Twelve-member Board of Directors brings together industry leadership and expertise covering the gamut of technological advances impacting the power sources industry

he Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) is pleased to announce that a new slate of officers has been elected to lead its Board of Directors for the 2016-2018 term. The new officers are Eric Persson (Infineon), Chairman; Stephen Oliver (Navitas Semiconductor), President; Michael Hayes (Tyndall National Laboratories), Vice President; and Michel Grenon, Secretary/Treasurer (Gaia Converter Inc.).

“Power conversion has emerged as an enabling technology in the electronics industry,” said Eric Persson, PSMA’s new Chairman. “Our Association’s critical work in producing its Technology Roadmap plus the influential work being carried out by PSMA committees including Packaging, Alternative Energy, Energy Harvesting and many others relies on the active participation of our members. We welcome and encourage all companies in our industry to become part of the organization.”

The twelve members of the Board are elected by the member company representatives to serve three-year terms, with four members rotating off each year. The full board of directors for 2016-17 are:

• Eric Persson,Infineon – Chairman
• Steven Oliver, Navitas Semiconductor – President
• Michael Hayes, Tyndall National Laboratories – Vice President
• Michel Grenon, Gaia Converter, Inc. – Secretary/Treasurer
• Dusty Becker, Emerson Energy Systems
• Alain Chapius, Bel Power Solutions
• Ed Herbert, Independent Inventor
• Brian Narveson, Narveson Innovative Consulting
• Ernie Parker, Crane Electronics
• Kevin Parmenter, Excelsys Technologies
• Conor Quinn, Artesyn Embedded Technologies
• Donald Woodard, Venable Corporation

If you or anyone in your company is interested in getting on the distribution list for future issues of PSMA UPDATE, please send e-mail to: power@psma.com. Be sure to include your name and the name of your company.