Chemicals Management for Electronics USA 2020

Mike is a product environmental compliance and sustainability expert providing advice and knowledge to manufacturers, governments and others. Mike helps manufacturers understand, monitor and comply with environmental and health-related regulations and market requirements around the world that impact product design and the supply chain.

As Vice President of Strategic Engagement and Category Development, Holly Elwood leads the formation of key partnerships and programs to expand GEC’s scope to achieve our vision of a world with only sustainable electronic technology. 

As IPC’s EHS policy and research director, Kelly Scanlon leads the association’s advocacy on topics related to environment, health and safety. She coordinates with IPC’s government relations committees and the standards and education teams to develop robust policy and research agendas relevant to electronics manufacturers. Dr. Scanlon began her role with IPC in April 2019 and comes to IPC with more than 20 years of experience as a public health scientist.

Mario Fernandez is Staff Counsel in the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA). As an attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel, Mr. Fernandez advises the Director, Executive Office members, and OEHHA technical staff, on legal matters affecting the Office.

Weiwei is deeply involved in sustainability, environment, health, safety, data privacy and government regulatory issues in China and the U.S. She advises clients on environmental, health, and safety (EHS) regulatory compliance and supply-chain risk management. She assists clients to identify emerging operational and product issues with a focus on EHS and labor and matters, and to mitigate relevant legal risks.

Cristina studied Chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Portugal. She worked for several years in regulatory affairs for industrial and consumer goods business, where she gained experience in the EU chemicals legislation (REACH, CLP, biocides, FCMs, electronics, …) and in chemical legislation for other regions such as Latin American countries. She recently joined knoell as a Project Manager for the Chemicals and Product Safety Regulatory Affairs.

Bob is a subject matter expert in globally restricted substances (RoHS, REACH and Prop 65) with over 10 years of experience servicing all sizes of organisations.

Aidan is Director of BOMcheck, an industry-led substances declarations web database, and the EC4P web database system for WEEE, Batteries and Packaging compliance. In 2003 Aidan wrote the UK Government Guidelines on WEEE and RoHS compliance that companies must abide by in order to remain compliant. In 2008 he represented the European Union medical device industry in RoHS Directive negotiations with the European Commission.

John Ortiz is Vice President of Inks and Chief Sustainability Officer at Memjet.  In this role he guides the strategy, development, and manufacturing of inks and coatings used in the company’s VersaPass, DuraLink, and DuraFlex technologies and future technologies.

Matt is Senior Director and Chief Technologist at IPC Association. He is responsible to help IPC’s members engage in latest technology advancements and supply chain transformation that continues to evolve across the electronics industry.

Patrick currently manages the E-31x committees responsible for the IPC-175x suite of supply-chain materials declaration standards.  Patrick earned his M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Portland State University in 2017, where he conducted research in applications of nano-scale carbon allotropes and thin-layer metal deposition techniques.  Before coming to IPC, Patrick worked in environmental due-diligence, performing small to medium-size environmental site assessments for commercial real-estate transactions.

Leigh is Chemical Watch News & Insight's Managing Editor and was previously in charge of our global business coverage. Prior to joining the company, Leigh wrote for the Press Association, ICIS and edie.net, covering a range of environmental and business related topics.

Aury Hathout, M. Env, VEA®, CEA, is a certified environmental auditor and has a Master’s degree in Environment combined with graduate education in Business Administration from the University of Sherbrooke. Since 2008, Aury provides practical consulting services, including environmental compliance and management systems auditing in multiple industrial and services sectors. He is the environmental compliance specialist of hundreds of electrical and electronic products sold worldwide, with any of the following requirements: RoHS, REACH SVHC, WEEE, PFAS, TSCA-PBT, Conflict Minerals, California Proposition 65, etc. At Enviropass, Aury works as the lab quality manager.

Raj has worked extensively within the Electronics, Aerospace and IT sectors for over 25 years. He has led working groups within Aerospace Trade Associations which formed the initial IPC 2-18K committee, that developed the IPC-1754 Material Declaration Standard. At Assent, Raj has been reviewing and assessing the impacts of different chemical regulations for a wide range of industrial sectors and working closely with clients to assess their chemical reporting needs.

Jason Ord is HP’s Environmental Stewardship Manager for materials and for its computer businesses. Jason and his team ensure that customers can and want to buy HP products and services from an environmental standpoint. 

Pamela has over twenty-five years of program management and multi-stakeholder facilitation experience, with the last 15 years focused on promoting environmental and corporate social responsibility in the electronics industry via standards development and stakeholder processes. She is currently the Director of Clean Electronic Production Network (CEPN) – a multi-stakeholder, cross-industry collaboration that launched in 2016.

Born and raised in Mexico, Melissa Owen is an international lawyer licensed in the U.S. who speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, and English. Her knowledge of the cultural, language, and legal dimensions in both Latin America and the U.S. have made her uniquely suited to guide her multinational clients through the complex and rapidly changing world of environmental, sustainability, and health and safety matters in the region. She began her legal career in the environmental and international departments of a leading national U.S. law firm and then moved into private practice. For over 25 years, she has advised Fortune 100 companies as well as international trade associations on emerging chemical regulations, Circular Economy, Extended Producer Responsibility, product stewardship and a myriad of other regulatory topics. She is a recognized expert on ESG/EHS regulations in Latin America and a frequent speaker at international events about emerging chemical regulations.

Howard has 14 years of experience in assisting electronics manufacturers to understand their legal exposure to WEEE, Batteries and Packaging Regulations and implementing and managing their Extended Producer Responsibility compliance programmes across the globe, including EU Member States and EFTA countries, USA, Canada and Asia Pacific countries. Howard also runs Thinkstep Compliance EC4P government-approved Producer Compliance Scheme in the UK, B2BWEEE-Scheme.

Mr. Joel Tenney has over thirty years of experience in the in the chemical industry. He currently serves as the global director of advocacy for Israeli Chemicals Industrial Products group. His responsibilities include: government relations, value chain outreach and product support for flame retardant and related chemistries.

Ben is Director, Chemicals Products and Technology for the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and works on issues for the North American Flame Retardant Alliance (NAFRA).

Juliane has been working at ETH Zurich since 2012, where she first completed her doctorate studies in the group of Prof. Hungerbühler (Group for Safety and Environmental Technology) and then continued her work in the group as a postdoctoral researcher. In 2019, Juliane joined the group of Environmental Chemistry at ETH Zürich, led by Prof. McNeill.

Matthew Chalkley is a Senior Environmental Consultant and Supply Chain Leader with over 30 years’ experience working in the technology industry, with 21 years at IBM. Matthew is currently providing industry intelligence consultancy services for the global trade association, IPC.

John is a distinguished research fellow at the Zymergen Corporation where he is helping to design and create commercial technologies inspired from nature consistent with the principles of green chemistry. With nearly 300 patents, he has invented solutions for dozens of multinational corporations. His inventions have also served as the basis for several new companies.

Miljan Minic is regulatory analyst and consultant with vast knowledge and experience on global regulatory frameworks and GHS. Miljan has helped international companies achieve regulatory compliance in many different countries from Europe, Eurasia, North America and Australia. He has a Master of Science degree in chemical engineering and has previous experience working for service providers and industry.