Certified Professionals

Michelle Lam is an advisory engineer at IBM Tape Storage Characterization in San Jose, California. She has performed failure analysis on tape products with MR / GMR heads since 2000. She also has ESD control responsibility in the world wide tape head and drive manufacturing.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering at University of Toronto, Ontario, and her master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University, California. She has been a member of ESDA since 2005.

After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Arizona, Mike went to work in the Manufacturing Engineering Department at Hughes Aircraft Co. in Tucson, AZ where he became involved in the ESD protection business almost immediately. Over the years, and after a couple of purchases and mergers, his company is now known as Raytheon Technologies and Mike remains as the ESD site coordinator as well as the chair of Raytheon’s Corporate ESD Council. Mike has now been a participant in the progression and maturity of the ESD program both in Tucson, and at Raytheon, for several decades.

Mike believes that by becoming a Professional ESD Program Manager, it shows both a personal and Company commitment to maintaining a focus on ESD as a major concern in the defense and aerospace industry.

Outside of work, Mike spends time with his wife and their two French Bulldogs and enjoys hunting, fishing, running, weightlifting, and building/modifying high performance cars.

Minh Do is currently the NASA/JPL Level A Instructor, Master IPC Trainer, and ESD Coordinator at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.  He has an MBA in Project Management from Keller Graduate School of Management. He also has a Bachelor of Science degree in Technical Management.  Minh is an iNARTE Certified ESD Engineer.  He is a senior member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and received multiple ASQ Certifications:  Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence, Quality Engineer, Quality Auditor, Quality Improvement Associate, Quality Process Analyst, and Quality Inspection.

Minh is an active member of both NASA and IPC Workmanship Technical Committees. He is a Certified Master IPC Trainer for various workmanship standards: IPC-A-600, IPC-A-610, and IPC-J-STD-001. He accomplished the translation work with IPC for the IPC-A-610 VN, a Vietnamese version of IPC-A-610 Standard.

Minh is living with his wife Huong and daughter Dorothy.  His hobbies include dining out, reading, exploring new technologies, and spending time with his big family.