Certified Professionals

Works in Micron as a Senior Member of the Technical Staff (SMTS) under Micron Global Quality. The owner of ESD Standards and Program currently chairs the ESD Steering of Micron. He has led Micron into becoming a certified ANSI/ESD S2020 company on all of its entire global Backend Manufacturing sites and develops ESD control program for sensitive memory products.
He has worked with several MNCs and OSATs as Failure Analysis and Reliability manager with the side role as the ESD Champion working on diagnostics , audit and problem solving in ESD for the last 31 years.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/c/575d97d91f304061b23b2cd8239d49d2

Brad Klepsa, Advanced Telemetry Systems, has quality management and engineering experience in the automotive, medical, communications, and software industries along with governmental agencies. He has applied quality methodologies, and implemented ISO 9001 and QS-9000 quality management systems in the areas of electronics, software, plastics, and machining for the past 16 years. Brad is trained as a lead auditor in QS-9000 and ISO 9001 and is an ASO Senior Member holding Certified Quality Manager, CQA, and CQE certifications.

Brad holds a BS degree in Electronics Engineering Technology and minors in Computer Science and Automotive Engineering Technology. Brad is one of the quality management trainers for South Central College in Faribault, MN.

Brad coaches/supervises community education football, baseball, basketball, and billiards.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/81a56c9f89de48598acdd1f0d9351e23

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/c/5dfc1df3f9034ceb97d93383d3ed47a2

Brandon Hoang is currently a Quality Engineer at Tesla, Inc. where he assists in development and deployment of Tesla’s ESD Program throughout the company. Along with continuous improvement of the ESD Program at Tesla, he in involved with leading ESD assessments of current and future production lines as well as assisting with root cause analysis of potential ESD issues. He primarily oversees the various factories located within Northern California.

Prior to joining Tesla, Brandon amassed experience working in various industries such as medical and aerospace defense. He graduated from San Jose State University’s College of Engineering with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology with a concentration in Manufacturing Systems. He also obtained a minor in Business Management.

Credential ID: 8714666e1fb543bfa683cff029f2fe03

Credential ID: a47dea58cd1f4747b02cca1839e685c4

Brian Hale is the owner of Grounded ESD, providing ESD control program development, facility assessments, training, installations, and compliance services aligned with ANSI/ESD S20.20 and TR53. With extensive field experience across aerospace, medical device, and high-reliability electronics manufacturing, he focuses on turning compliance into measurable process reliability and ROI. Brian is an EOS/ESD Association Certified ESD Process Assessment Engineer (PAE), Certified Professional ESD Program Manager (#166), iNARTE ESD Certified (ESD-00681-NT), and TR53 Certified.

Credential ID: https://esdcertification.esda.org/en/c/e86c65761f1741d4b07c838733ae4192

Brian Hale is the owner of Grounded ESD, providing ESD control program development, facility assessments, training, installations, and compliance services aligned with ANSI/ESD S20.20 and TR53. With extensive field experience across aerospace, medical device, and high-reliability electronics manufacturing, he focuses on turning compliance into measurable process reliability and ROI. Brian is an EOS/ESD Association Certified ESD Process Assessment Engineer (PAE), Certified Professional ESD Program Manager (#166), iNARTE ESD Certified (ESD-00681-NT), and TR53 Certified.