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Dieter Bergman IPC Fellowship Award Presented to Hiroyuki Watanabe, NEC Corporation, at IPC APEX EXPO 2025
March 24, 2025 | IPCEstimated reading time: 1 minute
The Dieter Bergman IPC Fellowship Award was presented to Hiroyuki Watanabe, NEC Corporation, an IPC Board Member and long-time volunteer, at IPC APEX EXPO 2025 in Anaheim, California. The award is given to members who have fostered a collaborative spirit, made significant contributions to standards development, and have consistently demonstrated a commitment to global standardization efforts.
A member of the IPC Board of Directors since 2020, Watanabe is an expert in security and international economics. He has presented papers at IPC APEX EXPO, published white papers for the IPC Thought Leaders Program, presented at the IPC Engineering Webinar Series, held individual webinars for members in Japan, and introduced IPC’s initiatives at the Counterfeit Symposium. He serves on the IPC-1792 Cyber Security Standards Committee, is an Asia Task Group member, is an active participant in IPC’s Thought Leadership Program, and is a member of the 2-10-AT3 A-Team, The Strategy Seekers.
As part of the award, Watanabe bestowed the Dieter Bergman Memorial scholarship upon Niigata University in Niigata, Japan.
“Watanabe-San epitomizes the spirit of fellowship of the Dieter Bergman Fellowship Award, in leading and working with committee volunteers from around the world and is a valued board member and industry thought leader,” said John W. Mitchell, IPC president and CEO. “We are fortunate that he has chosen to share his substantial talent and expertise with IPC and the global electronics industry.”
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