our members of the PSMA Board of Directors are elected at the Annual Meeting held every year during the APEC conference. Each Director serves a three year term and is eligible to be reelected for one additional term.

In the last issue of the Update we introduced you to Steve Hogge and Stephen Oliver, who were elected at the PSMA Annual Meeting, which took place during APEC 2011 in Fort Worth, TX. In this issue we would like you to meet Ernie Parker and Eric Persson, who were also elected at that time. 

Ernie’s involvement with power electronics began accidentally in 1980 with an assignment at his first post graduation employer, Sundstrand Aviation.  He has been involved in power electronics for commercial aerospace and military applications ever since, remaining in a design role through most of the 80’s before transitioning into engineering management.

While Ernie has only been involved in PSMA for a few years, he has come to greatly appreciate the relationships and industry knowledge that this involvement has provided.  He is co-chair of the Packaging Committee and active on the Nanotechnology and Technology Roadmap committees, including co-chairing the special presentation sessions on Packaging and Nanotechnology at APEC 2011 that were organized by these committees.  He has personally enjoyed this involvement and the people that it has given him the opportunity to meet, and believes he can bring value to PSMA from his experience and knowledge of the harsh environment, high reliability applications of power electronics that has defined his career.  Ernie wants to help PSMA continue to thrive and adapt to the changing environment so as to be increasingly relevant to the power electronics industry.

Provided by Ernie Parker,
Director of Technology Development,
Crane Aerospace & Electronics,
Crane Electronics, Inc. - Power Solutions

Eric joined International Rectifier in 2000 as a design manager for power IC applications, and then moved to Field Applications Engineering and to management roles.  He is currently the Executive Director of Field Applications Engineering.  He has remained active in IEEE, as Section Executive officer in the ‘90s, and more recently as an officer of the Twin Cities Section PELS chapter and was co-chair of the Professional Education Seminars for APEC 2011.

Eric has presented more than 60 tutorials and papers at conferences including APEC, PESC, IAS, IECON, PCIM Europe, HFPC, and EPE among others.  He is also a regular lecturer presenting short courses and tutorials at University of Wisconsin in Madison, the University of Minnesota and Purdue University. Eric holds 12 patents, and is a recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal.

Eric is pleased to serve on the PSMA Board of Directors to help support the power supply industry on which we all depend.

Provided by Eric Persson, Executive Director,
Field Applications Engineering,
International Rectifier Corporation

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