Denver Chapter Report

Friday, September 16^th, 2011 - 10AM to 1:30PM
Fusion Restaurant 1940 Ken Pratt Blvd. Longmont
Registration: krysiar@percept.com

Points of Discussion

• Engineering resources are focused on innovation to solve customer needs.
• Failing Regulatory Compliance Requirements results in missing critical product launch dates.
• Reliability directly impacts financial health and quality reputation.
• EMC and Reliability considerations are ignored until late in the process when critical milestones and costs are threatened.

10:00AM — Sign-in

10:15AM — Introduction

10:30AM — Topic 1

How Changing European Requirements and Evolving Technologies Impact Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) Design?

Dave Eckhardt is a senior EMC design engineer with 30 plus years of hands-on experience with leading companies including Storage Technology and Hewlett Packard. Dave combines this knowledge with his lifelong passion for Geology. He now acts as Percept Technology's EMC consultant, offering cost effective EMC solutions and education.

• What is Free Space and how does it impact EMC design and testing?
• How the proliferation of wireless technologies and switching power supplies drive EMC design?
• Practical demonstration of common EMC design mistakes and their solutions.

11:30AM — Lunch Served

11:45AM — Topic 2

Design for Reliability (DfR) - What Is It and What Is It not?

Mike Silverman is founder and managing partner at Ops A La Carte, a Consulting Company focused on helping customers with end-to-end reliability. Mike's experience includes 25 plus years in reliability engineering, management and training with over 500 companies in more than 100 different industries. Mike is the author of "How Reliable Is Your Product: 50 Ways to Improve Product Reliability".

Who is responsible for DfR? Driving reliability through the design team with the reliability team support as mentors.

Basic building blocks, setting goals and developing metrics and checkpoints.

How DfR reduces product development costs and helps ensure successful product launch?

How to DfR and its impact to continuous cost reduction efforts?