Mr. André has worked as an EMC Engineer for 22 years, specializing in aerospace EMC testing, test techniques, and design. Pat received his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Seattle University in 1982 and completed postgraduate work in Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington, 1984-85. He is currently the Principal of André Consulting, Incorporated.

In his 36 years of engineering experience, Steve Jensen has been involved in EMC and RF design on hundreds of projects. His expertise covers all manner of applications including Military, Avionics, Commercial, Medical and Communications. Mr. Jensen holds a B.S.E. from UCLA (’63) and has specific, in-depth experience in Military EMC certification, filter design, circuit design and EMC testing. His past and present EMC consulting projects include the F-16, F-22, F-35, AMRAM missile, Comanche helicopter, Longbow helicopter, Airbus A380, Boeing 777 and Boeing 7E7. Steve is also an accomplished technical lecturer who has presented many seminars dealing with EMC design and certification. Since 1978, Mr. Jensen has been President and Principal Consultant for Steve Jensen Consultants, Inc., an independent EMC design consulting firm dedicated to engineering consulting services in the field of Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and Lightning protection.
 

Mr. Ed Nakauchi has a BSEE and MSEE from Northrop University and Columbia Pacific University. He has over thirty years of experience with analog, power, and digital design. For the past twenty years, he has spent a majority of his time working in the EMI/EMC/EMP and ESD areas for military/aerospace companies and commercial audio/computer/medical companies. He has written numerous technical papers and magazine articles as well as presented seminars on EMI/EMC/EMP/ESD topics for many companies. He has taught EMI and electrical engineering courses through the University of California Irvine Extension program. Mr. Nakauchi was the primary author of a shielding design guideline for the Army and was an EMI consultant to the Air Force's Space and Missile Command on their COTS program. Ed has also worked on several unique RF projects including the CASSPER system, an innovative, correlation spectrum analyzer. His past projects involvement includes the Space Shuttle, Global Positioning Satellites, Splash Mountain & Rocket Rod rides for Disneyland, submarines, and the B-2 Bomber. Most recently, he worked for Instrument Specialties/Laird Technologies as a principal scientist. Mr. Nakauchi is a NARTE Certified EMC/ESD Engineer with senior membership in the IEEE. Mr. Nakauchi has recently published a book titled “Testing for EMC Compliance: Approaches and Techniques”. He currently works as an independent consultant, specializing in EMC, high-frequency design and ESD.

Oliver Opitz

After his apprenticeship, Oliver Opitz studied electrical engineering with an emphasis on new technology at the University of Bautzen & Stuttgart. Since 1998, he has worked in the most varied sectors of electronics and electro technology, specifically as a Planning Engineer for new technological installations. In 2007, he successfully finished a comprehensive training program at Wurth Electronik eiSos, in the field technical quality management and production management.

Today, he is working as a Field Applications Engineer at Wurth Electronic Midcom in Silicon Valley and is responsible for IC-reference designs, technical support of the American outside sales, as well as new product development in the field of storage inductors and EMC components.
 

Steve Van Kirk has over 15 years of experience in EMC/ RF design and development. He has worked directly on the EMC and RF design and compliance on a wide variety of products including avionics, medical and information technology. Mr. Van Kirk has specific expertise in the areas of RF prototype design/development, EMC analysis / test / troubleshooting, 2D/3D electromagnetic modeling, high-speed board design/layout, and circuit simulation. He is the holder of two US patents related to high-speed signaling and noise immunity. Steve has a BSEE and MSEE from the University of North Dakota.