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Meet Your Directors

The terms of office for four of the Directors on the PSMA Board of Directors expired at the 2014 Annual Meeting held on March 17, during the APEC conference in Fort Worth, TX.

Congratulations to the new PSMA Directors for the term 2014-2017

Alain Chapuis Power-One, A Member of the ABB Group
Stephen Oliver Vicor Corporation – second term
Ernie Parker Crane Electronics Inc, - Power Solutions – second term
Eric Persson International Rectifier Corporation – second term

In this issue, we would like you to meet Alain Chapuis, who was elected to his first term, and Stephen Oliver, who was elected to his second term.


 
Alain Chapuis – CTO Power Solutions, Power-One | A Member of the ABB Group

Alain joined MELCHER, now part of Power-One as a Design Engineer (based in Uster, Switzerland) in 1991 where he designed highly efficient single stage power factor corrected isolated rectifiers and fully hybridized DC-DC converters for the avionics market. He moved quickly into engineering management functions with a strong focus on the development of technology intense AC-DC and DC-DC products. In 2002 he was instrumental in conceiving and implementing the first board level digital power converters providing a system level power solution allowing configuring, controlling and monitoring of an array of POL converters through a serial bus and a graphical user interface. More recently he pushed the deployment of full digital controls in AC-DC converters along with efficiency and power density improvements. He has held the positions of VP Engineering, VP Digital Controls & Software and now CTO within POWER-ONE. Alain holds an MS Electronics with honors from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and is inventor of more than 45 US patents in the domain of power conversion and control.

Since I have an extensive background in power conversion technology and product design, I would like to support PSMA’s purpose of improving member knowledge of technological and other developments related to power sources, and educate the entire electronics industry. I think I can best do this through participation on the Technology Roadmap, as well as possible support of member education through seminars on the deployment of digital control technology in both AC-DC and DC-DC applications, an area of particular interest of mine.

Provided by Alain Chapuis,
CTO Power Solutions,
Power-One | A Member of the ABB Group



 
Stephen Oliver is Vice President of Marketing and Sales, V•I Chip Division, Vicor Corporation.

Stephen Oliver draws upon international experience in the areas of product development, manufacturing, and strategic product marketing in the AC-DC, telecom, processor power and automotive markets. Stephen was previously with International Rectifier in Los Angeles, California, and with Philips and Motorola in the U.K and holds a BSEE degree from Manchester University, U.K. and an MBA in Global Strategy and Marketing from UCLA, USA. He has presented at major conferences around the world and holds several power electronics patents.
 

Provided by Stephen Oliver,
Vice President of Marketing and Sales,
V•I Chip Division, Vicor Corporation
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