make things happen.  It has been a pleasure to have him as part of my Symposium Team.

Greg Caswell
IMAPS 2007 General Chair

March-April 2007

Our Member in the Spotlight for March and April 2007 is Jay Ellingboe, President of the Viking Chapter. Jay has worked enthusiastically for the Chapter in a number of positions. Please read his bio and the wonderful testimonials his colleagues in the Viking Chapter sent about him.

Steve Lehnert Metro Chapter	I was so excited to hear that the Metro Chapter is alive again. Thanks to Steve Lehnert and his crew for all efforts in reviving the chapter. Steve is an energetic individual who does work hard towards achieving his goals. He is relentless when it comes to finishing the task at hand. I am amazed by the many activities the chapter has had so far and by the great number of attendees at these events.  Steve’s solid commitment to IMAPS is the example that all volunteers should use as a model for their goals. On behalf of the Society and the Northeast region I thank Steve for his continuous dedication and wish him and his chapter committee good health and success. Michael Salloum Northeast Regional Director Vice President R&D Assembly, Inc. Steve Lehnert single-handedly resurrected the Metro IMAPS Chapter with a single email last summer to everyone here on Long Island by stating something along the lines that "the party is over—let's get IMAPS back up and going." Since then, we've been going full-steam ahead. Steve's energetic and upbeat attitude was quite contagious as many people ran alongside and actively helped rejuvenate this chapter. Not only are the meetings now at exceeding-capacity levels, but there is a also a new sense of camaraderie amongst the membership. This is primarily due to Steve Lehnert. Mike McKeown Vice President of Metro Chapter Orthodyne Electronics Steve has been an active member of the Metropolitan Chapter for over 20 years. Two years ago, he recognized that the NY area still had a strong interest in technical advances within the microelectronics world and Steve undertook and initiated the “rebirth” of the Metropolitan Chapter of IMAPS. Within that short period of time, the Metro Chapter once again has become a dynamic and valuable resource for its local members. From quarterly technical meetings, developing new student chapters, arranging technical development courses and a scheduled fall symposium, Steve Lehnert has been the primary force in the resurgence of the chapter.     Regards Walter J. Becker WJB Sales
March-April 2007 Our Member in the Spotlight for March and April 2007 is Jay Ellingboe, President of the Viking Chapter. Jay has worked enthusiastically for the Chapter in a number of positions. Please read his bio and the wonderful testimonials his colleagues in the Viking Chapter sent about him.
Jay Ellingboe Viking Chapter	Jay Ellingboe received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of North Dakota in 1985, graduating with honors. As a Principal Development Engineer, Jay worked for Honeywell and Alliant Techsystems for 13 years on the development of miniaturized, g-hardened MMW and IR-EO sensor systems and associated electronics, including gallium arsenide MMIC multi-chip modules and MCMs for micro-bolometer IR cameras. For the last 8 ½ years, Jay has worked at HEI as a design engineer/project manager/new product development manager on products in the hearing, implantable medical, and telecommunications industries. Jay has been responsible for many facets of these activities including technical specification development and customer interaction, hybrid packaging design, advanced process and test system development. Jay is currently a Senior Project Manager at HEI and oversees the introduction of new microelectronics products into HEI, working with customers on design, all prototyping activities, and transfer into production. Here's what Jay's colleagues and friends had to say about him... Jay Ellingboe of the Viking Chapter has been an incredibly inspirational leader to our chapter.  Jay has participated as a Viking Chapter officer for many years and as President throughout the last year.  During that time he has completely revitalized our chapter.  He has brought dedication, enthusiasm and commitment to the Viking Chapter and made it a strong technical society that offers something of value to each of our local members.  I have been a member of the Viking Chapter for over 30 years and have served as its President at two different times.  I understand the time and energy commitment that it takes to draw local members to take advantage of all that IMAPS has to offer.  Jay has continued to widen our membership base over the past 18 months to once again draw a broad range of industries and individuals to our meetings, tours and social networking events. Thank you, Jay.  We appreciate all of your efforts. Gordon Peterson Viking Chapter Member since 1975 Jay has been instrumental in reinvigorating the IMAPS Viking Chapter. He is well connected in the industry and a good judge of people. The Viking Chapter officers were hand picked by Jay and together they have accomplished their goals in 2006 and look forward to even bigger things in 2007! Jay is fun to work with and has very unique ideas for social events. Sue Blankenheim, Viking Chapter Secretary First thought that comes to mind about Jay, was when Jay was first involved with IMAPS and became our chapter President by unanimous choice of course, we kept prepping him on speaking to the group, We could tell Jay was always worried about what to say.  We all told him 'just be yourself.' Well now he speaks in front of the group with great presence and it's almost like we have to tell him when to stop. He's turning out to be quite the leader. Marty Nora, Chapter Treasurer And, Adam Schubring, North Central Regional Director, wrote: Jay has done a great job with the chapter and he's excellent at delegating responsibilities and staying on task. He has fun and keeps it light, but he also works hard at making sure the chapter is headed in the right direction. He's also got a great group of officers and committee members, who all truly care about the success of the chapter. They are always having fun and they work hard at finding new ways to keep the chapter fresh and different. Everyone has great ideas and the biggest issue they seem to have is deciding which of their ideas to do first. It has been a pleasure to work with Jay and the Viking Chapter. They are definitely a group that IMAPS should keep an eye on.

