Last updated: October 25, 2008
Bob Vermilion has been actively engaged in ESD testing and consulting since 1984. He is the president of RMV Technology Group, LLC Founded in 1999. It provides ESD auditing, testing and certification to a wide variety of high technology manufacturing companies worldwide and is a member of the Association of Independent, Scientific, Engineering and Testing Firms. Bob holds dual Certification as an ESD Control Engineer and Product Safety Engineer with NARTE. He is also certified as a Packaging Professional by the Institute of Packaging Professionals and a member of their Consultants Council.
Bob has developed advanced ESD technologies for a US patent with several patents pending. One of Bob’s developments has been qualified for a NASA Mars Mission.
Bob has been a Speaker for ESDiscovery 2000-2003 in the USA, Malaysia and Singapore. He also has conducted invited ESD Factory Issues, Material & Packaging and ESD Testing Method Seminars in China, Taiwan, Canada, Japan, Mexico and the Philippines over the past several years.
From 1996 to 2003, Bob served on the board of the Silicon Valley ESD Society. In 2005, Bob joined the advisory board of Controlled Environments Controlled Environments Magazine and subsequently was recruited to the Advisory Board for the Annual Inherently Conductive Polymer Conferences. Having published extensively in the field of Electrostatics since 1997, his articles discuss ESD issues in the Controlled Environments, ESD Test Methods, ESD Packaging & Materials, Evaluation Procedures and supplier conformance. Bob is a Guest ESD Instructor for San Jose State University, California State Polytechnic University and Clemson University.
During the 25th Anniversary for the 2003 ESD International Symposium, Bob was recognized for his contributions to the ESD Association. As a member of the ESDA Packaging Workgroup, Bob co-authored the ESD Materials & Packaging Standard, ANSI/ESD S541-2003. In 2002, Bob was recipient of the Institute of Packaging Professional’s AmeriStar Award for the most outstanding package in the electronics category for the USA. Bob has a B.S. Degree in Engineering.
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