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Industry Veteran Bev Christian Joins HDP User Group
November 1, 2016 | PRWEBEstimated reading time: 1 minute
The High Density Packaging (HDP) User Group, headquartered in the United States, is pleased to announce that Bev Christian has joined the HDP Team.
"We are pleased to have Bev Christian join the facilitator team at HDP. He brings years of experience in electronics assembly and reliability assessment. Bev's skills in program management and background in PWB manufacturing, assembly, and testing will be a big asset to our PWB focused project segment," said Marshall Andrews, Executive Director of the HDP User Group.
Bev's background includes 26 years of experience in the electronics industry, with 10 of those years at Nortel and 15 years at BlackBerry.
Most recently he was the Test Services Failure Analysis Director for CALCE at the University of Maryland.
Bev holds a BSc in Honors Chemistry from the University of New Brunswick, Canada and a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
About HDP User Group
HDP User Group (http://www.hdpug.org) is a global research and development organization based in Cave Creek Arizona, is dedicated to “reducing the costs and risks for the Electronics Manufacturing industry when using advanced electronic packaging and assembly”. This international industry led group organizes and conducts R&D programs to address the technical issues facing the industry, including design, printed circuit board manufacturing, electronics assembly, and environmental compliance. HDP User Group maintains additional offices in Austin, Texas, Singapore, and Dollar, U.K.
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