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Meet our Associates

Stephen A. Halperin [see biography]
President and Founder of Stephen Halperin & Associates

• Background in industrial management and nuclear technology
• Over 30 years in industrial static control, 20 years international consulting experience
• ESD experience includes material and product design, facility and process evaluation, management and supervisory training, program design, financial impact analysis, laboratory testing, and market analysis
• NARTE certified ESDC Engineer and NARTE certified ESDC Technician
• Charter member of ESD Association
• EOS/ESD Symposium steering committee activities
• Life member of ESD Association and recipient of outstanding contribution award (1991)
• Honored recipient of the Joel P. Wiedendorph Memorial Award for Contributions to ESD Standards Development
• EOS/ESD Symposium papers 1979, 1980 (outstanding paper award), 1986, 1988 and 1990
• Member and former chairman ESD Association standards, national education and professional certification committees
• Previously elected member ESD Association board of directors
• Past President, ESD Association and member of the ESDA Executive Commitee

Ron Gibson [see biography]
Senior SH&A Associate
Global Engineering Consultant
Corporate ESD Program Manager, Celestica Corporation

• Background in industrial process management, packaging and ESD technology
• Over 18 years in industrial static control, 8 years international consulting experience
• ESD experience includes material and product assessment, facility and process evaluation, plant operator and supervisory training, program manager development, program design, financial impact analysis, and laboratory testing
• Long term Member of ESD Association
• Past General Chair, Certification Chair and Treasurer of the ESD Association
• Represents the Standards Council of Canada on IEC Technical Committee 101 - Electrostatics
• Chair of IEC TC 101 Working Group 5
• Trained Lead Assessor
• Co-developer of the ESD Association's Facility Certification Program

John Kinnear Jr. [see biography]
Senior SH&A Associate
Senior Engineer, IBM Corporation

• Background in system compliance testing, performance analysis and ESD technology
• Over 18 years in industrial static control, 8 years international consulting experience
• ESD experience includes material and product assessment, facility and process evaluation, plant operator and supervisory training, program manager development, program design, financial impact analysis, and laboratory testing
• Degrees i.e., BSEE from the University of Buffalo, MS from Syracuse University
• Long term Member of ESD Association
• Past General Chair and Technical Program Chair EOS/ESD Symposium
• Past President of the ESD Association
• Current Co-Chair, Facility Certification of the ESD Association
• U.S. Technical Adviser to ANSI etc.
• U.S. National Chief Delegate to IEC Commitee TC 101, Electrostatics
• ISO 9000 Trained Lead Assessor