Certified Professionals

Christopher Almeras is a Principle Multi-Disciplined Engineer for Raytheon’s Space and Airborne Systems. He is currently a multi-site ESD coordinator and member of their ESD Corporate Council. Chris earned his Program Manager’s certification in 2009 while working for Denso Manufacturing Tennessee and is an active member on the standards committees. Chris is a graduate of Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology. He completed his Masters of Industrial Engineering from Oklahoma State University in 2016.  Outside of work, Chris enjoys spending his time with his wife Melanie and their three children Trace, Tristan, and Reagan. He is also an avid fan of sports and westerns, and can usually be found in his chair watching one or the other.

Christopher Long is a senior engineer in the IBM Research Division, with over 26 years experience in semiconductor manufacturing. He currently has been involved in development of magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) products. Previous to this assignment, he had responsibility in the area of contamination and ESD control program strategy at IBM 200 & 300mm semiconductor manufacturing facilities. Mr. Long has published numerous papers on semiconductor manufacturing defect reduction and yield modeling, and has served as U.S. chair of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) Yield Enhancement technology working group, responsible for development of the Yield Enhancement chapters of the 2001 and 2003 ITRS. Mr. Long received a B.S. in Physics from Beloit College, Beloit, WI (1980), and an M.S. in Engineering from the Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College (1990), Hanover, NH. cwlong@us.ibm.com

Christopher Smith works in ESD control and general quality auditing at Kimball Electronics Jasper. He was born in Indiana and grew up with a love of technology that led him to a career in manufacturing. He spends most of his spare time building and modifying his own PC at home, as well as finding new ways to entertain his cat. He’d like to travel to Ireland someday, time permitting. He has a bachelor’s from Ball State University in Telecommunications with an emphasis on Screenwriting and Video Editing, and has used this knowledge to assist with many corporate videography projects in addition to in-house training programs. He hopes to utilize those skills to create new educational ESD tools to help control static in the workplace. He has successfully co-led KEJ’s transition to ANSI S20.20 certification 5 years in a row.

Chuck is an ESD Engineer at Micron Technology Inc. and ESD Coordinator for Micron’s Boise Idaho Facility. He is a founding member of Micron’s Corporate ESD steering team which maintains Micron’s ESD Specifications. Chuck is the aco-chair for SEMI ESD. He is also a member of several ESDA working groups.

Interests outside of work include, hunting, fishing, hiking, Scottish Highland Games, and veteran outreach activities.

Colin Banks is a Quality Engineer at Kyocera International Inc. for their Assembly Technology Division. He specializes in the wirebonding process, but is also involved in various flip chip products. His duties include failure / root cause analysis and corrective actions as well as process improvement using lean / six sigma methodology.

Academically, Colin has earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering from San Diego State University and a Lean Six Sigma Certificate from San Diego City College.

Outside of work Colin enjoys building and racing cars, as well as analog photography.