EDI CON Online

Title: OCTOBER 13 KEYNOTE: Stretching the Limits of PCB Design

Date: October 13, 2020

Time: 7am PT / 10am ET

Sponsored by: Microwave Journal & Signal Integrity Journal

Presented by: Philip Johnston, CEO of Trackwise; Dr. Jaim Nulman, Nano Dimension CTO; Janine Love, Editor, Signal Integrity Journal; Pat Hindle, Editor, Microwave Journal; Gary Lerude, Technical Editor, Microwave Journal

Abstract:
Expanding markets, such as automotive, IoT, wearables, and healthcare, continue to drive innovation in printed circuit board and interconnect design. While new materials and technologies are being stretched to their limits, some fascinating new design and manufacturing methods are offering completely new ways to create PCBs, eliminating some of the old trade offs and revealing new ones. In this keynote, the editors of Microwave Journal and Signal Integrity Journal take a closer look at some of the market drivers, creative new products, and new ways of manufacturing PCBs. The keynote includes interviews with leaders from two companies developing new capabilities: Dr. Jaim Nulman, Nano Dimension CTO, discussing 3D printed PCBs and Philip Johnston, CEO of Trackwise Designs plc. discussing infinitely long, flexible PCBs. Join us in this keynote for a fascinating and engaging journey into what’s possible.

Presenter Bios:

Philip Johnston, CEO, Trackwise, joined the company in 1999 and acquired the company in 2000. Since then, Trackwise has enjoyed sustained growth and floated on the stock market in 2018. During his tenure, Philip developed and patented Improved Harness Technology™ (IHT), a means of manufacturing length-unlimited multilayer flexible printed circuit boards as a weight-saving replacement for conventional wiring harnesses in electrical interconnect subsystems. He is the named inventor on a number of UK and international patents and he has led several government-supported R&D consortiums including a European CleanSky programme. Philip’s career started at British Aerospace where he did an apprenticeship during his Aeronautical Engineering degree course at Bristol University. He transferred into the BAE Space Department on graduation where his role included a key management position in the Prime Contractor team for Envisat, a large European satellite, managing multi-million ECU work packages involving different companies across Europe. Philip also holds a law degree from the University of London and is a Chartered Engineer.

Jaim Nulman, CTO & EVP Products, Nano Dimension, is a proven influencer and innovator with more than 30 years of expertise in working with companies from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises. He served as Vice President of Applied Materials, where he spent 15 years in several product division and corporate positions. He drove the successful commercialization of one of Applied Materials' semiconductor manufacturing products with impressive market penetration of $1 billion in less than five years.

 

Janine Sullivan Love has a strong interest in science and technology, was trained as an educator, and began working as a professional writer more than 20 years ago. She currently serves as the editor of Signal Integrity Journal, Technical Program Director for EDI CON, and Exhibition Operations Manager for IMS at Horizon House Publications, Inc. She is also a contributing editor to Microwave Journal.

Pat Hindle is editor at Microwave Journal and responsible for editorial content, article review and special industry reporting for Microwave Journal magazine and its web site in addition to social media and special digital projects. Prior to joining the Journal, Mr. Hindle held various technical and marketing positions throughout New England, including Marketing Communications Manager at M/A-COM (Tyco Electronics), Product/QA Manager at Alpha Industries (Skyworks), Program Manager at Raytheon and Project Manager/Quality Engineer at MIT. Mr. Hindle graduated from Northeastern University - Graduate School of Business Administration and holds a BS degree from Cornell University in Materials Science Engineering.

Gary Lerude serves as Technical Editor of Microwave Journal. Previously, he was at TriQuint Semiconductor, where he held business development, strategic marketing, and product marketing management roles for TriQuint’s infrastructure products. Gary had similar roles at M/A-COM, where he covered both commercial and defense markets. He started his microwave career at Texas Instruments, where he was one of the “midwives” at the birth of GaAs MMIC technology. Gary holds a bachelor’s in EE, master’s in systems engineering, and an engineer’s degree in EE.

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