January-February 2007

With the introduction of the new design of both the IMAPS web page and Advancing Microelectronics, it is appropriate that the person under whose leadership these developments were initiated and accomplished, Jeff Demmin, Chair of the IMAPS Publications Committee, be our Member in the Spotlight for the next two months.

We are fortunate to have someone of Jeff’s experience and caliber in the leadership role for all IMAPS publications and you can look forward to future improvements on all levels of this service to our members. Please take a few moments to read about Jeff, his professional background and the active role he takes in his family.

Jeff Demmin is Director of Advanced Programs at Tessera, a company in San Jose that develops technology for miniaturizing electronics.  He joined Tessera in 2002 after serving as editor-in-chief of Advanced Packaging magazine.  Prior to that, he was a senior technical editor with Solid State Technology magazine.

Before becoming an editor, Jeff held a succession of engineering posts at National Semiconductor, nCHIP, Microminiature Technology, Seagate, and Textron Systems.  His work has included semiconductor package design and analysis, development of optical and magnetic disk drives components, and manufacturing and test of optoelectronic devices.  February 2007 marks 20 years in the industry for Jeff.

Jeff’s education includes a bachelor’s degree in physics from Princeton and a master’s degree in materials science and engineering from Stanford.  He has been awarded four patents in package design and a gold medal from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE).  He has produced approximately 40 publications during his technical career and has written a weekly column with commentary on the packaging industry for over five years.

Jeff is currently on the editorial advisory boards of Advanced Packaging and Solid State Technology magazines, the advisory board of MEPTEC, and the steering committee of the IMAPS Global Business Council.  He is also chair of the IMAPS Publications Committee.  He is a member of IMAPS, IEEE, SMTA, and the Materials Research Society. 

Mike O’Neill sent these remarks about Jeff’s contributions to IMAPS:

Jeff has been recently involved with IMAPS at several levels, from being a panel discussion moderator for GBC Marketing Forums to writing insightful commentary regarding IMAPS activities, to now being in the middle of a full upgrade to our print and electronic publications. When I was elected VP of Membership my predecessors had also served as the Publications Chair. It took me a few minutes to make the call to Jeff as the only logical choice to lead our publications. The one thing I really appreciate about Jeff is that we asked him to contribute in any way he felt he could considering his busy schedule. Like the rest of us he has a real job and family (a big one!). Jeff’s contributions are high impact, very efficient, and most important, are very much appreciated.

His extracurricular activities have included writing questions for college quiz games – which somehow led to 15 minutes of fame on “Jeopardy!” – running, travel, reading, and crossword puzzles.  His highest level of achievement in any field is arguably reaching the finals of the 1986 U.S. Open Crossword Championship.  (Yes, there really is such a thing …)

Jeff and his wife Vikki live with their five children (and four dogs!) in Sonoma, California, where the kids keep him busy with soccer, baseball, ballet, gymnastics, horseback riding, drama, music, and probably several other things that he can’t keep track of.

 
Jeff and family hiking on the northern coast of Kauai, July 2006. 
Clockwise from Jeff:  Vikki, Connor (11), Lydia (7), Trevor (5), Angelica (9), Aidan (2).