The Digital Layout: Greater Phoenix Chapter Revived

This month’s column highlights the Greater Phoenix Chapter in Arizona.

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The Greater Phoenix chapter was revived in late 2018 after being largely dormant over the past few years. It has also undergone some leadership changes. As the former president, I have taken on a more active global role at the executive level of the IPC Executive DC Board as the communications officer at large. I will stay on the leadership committee for the Greater Phoenix Chapter as the VP at the request of the newly elected president, Randy Kumagai. Randy and I have already started to brainstorm with ways to kickstart the chapter’s activity in 2019.

Former VP Paul Fleming will step down and assist the leadership team as needed, becoming a regular member. Tom Reilly will remain the communications officer. Also, we have a recent addition to the leadership team of Dave Baldwin, our longtime past chapter president. Dave will be a great addition to the chapter’s future as well.

Meet Randy Kumagai

Here are a few words from the newly elected chapter president:

“I am pleased to have been elected as the new president of the Greater Phoenix IPC Designers Council. I have been involved with rigid and flex PCBs for over 25 years. As the president and owner of Silver Mountain Design, a manufacturer’s rep company, we have represented companies in the past such as Minco, Advanced Quick Circuits, Tyco Printed Circuits, and TTM. Currently, we represent Summit Interconnect and Flexible Circuit Technologies. We have offices in Phoenix and Tucson. The mission of the DC is to facilitate the orderly exchange of design concepts concerning printed boards and related technologies. I will support this on a local level providing design-related events, programs, and communications with the help of our other officers, Stephen and Tom, and the resurgence of Dave back into the mix. I am very excited to work with them to get this chapter active again and work with other active global DC chapters.”

To read this entire column, which appeared in the February 2019 issue of Design007 Magazine, click here.

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2019

The Digital Layout: Greater Phoenix Chapter Revived

03-21-2019

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The Digital Layout: Cascade Designers Council Chapter and 2019 Activities

02-28-2019

Our CID+ class had four people enrolled who came from around the area. All who attended learned about how board materials affected their designs, including EMI, EMC, impedance control, power distribution techniques, board stackups, and placement strategies in more detail than what was in the CID. Further, participants took the exam first thing Friday morning. This allowed us time to attend the Designers Council “lunch-and-learn” meeting, and the Altium user group met afterward in the same location.

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The Digital Layout: Chapter Highlights and Certification Successes

01-24-2019

This month’s column highlights the San Diego chapter, which is also where IPC APEX EXPO 2019 will be held at the end of January. You will also find updates on recent CID and CID+ certification success stories, a recap of the PCB Carolina event from the Research Triangle Park (RTP) North Carolina chapter, and upcoming events, so mark your calendars for next year.

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2018

The Digital Layout: Chapter Roundup and CID+ Certification

12-12-2018

This month’s spotlight is the Silicon Valley Chapter. We held our fall quarterly meeting on October 25, 2018, at none other than Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California—yes, the site of Super Bowl 50 and the soon-to-be 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship game. This was made possible by our host, Sierra Circuits, and sponsor, Altium. We thank them both graciously. Out of 33 total RSVPs, 24 were able to attend the lunchtime meeting. Fun fact: of the members who RSVPed, six of them were CID certified and 10 were CID+ certified, with Faisal Ahmed being the most recent (hear more from him later).

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The Digital Layout: Designers Council Update and PCB Carolina 2018

10-24-2018

Welcome to the first edition of "The Digital Layout." As a current IPC Designers Council (DC) Executive Board member and a long-time active IPC member, I was nominated to be the chairman of the newly created communications subcommittee. In this role, I will be the main point of contact for global chapter communications and will work with local IPC chapter leaders to publish content in this new column. We want to utilize this column to help spread the IPC DC Executive Board’s goals like a virus.

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